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With Greathouse Comes Great Responsibility

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I thought this post might be of interest to some of my readers, as it offers a glimpse into my approach to teaching entrepreneurship. . Design together, the course that introduced the idea for brightblu, they were concurrently taking three other classes: Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Marketing and Art of the CEO.

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Hacking Hacker News – How Wily Startups Leverage Social News Sites

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The innocuous post, which was simply titled " Divshot " generated over 110 comments and was awarded nearly 200 points by Hacker News' notoriously jaded readers. The team subsequently earned a coveted position in Launchpad LA's current accelerator class after winning the Crowdstart LA competition. Engagement.

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Entrepreneurship: Nature vs. Nurture? A Religious Debate

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I grew up believing that human behavior was 20% nature, 80% nurture. Fred Wilson said as much on his blog also. That is true of all my blog posts. It is what I love the most about debates and one of the things I love most about blogging. of all data is made up. OK, not literally made up.

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Why Most of Your Assumptions About Phone Calls are Wrong

Both Sides of the Table

It’s why the first company I ever invested in as a VC – Invoca – just announced a $20 million funding by Accel Partners. Of course that website isn’t completely up to date but it’s a great resource for seeing the overall picture. But let me start with some data. Much more data in the full post.

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A Guide to Using Authority & Social Proof in Fund Raising

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I recently read a book I’d highly recommend to every reader of this blog called “ Yes, 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to be Persuasive &# by Robert B. John gave me the book after I spoke at his entrepreneurship class at UCSB. He first worked hard to get him to be an advisor to the company.

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Do you Suffer from the Urgency Addiction? It’s More Common Than you Think

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The concept comes from a Stephen Covey book called “ First Things First ,&# which is a worthwhile book ( Wikipedia overview here ) but if you haven’t read his seminal book “ 7 Habits of Highly Effective People &# you should start with that. I thought through the steps: Get a class of interesting companies.

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The Customer May Not Always Be Right, But You Had Better Listen Just The Same

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On opposite pages were two ads for two very large companies. The irony is that currently both these onetime best in class companies are now in deep trouble. The result is that I, the reader, had no interest in what was being sold in the ad yet I am a consumer in both verticals. And that was what had caught my attention.