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Why Entrepreneurs Hate (Most) MBAs

InfoChachkie

Someone on Quora recently asked me to answer the following question: Why Do Digital Entrepreneurs Hate MBAs? Tech entrepreneurs' consternation with MBAs does not rise to the level of loathing. As noted in Startup Advice From College Dropouts , successful entrepreneurs are often poor students.

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Startup Tips From College Dropouts: Zuckerberg, Jobs, Gates, Dell, Ellison, Branson and Disney

InfoChachkie

HIGHEST DEGREE OBTAINED BY AMERICA'S 400 RICHEST PEOPLE Source: Forbes Magazine, Jan 2012. According to a January 2012 Forbes article, nearly 16% of the 400 most affluent Americans do not have a college degree. For many entrepreneurs, college has little appeal. Entrepreneurs are misfits.

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Simplifying Startup Investments: Ryan Feit (CEO) of SeedInvest

Tech Zulu Event

The very mention of the word fundraising can illicit some powerful emotions among entrepreneurs. On one end, entrepreneurs who have (at minimum) built something customers love and are willing to pay for, and the other hand, investors who are looking for the very companies who fit that profile.

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Interview with Scott Cannon, CEO of BigRentz

socalTECH

Scott Cannon: We started in 2012, when it was basically a couple of people on a telephone and the yellow pages. We sold that to a very large private equity company. Entrepreneurs are great at coming up with ideas, but it takes a different kind of person to really scale a business quickly. So where are you now? Cloud Capital.

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Pipeline Fellowship | Raising Women to Become Investors

Tech Zulu Event

There were only 22% women who invested in 2012. We also want to create more capital for women entrepreneurs to increase the chances of being funded and connected to a bigger network. Entrepreneurs are everywhere and capital isn’t. Also, the skill sets and expertise they can learn and experience as an entrepreneur.

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How I Promise You One of the Most Meaningful Days of Your Life

Both Sides of the Table

Defy teaches them personal finance like how to keep a checking account, the difference between debt and equity, what cashflow is and so forth. But if you commit one simple day of your life I literally promise you that you will email or Tweet me a “thank you” and tell me you’ve been moved. Yeah, yeah, whatever Mike. Sure, I’ll meet her.

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myLINGO | Connecting Non-English Speakers with the Movies

Tech Zulu Event

Just 20 years old and a recent Harvard University dropout, Olenka provided insight into her transition to Los Angeles, life as an entrepreneur, and how she’s passionate about helping non-English speakers see American movies in their own native language. So being an entrepreneur is a lot like being a student. You have deliverables.

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