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AUGUST 14, 2011
Obviously they wish they would have figured this out a bit more quickly, but as a young team I personally cut them a little bit more slack than I would if it were Oracle, for example. The most tempting thing for inexperienced entrepreneurs to do is to attack the press. Good PR will help you punch above your weigh class.
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OCTOBER 12, 2010
So if you’re enterprise sales that might mean hiring people from Oracle, Microsoft, Salesforce or whatever who have never been at an “unbranded&# startup. I always tell people, “hire somebody who wants to punch above their weight class &# (i.e. Most sales professionals start by carrying bags.
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OCTOBER 1, 2009
This post highlights some of the reasons why the market is moving again and what entrepreneurs should do about this. M&A has shown some spectacular results including Zappos to Amazon for $928million , Sun to Oracle for $7.4 There are now signs the VC market has gathered pace meaning it’s a great time to be fund raising.
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. SuperDemo: Bill Gross. which made a natural language product for Lotus 1-2-3 called HAL.
Tech Zulu Event
JANUARY 30, 2012
Start Engine offers a team of mentors who have proven themselves as successful entrepreneurs – not professional investors – ensuring that its startups are guided by the right people for the right reasons. The Coloft is a space for entrepreneurs, independents, startups, programmers, designers, professionals, and awesome people in general.
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OCTOBER 22, 2009
Only Hire A+ People Who Punch Above Their Weight Class. I believe that you should always hire people are are looking to “punch above their weight class,&# which means to hire people who want to be one league above where they are today. Weight Class : Let’s take sales. I had always been a scrappy entrepreneur.
SoCal Delicious
OCTOBER 8, 2012
Tech entrepreneurs and executives from Silicon Valley are moving south and buying up luxury homes in the Los Angeles area. Andrew Frame, a 30-something entrepreneur who founded Internet-telephone company Ooma, bought a contemporary four bedroom in Bel Air for $5.5 WSJs Lauren Schuker Blum shows us around. More Mansion Videos.
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