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Avoid Death By PowerPoint – Create Slides That Don’t Suck

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For instance, I might show a logo of Computer Motion, GoToMeeting, Citrix, UC Santa Barbara and Rincon Venture Partners on my first slide as a means of depicting my past and current professional affiliations. If you are a startup seeking funding, convey your company's origins, your current status and your ideal exit.

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How This Startup Kicked Oracle’s A$$

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How did a small, open source software company from Finland capture billions in market share from Oracle? You can watch Marten tell his entertaining story in the following 15-minute excerpt from his UC Santa Barbara talk. spread over three different companies (and) we brought it all together. worth $15,000.

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A Surprising Entrepreneurial Journey To The Pinnacle Of Hollywood

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You can watch John describe his surprising Hollywood journey in the following 20-minute excerpt from his recent talk at UC Santa Barbara. I am now 30 years old and the guy that''s in the opening band, who is about 42 or 43, was the hottest musician in Santa Barbara when I first came up and all I wanted to do was be him.

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From Startup Newsletter To Best Selling Book: How This Entrepreneur Pulled It Off

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John Lusk, along with his Co-Author Kyle Harrison, leveraged their humble company''s newsletter into The MouseDriver Chronicles , a New York Times bestselling book. The company''s newsletter was initially created to share their entrepreneurial journey with their family and friends. A version of this article previously appeared on Inc.