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Reflections on 2018: Richard Wolpert, The Soul Of A Deal

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Editor's note: As we head into the new year, we've been featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. On Demand). You'll be able to browse all of those contributions here.

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TechZulu Presents: The Annual Startup Forecast

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Brock Pierce is a 10x entrepreneur best known for pioneering the market for digital currency. He is a media and digital media entrepreneur, senior executive, negotiator and dealmaker with an unbroken track record of success in start-up and emerging growth companies, as well as major and independent media companies. On Demand).

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This Week in VC – Scott Painter, CEO of Zag & TrueCar

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He didn’t tell it in the video but, ever the entrepreneur, Scott started a business to take couples up on a “mile high club&# flight on airplanes as a way of getting all of his miles logged to get his next class of airplane license that required a certain number of hours logged. It’s part of what makes him so likable.

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Interview with Kelly Tompkins, AdventureLink

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People are demanding more and more experiential opportunities out of their leisure holidays. It's the first year that baby boomers have been eligible for retirement benefits, and there are people with discretionary income, even in these economic conditions, who are demanding these experiences. Thanks for the interview, and good luck!

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Interview with Jim Carol, DonateGames.org

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That nightmare happened to Jim Carol , a serial entrepreneur who was co-founder and CEO of San Diego's PacketVideo , when his son was diagnosed with cancer. Jim Carol: I'm a serial entrepreneur. I retired from there in 2003, but I've always been an entrepreneur and run lots of businesses, and have always been in technology.

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My Life as a CEO (and VC): Chief Psychologist

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Some entrepreneurs make the mistake of never devolving power. If you want to attract world class talent you have to be inspirational, persuasive and persistent (they best people always have other offers). So you internalize much as a CEO, which is why groups like YPO are so important for super successful entrepreneurs.

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The Big VC Thaw – Why The Market is Moving Again (part 2 of 3)

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This post highlights some of the reasons why the market is moving again and what entrepreneurs should do about this. There is a lot of pent-up demand. note: there is one rare exception – in 2006 Sevin Rosen declared that Venture Capital was broken and actually returned money to their LPs ! Seems an obvious fit.