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We Need Entrepreneurs Who Think Like Revolutionaries

Startup Professionals Musings

The realm of an entrepreneur is all about change, but in my experience as a mentor to business founders, I hear too much about incremental change, and not enough about revolutionary change. Today every small business can look big, via a modern website, visibility on social media, and taking an active role in popular causes.

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Closing on $103M, MaC VC is changing the face of venture capital

TechCrunch LA

“There’s a long history and a lot of relationships here,” said King, one of Hollywood’s premier power players and the founder of the global media company, Macro. Mayor Adrian Fenty To Be Its Newest Special Advisor. “Adrian and I go back to 93 [when] we were in law school. “We look at all verticals.

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7 Keys To Scaling Your Startup To Be The Next Unicorn

Startup Professionals Musings

When you see startups like SpaceX and Pinterest grow from a low valuation to a billion dollars in just a few years, it’s easy to assume that if you just keep doing what you are doing, you can get there as well. Bring in an experienced Board and world-class leaders. In fact, it’s highly unlikely that you as the Founder will survive.

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Inspiring College Entrepreneurship | With lessons from Y Combinator and Elon Musk

Tech Zulu Event

Each semester, we admit an incoming class with some of USC’s most ambitious, talented, and diverse entrepreneurs to allow them to form teams and build products through the course of our program. In the past, we’ve had Jason Wei from Taggler and Elon Musk from SpaceX and Tesla. Student entrepreneurs are the future.