InfoChachkie

MAY 12, 2011

"We provide the best quality and widest selection of documents to help you start, grow and manage your small business and professional life. " 6) You are the only person I have ever met who was Class President of both their undergraduate (UC Santa Barbara) and their graduate (Pepperdine) schools. ." "Yes (laughs)!

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of working with some of the best entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and elsewhere. On the average, the entrepreneurs I know are living on Ramen noodles. I’m not talking about academic classes, because at best these only teach you how to learn. Read entrepreneur stories. Formal learning.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 16, 2012

Steve is also a Stanford Professor and noted marketing entrepreneur. Eric (Ries) was a student in one of the very earliest customer development classes at Berkley. Four Steps was essentially my class notes. Do You Need an MBA To Be A Startup Warrior? One of the best students I ever had.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I listed on many databases – some MBA, some not. MBA fine, but not required. He’s a star who has a very intuitive feel for technology and … no MBA. Understanding the 5 C’s to decide whether to get an MBA – after the jump. He says the MBA transformed his thinking.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

chapter of the Media, Entertainment and Technology Alliance (METal) and the voice of KenRadio's World Technology Roundup on CBS Radio, Rutkowski has recruited a roster of mentors to coach entrepreneurs who enroll in the institute's programs in LA. The structure is weekly classes, but with office hours and additional access to your mentors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2013

Many entrepreneurs I know don’t realize that the language they learned in the corporate world, or even their recent MBA class, won’t get them ahead in the startup world today. As a reality check, try this quick test of your entrepreneur savvy. As a reality check, try this quick test of your entrepreneur savvy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

These resources are definitely not limited to students, since every university seeks out and needs the real world exposure and experience of entrepreneurs who already are active in the real world marketplace. Take advantage of the tech classes, labs, equipment, and graduate students looking for real world problems to research.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2010

Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of working with some of the best entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and elsewhere. On the average, the entrepreneurs I know are broke. I’m not talking about academic classes, because at best these only teach you how to learn. Read entrepreneur stories. Formal learning. It won’t happen.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Editor's note: As we head into the new year, we've been featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. The early-stage tech ecosystems here in LA and in Austin (we have offices in both) are growing so quickly, and we are fired up to help fuel that growth.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2012

In what it calls a "video MBA", Santa Monica-based DocStoc has launched a major new feature of the site, aimed at helping small businesses and professionals learn about everything from building a brand, pitching their business plan, running an Adwords campaign, and more.

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socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2011

Well, Los Angeles-based KarmaGoat (www.karmagoat.com) has figured out a way to help people get rid of those unwanted items they have--and provide those proceeds to charity. That gift of livestock can help families out of extreme poverty. When did you create the business? But, I realized it wasn't for me. Entrepreneurship was my way.

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Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

We talked with Adam Mendler, CEO of The Veloz Group what he’s done to hire the best people and how his team has helped his business grow. What’s business advice helped shape who you are as an entrepreneur today? What’s your best financial tip for early-stage entrepreneurs? You get what you pay for.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

I asked him if I could join his practice as the guy who could help him bridge technology & business. We take MBAs. And then he began telling his colleagues that I was useful even without my MBA. I got to help a telecom operator decide whether or not to bid on 3G spectrum and how much to pay. You’re a tech guy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of working with some of the best entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and elsewhere. On the average, the entrepreneurs I know are struggling. I’m not talking about academic classes, because at best these only teach you how to learn. Read entrepreneur stories. Formal learning.

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socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2019

To tackle this, we formed Retina in 2017, so that we could help businesses find out the true lifetime value of their customers, not just after they had them for years, but when they just walked in the door. I will say, is that private equity was almost like my MBA, in that it taught me how to scale a business efficiently.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Some data like those in the studies I mentioned above might help influence our thinking but the answer is, in the end, subjective. In my bones I’m convinced that entrepreneurs are more nature than nurture although I know both are involved. Entrepreneurs aren’t born, they’re made.&# The data in this article is at best, a stretch.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We want to give our brightest new startups the connections and interactions they need to help streamline success. It was a great chance for the class to interact with the community in LA. The company combines high-quality information about genetics, with tools that use family health history to help identify personal disease risk.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

But any entrepreneurs raising capital should keep in mind that this opening of the markets could possibly be temporary. The best MBA class I took was an investment strategy class. Despite my cynicism of MBA’s , this class was very valuable to me. overvalued) and sell when the fall precipitously.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

To help curate and show off the best that LA has to offer we called in a few friends. Alex previously helped lead the Proto Group at Idealab, working to determine the feasibility of new business ideas. in Computer Science and his MBA from UC Irvine. OrangicStartup’s is a company that helps Internet startups start.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2010

How can you send some young MBA “biz dev type&# out into battle to sign up partners when you’ve never met with your potential business development collaborators and heard what their goals are and how you can meet them? I always tell people, “hire somebody who wants to punch above their weight class &# (i.e.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

After that, I was involved in a lot of angel investing, starting companies, and helping entrepreneurs to get going. They were looking for someone to help and guide them. Class sizes are getting bigger, especially in lower grades, middle schools, and high school. They have developed this from a need.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

You may remember from 8th grade science class that Brownian motion describes the random movement of atomic matter, caused by collisions with molecules of the surrounding medium. Entrepreneurs create opportunities by creating ripples, and mini-ventures are great ripple creators. the smartass entrepreneur replied, “It’s called business.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2011

One of Southern California's biggest assets are the number of world class, local universities researching and developing technology and knowledge across a large number of disciplines. The other is stigma--going up to someone and saying, I have an addiction problem, or my son has an addiction problem, and can you help them.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

To help curate and show off the best that LA has to offer we called in a few friends. A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. Dinesh earned his B.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

If you’re not familiar with the term it’s basically trying to help all of us who are deluged with technology to find ways to cope with the masses of information without having it ruin our lives. They can travel the world, take classes in interesting subjects, spend time with loved ones or start new hobbies.

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socalTECH

JUNE 29, 2009

Lawn and garden equipment uses a Class 4 Engine, the dirtiest of all engines. In fact, we've just won an air excellence award from the EPA for helping to improve the nation's air quality. Tags: propane cleantech green entrepreneur retail garden lawn lehr herzer bernardo startup interview. Are your products available yet?

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Always looking to provide the very best for our community so that you may learn and grow as a startup or entrepreneur, Bill Gross is one of the best experts we could provide. A lifelong entrepreneur, Bill started several companies prior to Idealab. in Computer Science and his MBA from UC Irvine. SuperDemo: Bill Gross.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 2, 2011

Thiel and friends will also agree to mentor these young entrepreneurs. Here is their inaugural class. I was prepared way more for business success in my political science classes than in my economics ones (I was a double major). A friend of mine is currently pursuing a joint JD/MBA at Stanford. So is this a good idea?

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Both Sides of the Table

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. Help us to get to know him or her. I found out that they were older than most typical MBA programs. Show some energy! You’re on stage!

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

You can watch the video here or … As always we have notes: graciously provided by Daniel Wolchonok , the founder of RentMaps whose request of me for typing up the notes was to come and speak at Yale where he’ll be getting his MBA starting this fall so I’ve agreed to it. Upon graduating, he went to work at Microsoft.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Interesting patterns emerged: Everyone makes the same classes of error. Wannabe entrepreneur symptoms and cures - Gabriel Weinberg , July 25, 2010 I was once a wannabe entrepreneur. recently did a lecture at a Babson MBA summer class on Entrepreneurial Leadership. You're probably making a lot of these errors too.

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