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One Book Every Entrepreneur and VC Should Own

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I was significantly wiser by 2005 when I started my second company. They’ve written this comprehensive book called Venture Deals that should be read by anybody dealing with funding of startups – whether you’re a startup CEO, CFO or other founder or whether you work in the ecosystem (lawyer, debt provider, banker, VC).

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Steve Blank Discusses The Origin And Future Of The Lean Startup Movement

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I recently spoke with Steve Blank, author of the new book The Startup Owner’s Manual. He is credited with pioneering the Lean Startup Movement in 2005 via the publication of his bestselling, Four Steps To The Epiphany. Once the book achieved commercial success, Steve then expended resources to edit and polish the book.

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6 Sweet Spots That Have Sustained Many Great Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

I’ve had the pleasure of working with a couple of the best-known entrepreneurs of our time, and read about many more in the classic book, “ Discover Your True North ,” by Harvard leadership expert and best-selling author Bill George. Find personal meaning from building a business. Do it for meaning. Satisfaction of doing something great.

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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

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I first met Ethan in 2005. He had an idea for a startup that would help consumers better book service jobs and would take on Service Magic, which he believed had a business model that could be disrupted. I was preparing to move back to the US from London after 11 years abroad. The company was called Red Beacon. So there you have it.

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7 New Opportunities Based On Trends And Demographics

Startup Professionals Musings

In fact, I was impressed with the classic book, “ Upside: Profiting from the Profound Demographic Shifts Ahead ,” by Kenneth Gronbach, which is full of specific facts on demographic changes over the past few years, and what they mean for some of the major business segments out there today. First, a quick summary of the major U.S.

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Why “The Culture of Failure” is Imperative to Startup Communities

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I lived in London from 1997-2005 and for 6 of those years ran my startup based out of London. He is also out with a brilliant new book, “ The Startup Owners Manual ” and a new FREE courses on entrepreneurship at Udemy , which are here. I remember this lesson well. 14:00 How can we bring that culture to other places?

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A Serial Entrepreneur’s Take On Brad Feld & Jason Mendelson’s Venture Deals

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Their primary intended reader is a “first-time entrepreneur”, but clearly other stakeholders within the startup universe can also benefit from the book’s hands-on advice. Brad and Jason have been exposing venture capitalists’ secrets since 2005, when they began writing a blog series on Term Sheets at AskTheVC. Things I Loved.