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How This Entrepreneur Raised $28,000 Using Airbnb to Fund Her Startup

Both Sides of the Table

She actually IS the prototypical entrepreneur. But Tracy did what entrepreneurs do. Sam is the managing director of Launchpad LA and we were about to pick our 2012 class of entrepreneurs. In the first 5 minutes you’ll realize that she’s a classic entrepreneur. More on that later. That may soon change.

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Interview with Tom Grasty, Stroome

socalTECH

My partner is a documentarian and reports for the New York Times, Time, and Newsweek, and was given a story to write about for the New York Times, about the sounds that fish make , for their Science section. They wanted to use the platform we had developed in a class called Mashup Culture. We grew out of an interesting use case.

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Attention Startup Accelerators: Your Job Is Not Over After Demo Day

InfoChachkie

I previously wrote about LaunchTN’s second-phase master accelerator class called The TENN, which has a proven track record of helping startups thrive after graduation from an accelerator. Savvy entrepreneurs - seek out programs which incorporate these post-graduation activities. Convert Graduate-Founders Into Mentors.

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How Mompreneurs Can Have it All, And Some

Tech.Co

And not just the token two children, but to actually be the one who volunteered in their classes and screamed at them to stop picking flowers on the soccer field. Whether it is yoga, a workout class or even just writing a journal, spend at least three to four hours on yourself a week. I wanted the career and the family.

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What Startups Can Learn About PR and Crisis Management

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Journalists write stories that have an appeal to readers whether the accusations have merit or not. The most tempting thing for inexperienced entrepreneurs to do is to attack the press. I was recently talking with an entrepreneur who had just gotten a ton of press around his company for an interview he gave to a journalist.

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Hands-on Techniques To Avoid Hiring Wantrepreneurs

InfoChachkie

They profess to be entrepreneurs, but are they actually Wantrepreneurs? A Wantrepreneur is a well-intentioned person who wants to be an entrepreneur, but does not have the skills, personality and or risk profile to be successful. They smile, they laugh on cue and they have a rehearsed response for every conventional interview question.

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My Life as a CEO (and VC): Chief Psychologist

Both Sides of the Table

I finally got around to writing it having read Fred Wilson’s post about what a CEO does. Some entrepreneurs make the mistake of never devolving power. If you want to attract world class talent you have to be inspirational, persuasive and persistent (they best people always have other offers).