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MAY 25, 2013

After all, I am no stranger to the publicly expressing the frustrations of dealing with the downside of this industry as I wrote about in 2006 when I was an entrepreneur. The best VCs don’t try to help entrepreneurs. Get to the entrepreneurs earlier next time. Get to the entrepreneurs earlier next time.

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APRIL 23, 2011

I took the opportunity this past week to publish summary notes of some of the VCs and entrepreneurs I had interviewed on This Week in VC. One of my goals in doing the show was not only to educate entrepreneurs but also to put a human face on many of the VCs in our industry as VCs can be hard to get to know. (5:00 5:00 – 5:55).

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Our Best Interviews Via Email: Monthly. where entrepreneurs share their stories. 63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Free Corporations For First-Time Entrepreneurs. Right now they’re setting up 500 free corporations for first time entrepreneurs. Idea Mensch.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

I thought the analogy was preposterous back in 2006-2007 but it has become obvious. In the summer of 2006 over a cup of Peet’s Coffee, you told me about this new thing called “cloud computing” and that you were trying to come up with a creative way to incorporate it into the curriculum of your upcoming UCSB Computer Science class.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2009

Occasionally I’ll get an LinkedIn email from somebody saying, “I see you know such-and-such, would you mind connecting me?&# In a way, LinkedIn has become mostly a chore for me – a place to provide intros for two people that I know. When I sent out 300 invites in early 2006 people thought I was crazy.

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socalTECH

MAY 7, 2012

building Fine Art America in 2006 as a part time project, and launched the web site in 2007. In 2006, the whole concept was new and novel, and I converted by engineering site to an art site. myself and two women who do customer service and tech support for me via phone and email. I grew it from 2007 through. I figured there.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 22, 2018

For this morning's interview, we have an interview with two of Southern California's most successful serial entrepreneurs, Alex Kazerani and James Segil , now of Los Angeles-based OpenPath. We then started Edgecast in 2006. However, we are both entrepreneurs, and needed to build and do something positive.

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socalTECH

JULY 23, 2010

We started that in 2006, and sold it to Chicken Soup For The Soul in 2009. For StyleHive, in particular, we're adding a daily email newslette rprogram, and are reaching out to hundreds of thousands of email newsletter subscribers we have who have been underserved. So let's talk about ThisNext. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

But any entrepreneurs raising capital should keep in mind that this opening of the markets could possibly be temporary. This should not be confused with raising too much money as many companies did in 2006-08. The triage problem – What many entrepreneurs didn’t fully understand was the triage problem that faced investors.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2010

In light of the recent success, we sat down with Marc Averitt and Sharon Stevenson to talk about the recent exit, where they are with their fund nowadays, and what advice they have for entrepreneurs. Finally, because we always ask the venture capitalist this: what's your advice to entrepreneurs nowadays? Nice chatting with you today!

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

We will be bringing you some of the hottest startups around to give you a quick rundown about their companies and get to know the entrepreneur behind those companies. This Panel is filled with investing super stars who will be going over must have content for all the startups and entrepreneurs out there. Adrenaline Fueled Angel.

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JANUARY 31, 2010

TechCrunch Europe ran an article in November of last year that European startups need to work as hard as those in Silicon Valley and I echoed the sentiment in my post about the need for entrepreneurs to be maniacal about their businesses if one wants to work in the hyper competitive tech world. We were based in London.

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OCTOBER 1, 2009

This post highlights some of the reasons why the market is moving again and what entrepreneurs should do about this. note: there is one rare exception – in 2006 Sevin Rosen declared that Venture Capital was broken and actually returned money to their LPs ! This is one book-end of the cycle.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

CapLinked lets entrepreneurs focus on what they do best, while making sure their investors always stay in the loop. Most people facing this problem resort to mass text messages, and long, frustrating email chains. Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors. The Startups.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

As a serial entrepreneur and Internet visionary, Richard co-founded Demand Media in May 2006, and currently serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Dave McClure is a Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur, startup investor, and blogger. The NutshellMail Update is then sent to your primary email address on your schedule. . .

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Heres 5 steps to start exploring: View the "Best Of" list with 50+ essays on viral marketing, gaming, and ads » Get introduced: About this blog, why entrepreneurs and marketers recommend it » Receive updates by email or RSS feed or Twitter. Block email. Block email. Block email. Block email.

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Frank Addante

AUGUST 14, 2006

▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. Hire Entrepreneurs! Even with my current company, StrongMail Systems ( Startup 5.0 ), an email infrastructure company, there were a number of skeptics. ► March (2) 4. Build a SWAT team 3. Not the case.

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Frank Addante

MAY 3, 2006

▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. As a matter of fact, part of the inspiration behind my current company, StrongMail Systems (Startup 5.0), an email infrastructure company, dates back 10 years ago to Starting Point. ► March (2) 4. Build a SWAT team 3.

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Frank Addante

AUGUST 29, 2006

▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. Hire Entrepreneurs! I also have a wide network of entrepreneurs that I advise on a regular basis. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? ► March (2) 4. Build a SWAT team 3.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. We provide turnkey digital messaging appliances for enterprises, service providers and software developers to send marketing, e-commerce, CRM and customer service email. ► March (2) 4. Build a SWAT team 3.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

A friend of mine is a serial entrepreneur and is running a high-profile, early stage company in NorCal. We trade emails on the topic of entrepreneurship often. The company did well in 2006 as we delivered a phenomenal product that got much industry acclaim at conferences and with initial customers. I believe this is wrong.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2010

A reminder that it is important for all entrepreneurs is to remember to be careful about “deal drift.” When Salesforce.com decided to buy my company in December 2006 I dropped everything and focused religiously on closure. Conversely I offered the same deal to another entrepreneur who decided to shop around longer.

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MARCH 22, 2010

If you’ve got good ideas for a story – shoot it over to them in an email. Robert Scoble interviewed me in 2006 about my startup, Koral. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Sales & Marketing Advice Social Media Start-up Advice Startup Advice. If they call you for an interview that has a deadline – be responsive.

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DECEMBER 5, 2010

We had email, instant messaging, group calendars, discussion boards, etc. They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc. But AOL brought online services, email, chat and discussion boards to the masses and thus educated a generation that paved the way for others.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2010

I call it the entrepreneur thesis. I’m not talk about the age old debate amongst investors whether you back entrepreneurs, markets or products (or as people like to hedge – product / market fit). It’s entrepreneurs I back. It’s what I call the “entrepreneur thesis.” So what is the “entrepreneur thesis?”

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Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. We didn’t hire resumes and experience, we hired smart, good people who wanted to be entrepreneurs. We had lawyers everywhere; digging through files, reviewing all of our emails and mounds of paperwork.

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