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10 Entrepreneur Attributes That Will Make You A Star

Startup Professionals Musings

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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Do’s and Don’ts For Entrepreneur Business Networking

Startup Professionals Musings

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.

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Indianapolis is the “It Place” to Start a Startup?

Tech Zulu Event

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.

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500 Startups Presents Bitcoinference

Tech Zulu Event

Introducing Bitcoinference | A Decentralized Conference , hosted by illustrious startup accelerator, 500 Startups. And of course, to extend a supportive and educated hand to inquisitive friends and acquaintances – through social media, fact checking, and a call to disconnect from toxic news stories.

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2009 Coming To A Close, 2010 Just Around The Corner!

Tech Zulu Event

From local Los Angeles tech events to worldwide conferences and expos. At the conference, we will explore how companies are using these technologies today, and should be using them tomorrow, for significant bottom line impact in areas like marketing, corporate information management, publishing, customer service, and personal productivity.

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Is it a Good Idea to Have Ads in Tweets?

Both Sides of the Table

Banner or AdSense style ads placed either at the top of the page or down the right hand side (often called a skyscraper) would only net Twitter money for users that log into Twitter.com. This is why many people are so excited by how much traffic they’re now generating from social media. I believe Twitter will support this.

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How I Use Visualization to Drive Creativity

Both Sides of the Table

Where do the new entrants like YouTube, Pandora, iTunes, Huffington Post, Boxee, Netflix, Demand Media and other disruptive offerings fit into that equation and how is it changing? How does social media on Facebook & Twitter change things? I have a high fear of failure that acts as my safety net.

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