Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

In fact, BusinessWeek reports that roughly 40 percent of the S&P 500 chief executives have MBAs in any given year. So here''s my net on how an entrepreneur should look at an MBA: If you are already an entrepreneur, more education, including an MBA, will only slow you down. What’s different about the entrepreneurial environment?

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 5, 2015

A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! Despite the relatively large-percentage increase, our conversion rate of trail-to-paid customers rose substantially, from about 35% to around 50%. How Much For A Rib?

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

We don’t think about how much Microsoft does to make our lives easier, especially at work. 3. It’s not just about Windows. We know about the great ways in which Microsoft enables businesses to operate more efficiently, but we don’t all associate Microsoft with gaming (and gaming is a huge business).

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 10, 2011

I agree with the seven survival issues summarized by Michael Fertik, in an old Harvard Business Review article , for executives making the transition: Empire-building skills are counter-productive. Similarly, acquiring a larger footprint of direct reports is often a sign of success at large businesses. Never cover your a$$.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 29, 2011

Randy Churchill and his team at PricewaterhouseCoopers meticulously prepare a quarterly report detailing the venture landscape, called Shaking The Money Tree. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! The Three Enthralling Factors Of Venture Funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2013

In fact, BusinessWeek reports that roughly 40 percent of the S&P 500 chief executives have MBAs in any given year. So here's my net on how an entrepreneur should look at an MBA: If you are already an entrepreneur, more education, including an MBA, will only slow you down. What’s different about the entrepreneurial environment?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

After considering about 200 investment opportunities over the past two years, we have established a decision making process to identify trophy entrepreneurs and startups. A good business plan should be no more than 20-25 pages long and tell a compelling, cohesive and complete story about the proposed business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Michael Fertik, in a recent Harvard Business Review article , summarized the key differences for people trying to survive the transition: Forget influence- and empire-building. Similarly, acquiring a larger footprint of direct reports is often a sign of success at large businesses. The axiom applies to all matters, tiny to large.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

Think about how much more value was created for all these constituencies (and society) by Snap staying independent vs. Instagram selling to Facebook.  —  @jasonlk How the Long Game Has Benefitted Upfront I was thinking about it this morning in particular and thinking about my own personal investment history.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

He says he cares most about “focusing on customers for life”. They fought back and told me that all they cared about was building a strong community of start up entrepreneurs and providing them as much value as possible to build awesome companies. Think about it. I would repeat to them ‘conversions, conversions, conversions’.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Even investors and experienced founders are caught in the same net as recently educated graduates looking to build companies. With this, Silicon Valley has decided to speak out about the stifling affect of immigration law and the impacts that have caused crippling of the American tech industry. Take the U.S. and Mark Warner (D-Va.)

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SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

Los Angeles By: Laura Rich February 26, 2010 It used to be, if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. In this series, we talk to leading figures in those communities about what makes them tick. Mark Suster, a partner at GRP Partners in Los Angeles, spoke with Fastcompany.com about what makes L.A.s

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OCTOBER 8, 2012

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JULY 14, 2009

free weekly Infochachkie articles! A writer is someone who writes, not someone who goes about telling their friends that they are “a writer”. If people who know you well think that you share traits with good old Uncle Harry, then you may want to think twice about leaving The Herd. Hint: He was an entrepreneur. Impatience.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Last year about 40% of the total workforce was Boomers. In case you think that all of these are employed by big companies, listen to these statistics: According to an article in U.S. News & World Report , people over 40 were key players in 86.6% of startup businesses as far back as 2005. Angel Investor. Marty Zwilling.

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