InfoChachkie
JANUARY 18, 2012
’ It’s pretty terrible to have to go to conferences… with people who are talking about… stuff that not only do I know nothing about, but I could give two $hits about.” ” Clearly, the right time to trumpet your product is when it can live up to the media hype. It’s a very big industry and its behind on IT.’
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 18, 2019
Elon Musk via Flickr by TED Conference To be successful as an entrepreneur, you don’t have to be a fabulous person, but it helps. In her classic book on this subject, “ The Essentials of Fabulous ,” Ellen Lubin-Sherman, who has been tracking fabulous people most of her life as a writer and journalist, tried to net it out.
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Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 10, 2019
Attend an investment conference. If you can meet the SEC “accredited investor” criteria ($1M net worth or $200K annual income), this is a great way to be seen by potential investors as peers before you need money. Join a local investment group.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 20, 2012
Tracy built her company, Recycled Media , out of necessity. In one year of Airbnb Tracy netted more than $28,000. Instead of doing guest posts on TechCrunch or speaking at startup conferences, Tracy became a regular contributor on wedding and women’s lifestyle blogs. She’s a painter and a self-proclaimed Bohemian.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 25, 2011
It would not be a big stretch to image a well run service business like this making 15-25% net profit margins. Yet you can run a conference and mint money. If it’s well run, people readily pay for conferences and sponsors readily pay to become platinum, gold or silver sponsors. That is $12 million in profits over 3 years.
Tech Zulu Event
NOVEMBER 8, 2012
Being an entrepreneur is about, “The journey through the ‘NO’ to get to the YES’ ” said by Ryan Caldbeck, CEO of CircleUp , on a panel at the Connections Conference in Indianapolis. And when Matt asked his friends around the country for support people took action. vc , Liam Martin with Staff.
Tech Zulu Event
MARCH 21, 2014
Introducing Bitcoinference | A Decentralized Conference , hosted by illustrious startup accelerator, 500 Startups. Bitcoin has had a rough start to the year (to say the least) – with a never-ending news feed consisting of massive bankruptcy , scandal stories, and car chase media fiascos. The ultimate plan?
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