Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2009

This is part of my new series on what makes an entrepreneur successful. I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs. Thinking out loud – I’m sure that’s important for entrepreneurs as well. Two quick stories from just yesterday.

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OCTOBER 19, 2017

There's a tightness which is squeezing the lifeblood from the entrepreneurs, even as it remains an amazing place. The idea came about because of my work in both regions, and comparing and contrasting the two, and figuring out the game in Southern California. What are you hoping to do that isn't be done now in the region?

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 8, 2011

In business, such players are analogous to serial entrepreneurs. When it is your turn to deal, always call a game that plays to your team’s strengths, as described more fully in Two Brothers. For more suggestions regarding parenting an entrepreneur, check out parts I , II , III and V of this series. .

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InfoChachkie

JULY 18, 2011

Seuss’ Green Eggs and Ham and Marcia Brown’s Stone Soup , the seemingly innocuous board game Monopoly has played a pivotal role in the edification of several generations of entrepreneurs. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! Hands On Learning. This is worthwhile, real-world lesson.

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socalTECH

MARCH 29, 2012

We spoke with Matt and Amanda MacNaughton , the brother and sister team behind PromoJam, to hear more about the company's platform. How did you two start the company? Amanda MacNaughton: Matt and I are a brother-sister team. We said--let's put these two forces together, and put some really smart people behind our company.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 6, 2013

This year the night before the journey my brother got a call from the person who had committed to watch his dogs that she wasn’t able to watch them after all. Panic ensued as we couldn’t bring the dogs to San Diego and my brother’s three kids look forward to this great trip all year. I registered. and upload that.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 23, 2012

Ignorance is not bliss in business, but it does allow entrepreneurs to face the unknown with a measure of confidence. No 19-year old understands business at the level of a seasoned, serial entrepreneur. However, it is important for young entrepreneurs to be adequately self-aware to know what they do not know.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Bong Koh: My other co-founders include a guy I've known for a number of years--my younger brother, Bong Doh, who was one of the first engineers at VideoEgg up in the bay area. That's interesting that you are starting this with your brother, did you ever think you'd start a company with him? Who are your other cofounders?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2013

The one word the best entrepreneurs never accept. Her brother played rugby for the English rugby team and went to Oxford. That’s kind of like having a brother in the NFL in the US. I’ve been pitched by hundreds of entrepreneurs who never actually asked me whether I would invest. Stay with me. Fast forward.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 8, 2011

As highlighted in the movie The Social Network , the Winklevoss brothers are embroiled in a protracted lawsuit with Mark Zuckerberg, Founder of Facebook. John Greathouse , Entrepreneur, Investor, Professor and Freshman In The School Of Life. I write a bit more about how entrepreneurs can protect their ideas here: Spilling The Beans.

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Eric Greenspan

JUNE 25, 2015

I brought his little brother. Last week, the little one graduate preschool, the same school his older brother attended. It arrived 12 years after the older one graduated and on the day his little brother graduated. We’ve got two of our four kids asleep right now, after a family movie night. It was a great day.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

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. Here are 62 63 Los Angeles entrepreneurs we can be proud of.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 14, 2019

YouTube didn’t kill television, it just became Netflix… T hings can move in two different directions at the same time. The two met at the Digital Media Group within Warner Brothers and were tasked with trying to experiment with technologies at the intersection of media generation and distribution. ” Flinn says.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2013

In some reputable surveys , as many as two-thirds of entrepreneurs felt that their entrepreneurial spirit was more ingrained than learned, so a specific education level is at least irrelevant. On the other hand, I had trouble thinking of famous entrepreneurs with an MBA. He built an overnight competitor to the U.S.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2015

The startup, was founded by two brothers, Mitch and Avi Kahan , who told us how they hope the app can cut the endless texting loop and actually get people to dates to figure out if they click. You'd have to message so many people in order to just get one or two replies, and oftentime, that just wouldn't pan out. What's InviteUP?

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 15, 2011

Rather than explaining to him that such an adventure was clearly a losing proposition, Tony’s parent encouraged him by making a two-hour round trip to purchase a $33.45 Tony eventually passed the button business to his younger brother, when it became too tedious and time consuming.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2010

I’ve seen too many entrepreneurs try to do things on the cheap. How does your brother-in-law feel about that? He said, “When someone’s passing the hors d’oeuvres tray you always take two&#. If the appetizers are in front of you, take two. But the lower end also has risks. Brilliant.

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socalTECH

MAY 1, 2019

Brian Liu: We're launching a new business, BizCounsel, which looks a lot like the big brother for LegalZoom. Brian Liu: I think, with a new company, there are two things you always key. Brian Liu: I think it's two things. It was fun, but when I was done with it, I figured out I didn't need to do that for two years.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 17, 2013

Mike Falzone nearly died twice in a two-week period, during which he was also fired from his job. In this way, Mike acts as a hip, surrogate big brother to his fans. Performers Are Entrepreneurs. Mike was surprised when I identified him as an entrepreneur. A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes.

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socalTECH

APRIL 15, 2019

Josh Viner: We're different in two ways. Because of those two key things, plus being a really sleek, fashion-forward design, we can reach a much larger demographic. In fact, my brother even fell off these devices a few tims. Josh Viner: We announced that we raised around $37M in funding a month or two ago.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

So here is attempt two now that the alcohol is mostly out of me. Paddy Cosgrave was a young entrepreneur in Dublin and a couple of years after the crash was talking with a mate of his who had a brand new hotel opening but had no clue how he was going to attract visitors. Year two I thought to myself, “I probably should go.

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socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2019

We offer up courses for League of Legends, Fortnite, Hearthstone, Magic: The Gathering Arena and Super Smash Brothers Ultimate. That's where InstaPros, which we launched two weeks ago, comes in. When we first launched, we only supported two games, League of Legends and Hearthstone. What does that look like to a user?

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socalTECH

MAY 7, 2012

It happened that my brother was working for an art gallery at the time, and as a favor, I was. Sean Broihier: When I was doing the site for my brother, every time they did an in-store promotion, or had an appearance, or they needed to change the prices on their prints, he had to call me, because I had done the website for him.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 9, 2012

These entrepreneurs do not risk everything, work outrageous hours and put themselves under extreme pressure because they want to. If it were a decision to be an entrepreneur, then most right-minded individuals would decide to turn back when they encountered the first inevitable startup crises. Entrepreneurs want to matter.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

The truth is that struggle still exists for probably two-thirds of the world, and we’re just immune to it all, and I think that struggle is going to get a lot worse with climate change. My mom was an entrepreneur – she was kind of my inspiration for entrepreneurship. Then everyone just started calling me a serial entrepreneur.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 17, 2012

Richard grew up just outside of Toronto, entering the tech scene a few years ago, co-founding Ratehub.ca , a mortgage comparison and lead platform, with her technical brother; who left Microsoft Canada for the project. Richard explains how her brother left his fat salary (by Canadian standards) at Mircosoft to come build a startup with her.

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Tech.Co

APRIL 6, 2018

Starting and building a business isn’t for the weary, just ask former NFL player-turned-entrepreneur Darren Woodson. I don’t know how many times I’ve missed a tackle, and my brothers would say ‘yeah well you missed two tackles.’ Techstars Startup Week is celebration of entrepreneurs in cities around the globe.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Entrepreneurs like Matt Coffin , Kamran Pourzanjani and Brock Pierce were making their mark. Two worlds, two times, but one community. He’s a man with a big laugh and an even bigger heart, known for being an active Big Brother and for leveraging his events to fundraise for various causes.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

The highly ranked travel site was founded, and bootstrapped, by two brothers--Eric and David Bjorndahl--and we talked with Eric about the company. In contrast to a lot of companies, we're still a relatively small startup--it's just myself and my brother, but it supports both of us full time and profitable. He graduated from U.C.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Zach--who is the brother of Omniture founder Josh James--has served at Credit Suisse and Hummer Winblad, and Rich previously ran the Los Angeles Film Festival. Rich Raddon: There are two things. My brother co-founded and was CEO of the company, until he sold it to Adobe. That's what differentiates us from other people.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 12, 2014

from the Black Eyed Peas was on the “Disruptor” panel discussing how he reaches out to his community of inner-city kids to encourage them to think like an entrepreneur and pursue their dreams. He told us a story about growing up with his brother, Elon Musk, founder of Tesla Motorsports. Technology advocate and celebrity Will.I.Am.

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Eric Greenspan

MAY 19, 2016

My brother, our COO at MIW II and my right arm, sent me a link to a post that Best Buy is switching from VW Beetles to the Toyota Prius. After the demise of Make It Work II in June of 2012, I reached out to see if I could lend some advice or insight from my 15 year run with two companies named Make It Work.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 1, 2013

The final episode of Bravo’s Start-ups: Silicon Valley aired recently, wrapping up an 8-episode run of what could be considered the most bizarre depiction of entrepreneurs and start-ups to date. The entire cast, sans two, live in swanky upscale digs. Who are these entrepreneurs anyway? What was that ? Sounds compelling, right?

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socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2019

It was one of those American dream stories, where my parents sold everything they had, and only had $5,000 in their pocket, quit their jobs, and came here to the united States to pursue a better life for me and my brother. So, we want against the grain, two fold. I grew up in Maryland. That just doesn't happen.

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Eric Greenspan

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Sometimes sexual tension gets in between two humans at greeting. The man embrace like with my brother or my sons. To some this is awkward. I can roll with it and turn it into a positive. It does in fact open the door to opportunities, good or bad. It’s human nature to feel this way. Big hug like when I see my buddy Seth David.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 17, 2012

Richard grew up just outside of Toronto, entering the tech scene a few years ago, co-founding Ratehub.ca , a mortgage comparison and lead platform, with her technical brother; who left Microsoft Canada for the project. Richard explains how her brother left his fat salary (by Canadian standards) at Mircosoft to come build a startup with her.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 15, 2013

Mom was an entrepreneur and a civic leader. But of course we’re all a product of both of our parents – if we were fortunate enough to be raised by two individuals. I know this because my uncles – his brothers – always did this to me. My mom seems to sneak into my blog from time-to-time. My dad less so.

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