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If You Don’t Define Your Personal Brand the Market Will

Both Sides of the Table

Every time I approached Network Solutions (or any technical group in Accenture) they wrote me off as “a business guy” since I studied economics and was on the Accenture “business track.” You’re a tech guy. I talked with a few VCs and batted around the idea of becoming a VC. I had had enough.

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San Diego Innovation Economy Extended Gains in 2015: Connect Report

Xconomy

Software startups made up nearly 63 percent (255 companies created) of all new high-tech ventures created in 2015, a trend fueled chiefly by software app development, according to the report. Innovation Companies in San Diego (Courtesy Connect Innovation Report).

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

Both Sides of the Table

I commented briefly on his blog and made a mental note to write a blog post. Two weeks after Brad’s post I was at the 140 Conference in LA and I held open office hours for any entrepreneur who wanted to spend 15 minutes talking with a VC about their business. I hope that didn’t have a stature of limitation!

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Exit Interview: Lita Nelsen on MIT Tech Transfer, Startups & Culture

Xconomy

Lita Nelsen has seen it up close—and played a part in its evolution—from her studies there in the 1960s, to her business-school fellowship in the late 1970s, to her 30 years working in MIT’s Technology Licensing Office. MIT’s approach to nurturing entrepreneurship has changed a lot over the past 50 years.

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Xconomy Announces Channel Focused on the Future of Education

Xconomy

It asked leading Xconomists the question: What should students be studying now to prepare for 10 years from now? All this is to say that trends in education and edtech—and especially how education applies to the business of high tech—has long been something our editors have focused on.

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What Can You Learn from the 4-Hour Workweek?

Both Sides of the Table

I wrote a blog post related to this called Is it Time to Earn or to Learn? We were high tech at the very start of the boom. If you always planned to study a second language – START! Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice startup technology vc. So in that context let me use it.

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David S. Rose – Father of Angel Investing in New York

Startup Professionals Musings

The fifth one was a high-buzz, high-tech play with lots of big-name angels, and we eventually brought in a rock star CEO and a major VC followed us in with many millions. My first Internet venture in the early 1990s took about $20 million in venture capital to get to our product launch.

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