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With Greathouse Comes Great Responsibility

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On the first day of class, Professor Greathouse told his students, “Take a look around the class, these are the people you will most likely start a company with,” and boy was he right. For a video interview between John Greathouse and Kevin O’Connor, check out: Kevin O’Connor Shares The Secrets Of Business Success.

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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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John Greathouse: How did the Bones Brigade come together? In this second installment of my conversation with George Powell, Founder and President of Skate One , he describes how Tony Hawk and the other members of the Bones Brigade revolutionized skateboarding and made it cool again, after its near death in the late-1980’s.

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George Powell – Doing Well By Having Fun

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John Greathouse: You pulled out your old college skateboard in the early 1970’s when your son wanted one. Greathouse: What was the turning point, from making a wheels by hand in your kitchen to creating a business? To go into production, I needed to build hundreds of molds and invest in a cost effective quantity of wheels.

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

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Over time you start to figure out who you customers are and how to sell to them or how to get them to adopt your products if you’re a consumer-oriented startup. I should note that my friend Brad Feld has written a new book on the subject that I would recommend if you want the bible on the topic. In the Early Days. Mentorship.

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This Philanthropist Is Winning Skirmishes With Poverty By Tapping Into An Inner City’s Entrepreneurial Spirit

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The criteria by which they evaluate potential portfolio non-profits are taken directly from a for-profit investor''s playbook: Compelling Product: evidence-based programs that target low-income, at-risk populations with robust programs, offering compelling outcomes and an attractive return on our investment. ABC''s Founder And CEO Speaks Out.

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How This Startup Turned An April Fools Joke Into Customers

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Their SaaS product saves web developers and designers time, while allowing them to create cutting-edge websites. According to Michael, "We didn’t sit around for hours brainstorming what might make a great April Fool’s gag; in fact, we didn’t do much planning at all for Geo. If it doesn’t come easily, don’t force it.".

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