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Why A Cellular Carrier Did Not Buy Skype - Watching A Big Dumb Company Fail In Real Time

InfoChachkie

billion caused me to recall an awkward meeting I had in 2005 with a particularly clueless group of cellular executives. Cool stuff for circa 2005, unless you were an idiot working for a cellular carrier. The recent purchase of Skype by Microsoft for $8.5 Their utter stupidity is a bit disheartening, but highly instructional.

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Mentors-Plus-Capital Programs – Intense Incubation

Startup Professionals Musings

At VT KnowledgeWorks we screen prospective clients for their Market opportunity, for the Magic that they offer to their prospective customers, and for the Moxie displayed by the start-up team. Paul Graham built the mold at Y Combinator , which he founded back in 2005. They are funded and staffed by groups of accomplished entrepreneurs.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

Both Sides of the Table

In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 Either it’s a bunch of pictures or screen shots or it’s a bunch of words. RSS was something that had appeared.” “….I was starting. Aren’t pitch decks still the norm? “I

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

SoCal Delicious

where entrepreneurs share their stories. 63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Free Corporations For First-Time Entrepreneurs. Right now they’re setting up 500 free corporations for first time entrepreneurs. Here are 62 63 Los Angeles entrepreneurs we can be proud of.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

Why Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers. He started targeting the ad by location and interest, and the number of potential people he was reaching began decreasing on screen (Facebook tells you dynamically). In many of them I get asked similar questions, including the inevitable “what makes a great entrepreneur?” You Can’t Sign This Deal.

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Why Email May Be Draining Your Company’s Productivity

Both Sides of the Table

I do what I wish all entrepreneurs would do. It’s an entrepreneur with whom I’ve been wanting to work for 6 years. He turned me down for a job in 2005. It was a young, first-time entrepreneur who wanted to meet. Or ask Tasha to send you a screen shot of my weekly calendar. ” I never said that.

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Gene Dolgoff's 3D Vision: Using Crowdfunding To Turn the World 3D

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Santa Monica-based Fundable (www.fundable.com) is a newly launched, crowdfunding site which is headed by local entrepreneur Wil Shroter. Dolgoff has a fascinating background--he invented the first LCD projector, he helped inspire Star Trek's Holodeck, and he also is a serial entrepreneur who took his company public on the NASDAQ in the 90's.

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