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Interview: Seth Epstein of SocialStay

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Messenger : Seth Epstein, Co-Founder and CEO SocialStay , former Founder and CEO of FUEL (acquired by Razorfish), Emmy winner for work on X-Games and re-brander of ESPN’s Sport’s Center. Seth attended UCSB but dropped out to start a denim company. . 10) Seth, why does the world need SocialStay? .

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Getting Back Your Series A Mojo

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Last year I wrote a blog post on entrepreneurs with a chip on their shoulders. A chip on one’s shoulder as in, “F**k the system, it’s broken and I want to fix it” is exactly the energy I look for in entrepreneurs. Seth is one of the most decent human beings in the venture industry so the rant was off base.

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The Importance of Realism in Startups

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It’s only 12 minutes long and if you’re a first-time entrepreneur (or second time, frankly) I encourage you to watch it if for nothing else than to get a sense that your struggles are universal. It’s why I believe startup coaches are so important and I wish I know more great ones. ” We learn from mistakes.

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Is Convertible Debt Preferable to Equity?

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Seth Levine of Foundry Group addresses this important topic this morning on his blog with a post, “ Has Convertible Debt Won ?&# Seth was basing this on a Tweet by Paul Graham that said&#. Clearly this is is a trend and a topic that is interesting entrepreneurs. In fact, in some ways can be worse for the entrepreneur.

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Google Results are the Measure of an Entrepreneur

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The measure of an entrepreneur used to be the number of real friends claimed, but times have changed. That’s the reason every good parent should be coaching their child from birth to avoid posting all the naughty things on social networks that can come back to haunt them later. Three interesting resumes came to the top. Marty Zwilling.

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Google Yourself to See How Other People See You

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The measure of an entrepreneur used to be the number of real friends claimed, but times have changed. That’s the reason every good parent should be coaching their child from birth to avoid posting all the naughty things on social networks that can come back to haunt them later. Three interesting resumes came to the top.

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Want to know why charging $12 / year converts higher than $9.99?

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If you have or are thinking about a business in the video space you’ll enjoy hearing from Gregg but even more broadly this is a great conversation for entrepreneurs, investors or industry analysts. Advice, coaching, intros? Yesterday, we got them all on record and in a very interesting level of detail. Here’s the link.

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