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With Greathouse Comes Great Responsibility

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These courses all proved to be serious influences on turning the dream of starting their own company into a reality. The biggest motivator for starting brightblu was John Greathouse’s Entrepreneurship class. Fall quarter of Sr. Along with taking Sr.

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Forget Cash: What Will You Really Make At Your Startup?

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In the powerful poetry performance embedded below, he describes a dinner party during his teaching days in which a smug lawyer asked him, "Come on, be honest, what do you make?" If you haven''t seen his animated response to this crass question, it is well worth watching. Teachers make a G-- damn difference, now what about you?"

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How Tony Hawk And The Bones Brigade Broke The Rules & Owned The Market

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Skate One is now the world’s largest skateboard company, with best-selling brands such as Powell•Peralta Skateboards , BONES Wheels and Mini•Logo Skateboards. Skate One is now the world’s largest skateboard company, with best-selling brands such as Powell•Peralta Skateboards , BONES Wheels and Mini•Logo Skateboards.

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George Powell – Doing Well By Having Fun

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The world’s largest skateboard company, Skate One produces many of industry’s best-selling brands, including Powell•Peralta Skateboards , BONES Wheels and Mini•Logo Skateboards. George spent the first ten years of his career, gaining experience in the aerospace industry, before founding his skateboard company in 1976 at the age of 33.

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

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When you first start your company and raise initial venture capital your board probably consists of 1-3 founders and 1-2 VCs. If you raise millions of dollars from professional investors it is no longer “your” company but a shared company that you control. In the Early Days. Mentorship. As You Start to Mature.

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The 12 Laws Of Entrepreneurial Power

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As noted in Honesty Is An Entrepreneur''s Secret Weapon , your character is precious, just as your company''s reputation is its most valuable intangible asset. 3) Law 8 - Make Other People Come To You – Use Bait If Necessary. Maintain a healthy culture by ruthlessly eliminating people whose are ill suited to the company''s ethos.

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Confessions Of A VC: Crap – Why I Passed On Uber’s Seed Round

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It is far more detrimental to one’s returns to make investments in companies which fail to return capital. A VC has done their job when their funds include enough great companies to generate an industry-leading outcome. Thus, while it is painful for a great investment to pass you by, the pain is wistful, not acute.