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Inventor Or Innovator – Which Are You?

InfoChachkie

He was primarily motivated by the educational potential of his invention, not the wealth it might generate. Numerous innovators capitalized upon them as well, creating dozens of multi-billion-dollar enterprises. Philo’s fellow researchers were not the only people who benefitted from his discoveries. TV photo by gbaku.

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7 Business Mistakes Serial Entrepreneurs Never Make (Twice)

InfoChachkie

Rationale: My idea is so mind-blowingly fantastic that I must immediately spend some of my precious capital to protect it. In addition to paying the consultant, you must invest time to educate them. Secure Your Intellectual Property Too Early. Fallacy: An entrepreneur’s two most precious assets are time and money. Grant Exclusivity.

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

InfoChachkie

You can watch/listen to how John and Kyle turned their email newsletter into an international bestseller in the following 9-minute excerpt from John''s recent talk at UC Santa Barbara. Putting their expensive educations to good use, they aptly named their novelty product a "MouseDriver". an email) to about 35 people.

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Guerilla Marketing, Brad Feld Style

InfoChachkie

Rejecting the paint-by-numbers approach to corporate communications deployed by most marketing executives, Brad has embraced unconventional guerilla marketing tactics to help establish his venture capital firm, Foundry Group, as a thought leader in early-stage tech investing. companies should… focus on building amazing products.

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

SoCal Delicious

Our Best Interviews Via Email: Monthly. Subscribe to RSS. Subscribe to RSS. Matthew Clough is a social entrepreneur and creative professional who has dedicated himself to helping children get the educations they deserve in Tanzania, Africa. Subscribe to RSS. Email Address. Idea Mensch. Thank you eMinutes.

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Top 30 Startup Technology and Product Posts for September 2010

SoCal CTO

Shortly after we sold Opsware to Hewlett-Packard, I had a conversation with the legendary venture capitalist Doug Leone of Sequoia Capital. Coworking Spaces - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , September 2, 2010 I've never been much of a fan of incubators. You should follow him on Twitter ( @jasonlbaptiste ) or say hi via email.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

asymmetry, real-time, curated RSS / link-sharing]. We had email, instant messaging, group calendars, discussion boards, etc. They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc. What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0