Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2013

You can’t win as an entrepreneur working alone. I hope all this seems obvious to you, but I still get a good number of notes from “entrepreneurs” who have been busy inventing things all their life, but can’t find a partner to start their first business, and others trying to find an executive, an investor, or a lawyer. Marty Zwilling.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2009

This is part of my new series on what makes an entrepreneur successful. I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs. I also wonder about the entrepreneur who would sign a term sheet that came from somebody they hadn’t gotten to know over time. Great entrepreneurs pivot.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 7, 2013

Many aspiring entrepreneurs are looking to the Internet as an opportunity to get rich quick, instead of a place where you can start a business you love, for very little capital and minimal technical expertise. Remember, being an entrepreneur is a lifestyle, one that requires constant learning and problem solving, and that’s half the fun.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 13, 2010

In the industry they’re known as “conference ho’s.&# OK, they’re known as conference “whores&# but that sounded too harsh for a blog post. Inevitably a certain number of entrepreneurs feel compelled to attend every conference. I think I know the root cause. Until it’s too late.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Mark Zuckerberg made a very public mea culpa that was well received (including with this writer). I read this story on Ivan Kirigin’s blog that shows that Quora was posting which articles you’re reading to other people without your consent. And luckily Facebook handled this fiasco well.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 5, 2016

It’s a question that often circulates in the business press and on tech blogs. Entrepreneurs and venture capitalists have weighed in from time to time and their answers tend to fall into two camps. High school students also make great entrepreneurs because of their natural open-mindedness and drive to take risks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

You can’t win as an entrepreneur working alone. I hope all this seems obvious to you, but I still get a good number of notes from “entrepreneurs” who have been busy inventing things all their life, but can’t find a partner to start their first business, and others trying to find an executive, an investor, or a lawyer.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

" 8 Questions to Ask When Interviewing at a Startup - Instigator Blog , June 18, 2010 Job interviews are meant to be conversations. How-to learn about angel/vc term sheets - Gabriel Weinberg , June 28, 2010 I think every startup entrepreneur (and angel investor) should have a good understanding of financing term sheets.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 4, 2014

I think it’s what Sheryl brought to Facebook when the young Mark Zuckerberg lacked in terms of his age, maturity and probably his lack of inherent people management skills by that phase of his life. Anybody who follows this blog knows that my mom was the most influential person on my entrepreneurial career.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 1, 2012

Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs , Mark Cuban , Richard Branson , Walt Disney , Mark Zuckerberg , Michael Dell and Larry Ellison. As any long-time reader of this humble blog knows, I am an ardent Beatles fan. Despite the book’s shortcomings, it contains a number of insightful lessons for budding entrepreneurs.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 8, 2011

As highlighted in the movie The Social Network , the Winklevoss brothers are embroiled in a protracted lawsuit with Mark Zuckerberg, Founder of Facebook. They claim that Mr. Zuckerberg “stole” their idea of creating a social network for the Harvard student community. I encourage emerging entrepreneurs to utilize Quora.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2017

They flocked to businesses like Apple, when influencer Steve Jobs was at the helm, and anxiously await the next moves from visible entrepreneurs, including Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. Entrepreneurs who are clearly willing to give as well as take in business become influencers because people feel the urge to reciprocate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2012

You can’t win as an entrepreneur working alone. I hope all this seems obvious to you, but I still get a good number of notes from “entrepreneurs” who have been busy inventing things all their life, but can’t find a partner to start their first business, and others trying to find an executive, an investor, or a lawyer.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

“The Startup Act outlines a five-prong approach to job creation based on the proven track record of entrepreneurs: Reducing regulatory burdens. According to the official press release on Senator Moran’s blog. Attracting business investment. Accelerating the commercialization of university research. Requires an employer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2012

Many aspiring entrepreneurs are looking to the Internet as an opportunity to get rich quick, instead of a place where you can start a business you love, for very little capital and minimal technical expertise. Remember, being an entrepreneur is a lifestyle, one that requires constant learning and problem solving, and that’s half the fun.

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Xconomy

JUNE 10, 2016

Seattle’s UP Global, now part of Techstars, oversees the operation of Startup Week and other programs for tech entrepreneurs across the U.S. But while Startup Week San Diego has always collaborated with UP Global, San Diego entrepreneur and Startup Week organizer Austin Neudecker said, “We’ve always been an independent entity.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

My mom was an entrepreneur – she was kind of my inspiration for entrepreneurship. And no one could see me as anything but a startup guy, so I started a second company and called myself a serial entrepreneur. Then everyone just started calling me a serial entrepreneur. So it’s something to be mindful of, how lucky we are.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs. blog comments powered by Disqus. Zuckerberg admits: If I wasn’t the CEO of Facebook, I’d be at Microsoft. Blog Software. Cloud storage. Enterprise. Acquisition. Venture capital. Developers. Infographics. Management. Electric cars. Hybrid cars. Renewable energy. most popular.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 1, 2012

The bigger they come…” holds true for Olympic legends and entrepreneurs alike. Startups absolutely lead to personal glory: ever heard of Mark Zuckerberg? Michael Phelps knows all about this one: he got as much press for partying at U of Michigan as he did for one of the greatest athletic performances of all time.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. Suddenly we were all creating blogs on Blogger.com, Typepad & WordPress. We started uploading images of ourselves to our blogs. But the masses didn’t want to blog. Social Networking in Web 2.0: Plaxo & LinkedIn. Enter Facebook.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

As John Greathouse noted in his blog entry, Putting “Trade” Back Into Tradeshows , several years ago, I pulled off a guerilla marketing coup at a large tradeshow by hiring actors to portray monks. The opening keynote that evening was Randi Zuckerberg talking about Facebook and social media. Parcours Ninjas Vs. The Austin Police.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

I’ve said versions of it on this blog before so I hope it’s not too repetitive. Do the harder work and convince them to join anyways – without the stock option bravado. ** Unless you really are Mark Pincus, Mark Zuckerberg, Ev Williams or similar. So I developed this standard line that I used for all employees.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

An organization representing venture capital firms filed a federal suit in Washington, DC, on Tuesday accusing Trump Administration officials of unlawfully delaying a program that would have allowed international entrepreneurs to work at companies they founded within the United States.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

We’ve got loads of role models, which includes Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Jack Dorsey, Sean Parker, and Linus Tovald. As a young African entrepreneur with little funding, you may want to meet new people on social networks that may help in the growth and development of your new internet start-up.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Developments Blog. PERSON Zuckerberg, Mark PERSON|Zuckerberg, Mark. NAME Mark Zuckerberg. Tech entrepreneurs and executives from Silicon Valley are moving south and buying up luxury homes in the Los Angeles area. Loading… Real Estate. » More. Real Estate. » More. Loading… Careers.

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