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How Enervee Is Making Shopping For Products Energy Smart, with Matthias Kurwig

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If so, how do you figure out what the better choice is when you're making those purchase decisions? What we do, is we score the energy efficiency of a product, relative to all other products in the same category, with a simple, numeric scored called the Enervee score. It's funny that no one provides this kind of information.

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Interview with Gordon Gould, SmartyPants Vitamins

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What do children's vitamins and social media have to do with one another? There's a real need for what we're doing, and we're super committed to a high quality product produced here in California. Plus, nutritional supplements are a great business opportunity, and an opportunity to build a brand and do some good.

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The End of the Mexican Road

Both Sides of the Table

I learned many of my negotiation techniques through experience. And negotiation technique is one of the few areas on my MBA that was truly new information to me by the time I had attended. doing pre-emptive follow-on rounds. Sometimes my, “this is my best & final offer” really is just that.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

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One of my favorite events last year was attending Startup Grind where I got to interview Clayton Christensen, author of The Innovator’s Dilemma. What I enjoyed was that Derek did his homework on me and allowed me to talk about a lot of personal topics, which I rarely have the chance to do. I grew up in Northern California.

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Digital Revenue Expert – Vince Thompson

SoCal CTO

My management book, Ignited, was released in 2007 and serves a guide and champion for middle managers. You can find more: My Consultancy – www.Middleshift.com My Book – www.BeIgnited.com My Media Company – www.Media2Watch.com Twitter - @vincethompson What are you working on now? That’s important in my game.

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

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RedBeacon went on to sell to HomeDepot in what was considered a very successful acquisition on all sides. And I had been telling my partners for a couple of years that I thought Ethan was one of the more talented entrepreneurs I had come across in San Francisco. What do we like about OpenTable? Let me not bury the lede.

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Transportation Weekly: Uber’s spending habits, Tesla Model Y, scooters and AVs in Austin

TechCrunch LA

This week we’ll focus on the city of Austin, gain insight into Uber’s spending habits, do a little scooter number crunching, the Tesla Model Y, and the so-called “race” — an overused and inaccurate term — to develop autonomous vehicles. Follow me on Twitter @kirstenkorosec to ensure you see it each week.