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You Are Never Too Old To Learn To Surf (aka: Don’t Be Afraid To Suck)

InfoChachkie

For her, the stakes were especially high because she bet it all when she moved from Perth to Hollywood. She noted that a key to successfully moving out of the, "I am aware I suck" stage is to develop coping mechanisms that help you quickly "unslump.". Per Kirsty, "I sold everything I owned. Left Australia. it was not good.

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George Powell – Doing Well By Having Fun

InfoChachkie

After riding the new PU wheels for a while, I began to dream of better shapes for the wheels for skateboarding, and developed the double radial skateboard wheel. These were sports that you taught yourself by watching others, and just pushed yourself to progress for fun, with no coach or parent influencing you. In a class by himself.

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Story of a Startup Weekend Veteran | The Good, The Bad, and the UGLY!

Tech Zulu Event

The following week, I joined AT&T Hackathon at iO/LA in Hollywood and again pitched the idea. So, I teamed up with a group of developers that showed interest in working on my idea after the weekend. I met with a lawyer, talked to an investor and a few mentors, all who are serial entrepreneurs to advise me.

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Female Founders and CEOs | Talia Goldstein of Three Day Rule

Tech Zulu Event

We began doing singles events, matchmaking, and date coaching. A few months later we did a party on The London’s rooftop (in West Hollywood) for over 500 people. For a female entering this world you have to get mentors, ask people to coffee. For those PHP or Ruby developers out there, Three Day Rules is looking to hire.

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Getting Back Your Series A Mojo

Both Sides of the Table

What I loved about the founding team from day 1 was that the founders were all people who tried to break into Hollywood and found the system closed. Your lead developer quit to join the new hot thing. I wish more startups would get personal coaches so they could let out their angst to neutral people – not staff, not investors.

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