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Why Entrepreneurs Hate (Most) MBAs

InfoChachkie

Thus, it is no surprise that Harvard recently reported that 25% of its 2012 graduates accepted jobs as consultants, while 52% opted for careers in financial services. Per the 2012 Global Management Education Graduate Survey, the median debt of 2012 MBA graduates was $45,000, while the debt from top schools averaged $90,000 (e.g.,

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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. When one considers the 400 richest people on the entire planet, the percentage of non-college graduates doubles.

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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. In the last few years, we've seen a spurt of activity where technology has started to penetrate the industry, and has started to change it. So where are you now?

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Simplifying Startup Investments: Ryan Feit (CEO) of SeedInvest

Tech Zulu Event

Visions pan of endless cold emails and long days attending meetups and pitch nights while your operations/tech team grind away. With such notable pedigrees in the investment world, I had to wonder why Ryan and co-founder James didn’t “simply” raise money and create their own private equity/venture capital fund?

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Timing and why we’re all VCs

TechCrunch LA

Mithril is struggling to compete against ferocious competition in the growth-stage equity market. The report highlighted that while growth-stage investments in CA were hitting record highs, total deal count and seed investing — both in terms of total seed dollars and seed deal count — were at their lowest points since 2012.

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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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Why Coachella Valley Is a Hub for Renewable Energy Startups

Tech.Co

Joe: I came to the Coachella Valley in January of 2012 to serve as the Founder and Managing Director of the Palm Springs iHub. Most of the equity investments in iHub companies are coming from outside the region. If you are interested in having your ecosystem featured, shoot an email to monica@engine.is.

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