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What Makes an Entrepreneur? (1/11) – Tenacity

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I wanted to also post the series here to have it as a resource on my blog for future entrepreneurs who stop by. You no longer work for Google, Oracle, Salesforce.com or McKinsey where everybody calls you back. I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs.

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Understanding How The Innovator’s Dilemma Affects You

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billion in recurring run-rate revenue and growing while Siebel is sold to Oracle for a mere $5.8 About how dismissive traditional print was about blogs or the airlines views the “peanut serving&# Southwest Airlines. The take aways for me are: The incumbent eventually realizes what is happening to them. Sony, the iPod.

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Why Early-Stage VCs Should Be Careful About Intros from Bankers

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I tapped my friends at big tech companies (Salesforce, Google, Oracle). I eventually stumbled on to the best source of high-quality deal flow imaginable – blogging. I spent time on college campuses. I asked for intro’s from entrepreneur friends. I attended events. I did speaking gigs. I hustled.

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The Importance of Proprietary Deal Flow in Early-Stage VC

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I tapped my friends at big tech companies (Salesforce, Google, Oracle). I eventually stumbled on to the best source of high-quality deal flow imaginable – blogging. I spent time on college campuses. I asked for intro’s from entrepreneur friends. I attended events. I did speaking gigs. I hustled.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

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To build applications we needed databases (Oracle), browsers (Netscape), servers (Sun Microsystems), storage (EMC), security (Semantic), application servers (Apache), caching software, load balancers, hosting facilities, programming languages and methods, CDNs, DSL equipment, Wifi routers and so forth.

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Improving Sales: The Excuse Departement is Closed

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I’ve talked many times on my blog about how they’re the lifeblood of most businesses – even those that pretend like they’re above it all. That stuff is for Oracle or IBM. That means if you don’t understand the way they work you’re susceptible to being blind sided. You’re a startup.

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Interview with Idris Manley, NativeTung

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We've been two years in development, and are excited to provide a revolutionary platform for web sites, blogs, and social sites to create and grow their international business. It also supports blogs. There's lots of media and blogs in Southern California, who could use it as well. What's your own background?

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