TechCrunch LA

MARCH 3, 2020

Traditional venture capitalists may have made it rain on expensive Hollywood studios that were promising virtual reality would be the future of entertainment and social networking (given coronavirus fears, it may yet be), but Talespin and others like it are focused on much more mundane goals.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 21, 2014

It wasn''t until I turned 50 that I fully adopted basketball legend John Wooden''s definition of victory: "Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.". This was a difficult and gradual transition. Consciousness Can Be A Bummer.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 9, 2012

"Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb and disaster seemed right around the corner." Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs and Richard Branson.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 2, 2015

I am proud that students who express satisfaction with my classes also note that they involve a significant time commitment. My speakers also help me counter the Hollywood meme that business people become successful by being dishonest. Of the 41 student ratings on Rate My Professor (RMP), I have earned a 4.4 for Easiness.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 3, 2015

Many women rose to the top of their careers only to discover how unsatisfying, soul-draining and unhealthy a lifestyle it was and completely changed careers to find satisfaction doing something completely different where they once again became successful, but in a more balanced manner. But I digress.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2009

Hubris might be an entertaining trait for an entrepreneur in a Hollywood movie. Although they enjoy a sense of satisfaction, if they had known what they were up against at the outset, it is likely that they never would never have made the ‘Base Jump’ required to launch their adVenture.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Hollywood has even made a movie about the founding of Facebook that glamorizes startup life instead of showing what it really is: a day in day out marathon of work with very little glamor. Keep going. You feel like maybe, possibly, you kinda got it now. Keep going.

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