InfoChachkie

MARCH 4, 2013

Entrepreneurs can learn a great deal from the manner in which Pink Floyd created DSOTM. The working class grammar of these light-hearted phrases underscored that the band was not taking itself too seriously. Entrepreneurs should always err on the side of long-term gain. Any time will do." Pay To Play. Share and Enjoy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2014

Most entrepreneurs feel they have innate leadership talents, but struggle with how to nurture these abilities and measure their effectiveness. Authentic entrepreneurs lead through the power of personal influence, rather than coercion. World-class entrepreneurship will never be learned totally in the classroom.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 1, 2011

Although this approach was common in the UK, it ran counter to the then current Conventional Wisdom in the US music industry. Growing up in working-class families, the Beatles wanted to provide their fans with as much value as possible. However, by the release of Sgt. A Valuable Brand. However, by the release of Sgt.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Other installments include: Words of startup wisdom from Jeff Bezos. He overheard me talking about Steve Jobs in conjunction with the entrepreneurship class that I teach at UC Santa Barbara. I gathered ten such examples which are particularly relevant to entrepreneurs. Note: This is an installment in the Iconic Advice series.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

He was also the first one to challenge my conventional wisdom that it made no sense for tech companies to advertise on television. We both wanted to build a practice that would make Los Angeles proud but where we would travel tirelessly to other locations to make investments in the best entrepreneurs wherever they were.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

Brad wrote up his answer here – you should read it because it’s very instructive for how I believe communities ought to think about naming conventions. World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. Like they truly understood entrepreneurs. I was a former entrepreneur. My views are pretty well known.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2015

Conventional wisdom amongst my investor friends is that if the Fed raised interest rates by 0.5% The impact hits VCs in an immediate way that most entrepreneurs don’t realize. For anybody whose only been an entrepreneur (or VC) since 2009 it would be easy to think we’re not correlated.

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socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2015

When they were babies and toddlers, there were all of these Mom''s groups and things you participated in, because those needs are pretty universal--finding a pediatrician, a music class, or whatever that might be. It''s interesting to hear about you and Adam--has it been difficult for the family having two parents who are entrepreneurs?

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2011

Esther was talking about problems and entrepreneurs as far away as Russia. Even from a young age, my experiences as president of my college fraternity were more formative in my experiences as an entrepreneur than my economics classes were. Challenge conventional wisdom. It was an “enterprise 2.0” It globalizes.

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JANUARY 31, 2010

You’re not lecturing to a college class, you’re not at a cocktail party and you’re not chatting with a small group in a board meeting. Or take an acting class. The conventional wisdom is that the audience can only remember 3 simple things about any presentation 10 minutes after they’ve seen it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Every aspiring entrepreneur would love to be the next Mark Zuckerberg or Jeff Bezos, but most have no idea what really sets these guys apart from all the rest. Conventional wisdom has them looking for a painful problem, a very large opportunity, and minimal competitive barriers to entry. Don’t jeopardize key relationships.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

My advice to entrepreneurs was and is “ when the hors d’oeuvres tray is being passed take two ” (e.g. Sounds obvious now, but as I wrote the original piece the DJIA had already come roaring back from 6,600 to 9,865 so it was certainly against conventional wisdom. raise money now to weather any storms).

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Background: Joel Spolsky studied Computer Science at Yale University (class of 1991). A lot of it does seem like conventional wisdom today, but back then it wasn’t. This was the moment where Zuckerberg (20 something entrepreneur) schooled Rupert Murdoch. Upon graduating, he went to work at Microsoft.

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