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If You Don’t Define Your Personal Brand the Market Will

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I was graduated with a double degree in economics & political science from UCSD in 1991. It was the midst of a recession and I was happy to have any job at all let alone what was considered one of the more prestigious business jobs at the time graduating from UCSD. That was fine with me – the market is the market. He took me.

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The Importance of The Narrative

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I went to undergrad at UCSD, which is not a place known for its Greek institutions and my father grew up in South America and had know idea what a fraternity was. Yet being in a fraternity was one of the most transformative experiences I had in college and prepared me better for becoming an entrepreneur than any class that I took.

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Putting Tom Perkins Comments into Context

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Having a highly functional middle class is good policy for long-term economic growth. I had a public education all the way through college and my under grad – UCSD – actually cost less than $2,000 per year to attend between 1986-1991. But with a lot of help that many of the 350 million other Americans don’t have.

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Interview with Marc Friedmann, SciVee

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The videos on our web site have some proprietary techniques you can't find elsewhere, and we have thousands of heavy science videos on the site -- everything from Nobel prize winners, to National Geographic, to class videos on science and related to science, and even to things students are doing in high school.

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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

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I programed macros to help my mom with her Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheets for work. I then worked in a computer store called Software Centre in high school and college (UCSD). I helped program my college’s recruiting office’s software system. But they’re not necessary for start-ups. What about strategy?

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How to Know if You Have ADD and What to Do About It

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I believe many entrepreneurs have ADD. So suck that every teacher who scolded us for not paying attention to boring classes or making people with ADD feel less accomplished. I finished work early in class. But overall I believe this leads to better entrepreneurship and why I believe so many entrepreneurs have ADD.

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Creating the Next Generation of US Employees. My Investment in Treehouse

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He isn’t setting out to do it over night but with the ambition to make a difference in the world Ryan falls into the rare category of entrepreneur looking to tackle something truly monumental. Programming should be the middle class job of the next 20 years. Again, not for everybody. He has great vision, leadership and execution.

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