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Make It Work – the real story

Eric Greenspan

The real story behind Make It Work’s demise isn’t exciting. Make It Work was an amazing company. As Make It Work’s co-founder and CEO, I take responsibility. Make It Work sold its services in pre-paid hours, at a discount from our pay-as-you-go pricing.

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Make It Work- the real story

InfoChachkie

Entrepreneurs are inundated with success stories, but far less is written about ventures that do not succeed. The real story behind Make It Work’s demise isn’t exciting. Make It Work was an amazing company. As Make It Work’s co-founder and CEO, I take responsibility. I was wrong.

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From Startup Newsletter To Best Selling Book: How This Entrepreneur Pulled It Off

InfoChachkie

John Lusk, along with his Co-Author Kyle Harrison, leveraged their humble company''s newsletter into The MouseDriver Chronicles , a New York Times bestselling book. an email) to about 35 people. If you want to be kept informed just send me an email and let me know that you''re in, and that was it. Here''s how they pulled it off.

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This is the Dumbest Op Ed I’ve Read in a While

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I understand that Adam Grant is a fairly popular professor at Wharton and has a book that some people loved called “Originals” (for me it interesting but not mind blowing, and I have some first-hand knowledge of some of its inaccuracies). Apparently he’s an “organizational psychologist professor and thinks that it’s rude not to answer email.

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From Startup Newsletter To Best Selling Book: How This Entrepreneur Pulled It Off

InfoChachkie

John Lusk, along with his Co-Author Kyle Harrison, leveraged their humble company''s newsletter into The MouseDriver Chronicles , a New York Times bestselling book. an email) to about 35 people. If you want to be kept informed just send me an email and let me know that you''re in, and that was it. Here''s how they pulled it off.

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Remind Me Why I Love You? (Why “In Person” is Everything)

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It’s predictable, there is no reason to get mad about it and with a well-designed play book you can overcome this much of the time. I raced home to put my kids to bed, say hello to my wife and then spend a grueling administrative hour doing email. You had an amazing meeting with an investor. Your product demo crushed. everything.

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Brad Feld: Secrets To A Successful Startup Life (Hint – Creating Wealth Ain’t Everything)

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In their new book Startup Life , serial entrepreneur and venture investor Brad Feld, along with his wife Amy Batchelor, describe what has, and has not, worked for them during their 22-year relationship. Brad is in the midst of writing a series of startup-oriented books. A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes.

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