Class Entrepreneur Help Reference 
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 7, 2011
Equally, I encouraged entrepreneurs to spend time getting to know their future VCs early because getting a feel for your chemistry is far more important than how the VC is ranked in some survey. Equally, I encouraged entrepreneurs to thoroughly reference check their VCs – you’ll learn much more from this than anything else.
InfoChachkie
APRIL 25, 2011
Although many are entertaining, most fail to provide entrepreneurs with a sufficient return on their time investment. Unfortunately, most business books do not offer entrepreneurs an adequate payoff. I have used Guy’s previous book, The Art Of The Start (Art ), in my UC Santa Barbara New Venture Creation class for the past five years.
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socalTECH
JUNE 20, 2012
We caught up with Sam Teller , who is directing efforts at the accelerator, to help fill entrepreneurs in on where the program fits in the world of technology and startup acceleration. It was really just something built for the community to help support entrepreneurs. Our current class has performed incredibly well.
InfoChachkie
JULY 14, 2009
Hint: He was an entrepreneur. The same is true of entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship is so highly valued in the Western World that some people try to convince themselves that they are an entrepreneur, when in fact they would be better off at a Big Dumb Company (“BDC”). Entrepreneur Does Not Equal Inventor.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 22, 2014
To be clear – I’m not saying huge successes make a VC less likely to be helpful to you – I’m just saying it’s not a guaranteed predictor. Of course it is super helpful if a VC can drop you in to important people for business development, recruiting, PR, sales and eventually M&A. Connections?
socalTECH
OCTOBER 24, 2011
One of the biggest complaints you hear from both entrepreneurs and investors in Los Angeles, is the lack of a credible, visible startup accelerator in the Los Angeles area. Erik Rannala: The name is a reference, actually, to Thomas Edison and the research lab he created. Everything they need to launch and grow their business.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 12, 2013
The feedback was always universal, “that was the most helpful marketing meeting I’ve every had.” Natural mentors – a desire to help. We both wanted to continue to build a world-class staff at GRP from which to build future leaders in either tech startups or in our investment firm. Community builders.
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