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How Do I Identify A Great adVenture Opportunity? The Answer Is Obvious, Yet Insightful

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Hobbies arise from activities that you initially engage in casually and you eventually fall in love with. You do not discover a hobby, hobbies discover you. Thus, adVenture opportunities will generally arise from your proclivities and interests. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for. As noted in What If? ,

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Interview: Thorsten von Eicken of RightScale

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I thought the analogy was preposterous back in 2006-2007 but it has become obvious. We were in the center of the activity and thus would soon race against everyone else, many with much deeper pockets. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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Intellectual Property – Worthless To A Startup, Priceless To A Big Dumb Company

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“Good Lord Boyet, my beauty, though but mean, Needs not the painted flourish of your praise: Beauty is bought by judgment of the eye, Not uttered by base sale of chapmen’s tongues” . William Shakespeare, British Playwright, from Love’s Labour’s Lost , 1598. Intellectual Property (IP) is an ugly thing at a startup.

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Create An Industry Alliance Entrepreneurs: Need Friends On The Startup Playground

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In early December of 1818, Jose de la Guerra devised a brilliant plan to thwart the French pirate Hippolyte de Bouchard who was lurking off the coast of Santa Barbara, contemplating an attack. Each time the men crossed the hill and descended out of view, they changed clothing, mounted different horses and then paraded again before the pirates.

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Are You an Entrepreneur?

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As noted in The Fringe, most successful entrepreneurs are compelled to succeed by creating something from nothing, not by the lust for money, power or fame. Source: Harold Evans, They Made America. Pop Quiz: Who was this person and what did they ultimately do with the cards dealt them? The answer is at the end of this entry.

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Bro Factor – Intimate Relationships Which Provide Your Startup With An Unfair Advantage

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A term of endearment used to denote a familiarity beyond a casual friendship. In the world of Big Dumb Companies (&# BDC&# ), there is little likelihood you will establish a professional relationship with someone outside of your company that goes beyond a casual friendship. Such a distinction is understandable and appropriate in a school setting.

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