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Ask the Career Expert: “Why Do I Need a Mentor?”

InfoChachkie

The following is a guest post from Laurel House, an author, lifestyle mentor, and contributing blogger for Campus Explorer. The folks at Campus Explorer believe everyone deserves a fulfilling education, no matter the name or place. Question: ”Why do I need a mentor? Finding Your Mentor. Pinpoint, then Email.

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Interview with Alex Benzer, SocialEngine

socalTECH

It's like WordPress, but instead of blogging, it provides an online community, which is self-hosted. However Gmail is only private email conversations. The most attractive thing about it was the educational value. So, we were pretty excited to educate ourselves at TechStars. We have some great mentors now.

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Should Millennial Entrepreneurs Skip College?

InfoChachkie

Here is an excerpt from an email I wrote to a student who asked me if she should drop out of school to run her business fulltime because she was anxious "to do great things.". Learning To Learn - A sound college education includes gaining the insights into applying logic, researching data and assessing the veracity information.

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Small Business Success Doesn’t Come Without Travel

Startup Professionals Musings

It’s always valuable to meet new prospect clients face to face, rather than just by phone or email. I’m talking about volunteering to be on industry panels for visibility, participating in startup weekends for education, and talking to groups of distributors or potential customers on technology trends. Face-to-face time is key.

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Why Millennial Entrepreneurs Should Never Watch Shark Tank Alone

InfoChachkie

The show would be more educational (and realistic) if it allowed viewers who are looking to be educated and entertained to watch/listen to entire pitches online or via podcasts. For instance, startup Plated captured 45,000 email addresses in 120-seconds after appearing on the show. Image: PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images.

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Guide to the LA Startup Community

SoCal Delicious

Mark founded Launchpad LA, a program designed to help mentor LA’s most promising first-time startup CEO’s. He blogs here and tweets here. a network of widely read blogs including Engadget – ranked # 1 by Technorati, Joystiq, Autoblog, and Blogging Baby. Founded in January 2004, Weblogs, Inc. Want to sponsor?

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

SoCal CTO

This continues my series of posts: Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010 Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March Here they are: How to Minimize Politics in Your Company - Ben's Blog , August 24, 2010 “Who the f@#k you think you f$&kin’ with.

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