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APRIL 29, 2015

Skate One is now the world’s largest skateboard company, with best-selling brands such as Powell•Peralta Skateboards , BONES Wheels and Mini•Logo Skateboards. Skate One is now the world’s largest skateboard company, with best-selling brands such as Powell•Peralta Skateboards , BONES Wheels and Mini•Logo Skateboards.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

When you first start your company and raise initial venture capital your board probably consists of 1-3 founders and 1-2 VCs. If you raise millions of dollars from professional investors it is no longer “your” company but a shared company that you control. In the Early Days. Mentorship. As You Start to Mature.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 6, 2015

The world’s largest skateboard company, Skate One produces many of industry’s best-selling brands, including Powell•Peralta Skateboards , BONES Wheels and Mini•Logo Skateboards. George spent the first ten years of his career, gaining experience in the aerospace industry, before founding his skateboard company in 1976 at the age of 33.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 10, 2014

Great love and great achievements involve great risk - nothing ventured, nothing gained. It will tell you a lot about them - consider using this as an interviewing technique, you might be surprised by your candidates'' responses. Many of Mr. My brief annotations follow each quote. Never give up when you truly believe.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2009

This posting was inspired by an email from Rajat Suri who wrote me an email in response to Chris Dixon’s blog post (link below) from August, which recently re-ran on Business Insider and has generated much Twitter chatter. Talk to companies that have taken this money and see if they’ve gotten support. What gives?

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2009

“You are forty, out of a job, a newlywed, your wife is expecting a baby, you don’t own your own home, you have no specialized qualifications, the only company you ever launched went bankrupt and you have just been sentenced to one year in jail.”. For instance, when you were growing up, did you partake in any of the following activities?

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