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The Impact Matrix: Prioritize Your 2013 Initiatives Using This Startup Ninja Tool

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I now use the Impact Matrix as a venture capital investor to help our portfolio companies objectively evaluate which initiatives they should pursue in the near-term, which they should re-considered in the future and which should be dismissed entirely. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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Interview: Kevin O’Connor of FindTheBest

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In the early days of your companies, what techniques do you use to separate entrepreneurs from Wantrepreneurs (those who think they want to be an entrepreneur but do not have the innate skills, drive, risk profile, etc.)? If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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Interview: Kevin O’Connor of FindTheBest

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Company : FindTheBest. Messenger : Kevin O’Connor , Co-Founder of FindTheBest, former Co-Founder and CEO DoubleClick (sold to Google, $3.1B, seed investor ISS (sold to IBM, $1.3B), co-founder ICC (sold to DCA $25mm). If you don’t possess all of those things, it will suck and you will be fired. Clearly FTB is a major undertaking.

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Know When To Declare Defeat And Toss Out A Bad Idea – Do Not Be Afraid To Say, “That Baby Be Ugly!”

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Gordy created a unique culture which deemphasized cronyism and encouraged open and honest debate regarding the subjective quality of the company’s creative output. Record companies evaluated songs based upon a variety of informal means, such as the Old Gray Whistle Test. During the 1960’s, Motown’s artistic success was unprecedented.

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