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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

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There is a battle between entrepreneurs who try to change the world and solve a meaningful problem and those who write take-down pieces with no apparent personal benefit other than attention. Of course the naysayers are out again. We hired outside experts. ” **. I’d love even 0.5% I have witnessed it working.

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Ryan Blair, HashtagOne: From Gang Member, To Entrepreneur, To Anti-VC

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Ryan Blair: As you know, I sold ViSalus back in 2012, but ended up buying it back in 2014, and then we sold the company to a public company. Of course, not all VCs are like that, and I've started some good relationships with them, but others are complete a**holes. So, I've been hiring people and creating an organization around that.