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

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For many entrepreneurs, college has little appeal. Academia’s arbitrary, bureaucratic structure, combined with its predominant focus on theoretical issues, causes many entrepreneurs to depart college early. Others, such as Walt Disney and Richard Branson never even enroll. Entrepreneurs are misfits.

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Interview with Deena Varshavskaya, Wanelo

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Deena Varshavskaya: I was thinking about alternatives to advertising, because I think advertising just fails to deliver relevance. Deena Varshavskaya: I'm an entrepreneur. We have designed Nick.com, and worked with Disney, MySpace, back in the day, and other big brands. What's the story behind the company?

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How To Write An Effective Answer On Quora: Communications 101

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John Greathouse , Entrepreneur, Investor, Professor and Freshman In The School Of Life. The first one is Oswald The Lucky Rabbit, Walt Disney’s first hit character. Universal thought the key was Oswald (the idea), whereas Disney knew the key was in the execution of the cartoon. My corresponding response is shown below.

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Interview with Jay Samit, SVnetwork

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Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based SVnetwork (www.svnetwork.com) announced the launch of a new, Internet advertising network. We recently spoke with CEO Jay Samit , as we wanted to understand what the company was up to nowadays, why it decided to change its name, and how it sees itself fitting into the Internet advertising industry.

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Silicon Beach at USC 2013 | Entrepreneurial Inspiration

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Big crowd of entrepreneurs, professors, students, and established professionals. I wanted to connect LA’s incredible entrepreneurs with the larger business community and with the resources of USC.”. Over $50,000 in prize money. Filled with innovation. The conference was filled with a several panels.

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State of Content | Los Angeles

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State of Content is an unrivaled opportunity to connect and collaborate with today’s leading influencers, executives, and entrepreneurs in the new establishment of advertising, marketing & technology. TALK NYC Heads to SOHO House, Bringing Madison Avenue to West Hollywood on June 13, 2012.

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23 Startup Tips From Oprah Winfrey

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Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs , Mark Cuban , Richard Branson , Walt Disney , Mark Zuckerberg , Michael Dell and Larry Ellison. Oprah Winfrey is one of the most successful entrepreneurs of her generation. From these, I collected 23 insightful missives of interest to aspiring entrepreneurs. We all stumble.

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