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Interview: Naval Ravikant, Co-Founder AngelList and Co-Maintainer Venture Hacks

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Messenger : Naval Ravikant, Co-Founder AngelList and Co-Maintainer Venture Hacks. Investor in Twitter, Foursquare, DISQUS, and (by Naval’s own admission) “a lot of other companies you have never heard of”. I recommend you first review Dharmesh’s article and then listen to Naval’s thoughts. Former Founder Epinions.

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The Magic Midnight Mind Meld

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I booked several high-profile meetings in advance. Want to debate Naval about AngelList? I had come off of a Hashable party and dinner with Naval Ravikant , Farb Nivi (Grockit) & John Price (Vast). Moments after that Naval, Steve & I were having a discussion, “Are we really in a bubble?&#. I stayed out late.

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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. Cialdini who is also author of a very well received book called “ Influence &# (which I plan to read). You should, too. (no, This is all explicit decision making.

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Entrepreneurs Need to Find the Best ‘Curators’

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The evolution and the real value of curator are outlined in a great new book “ Curation Nation ,” by Steven Rosenbaum. and books for entrepreneurs like “Think and Grow Rich.” Here are a few that I aspire to: Venture Hacks , by Babak Nivi and Naval Ravikant. These are both experienced entrepreneurs and angel investors.

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One Man’s Signal is Another Man’s Noise

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I’m sitting at my computer now at 9.00pm writing this – which is an hour earlier than I normally write (there are about 8 women at my kitchen table having a book club (aka excuse to drink wine & gossip so I’m locked in another room writing. Mostly during the day I’m in meetings or doing work. Of course not.

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Interview with Jonathan Zweig, AppOnboard

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However, I was reading this book by Phil Knight, called Shoe Dog, and he talks about his story and how life is basically a sport, and that very few people are on the field of life. At the time, I really had no intention of ever working again. I traveled the world, enjoyed time with my family, and I really never though about working again.

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

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Alarming IT data points - deal architect , August 25, 2010 I am grateful for plenty of positive coverage my book has received. The coverage, though, has focused mostly on all the innovators I profile in the book. He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. Developer.

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