InfoChachkie

JULY 26, 2010

Entrepreneurs can emulate de la Guerra’s strategy and make their adVenture appear far larger than reality and thus increasing its influence and market reach while discouraging competitive threats by creating an industry alliance. Big Dumb Companies (BDCs) are surprisingly compliant when they are presented with a “Program”.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

It’s what life was like as an entrepreneur. But this is nothing like the stress of being an entrepreneur. What’s it really like being an entrepreneur? You probably follow some high-profile entrepreneurs on Instagram and Twitter and see conference pictures of them in Davos, Mexico, Monaco or wherever.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

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. We started sending out the newsletter.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 20, 2013

According to Tige Young, Founder and CEO of Tui Tai Expeditions , entrepreneurs should de-emphasize ROI and focus on a more accurate measure of wealth, Return On Life. How did an American software engineer come to own an adventure travel company cited by National Geographic as, "one of the best adventure travel companies on earth?".

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2016

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. As well, these companies usually bring real new venture funding opportunities to the startups they sponsor. That’s about the same ratio that Angel investors claim.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. As well, these companies usually bring real new venture funding opportunities to the startups they sponsor. That’s about the same ratio that angel investors claim.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 14, 2014

Every day, 1000’s of new bright-eyed and bushy tailed companies sprout from depths of start-up soil. Like a song on the radio, we never quite know how some blow up and become chart topping billion-dollar organizations while others – even crowd favorites – simply bang, pop and fizzle; never to be heard from again.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. As well, these companies usually bring real new venture funding opportunities to the startups they sponsor. accelerator business entrepreneur incubator startup'

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Entrepreneurs should likewise endeavor to maximize their utility by playing as many positions on their startup team as they can effectively master. As discussed in Beach Volleyball , entrepreneurs generally enjoy simultaneously filling multiple roles during a startup’s early days. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2011

Prior to Ranker, Clark founded four other successful companies, including eCrush, which he sold to the Hearst Corporation in 2007. I have written about people who live by strong social contracts in Humble Pride. How would you describe your relationship with your investors and what can young entrepreneurs learn from your philosophy? “I

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

As is often said if you don’t get at least a few fellow VCs (and entrepreneurs) scratching their heads you may not be funding ideas with enough upside. This was certainly the case when I invested in a small YouTube video production company called Maker Studios that recently sold to Disney for just shy of $1 billion. 6SensorLabs.

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DECEMBER 5, 2013

Wednesday November 20 th , 2013 was a special day for the technology entrepreneurs at the University of Southern California. The USC Entrepreneur Club and the Kairos Society brought Howard Marks , a successful entrepreneur and founder and CEO of StartEngine , on campus to speak about his past experiences. The Time Is Now. “We

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2011

As an entrepreneur, you need these people, and you need to be one, if you expect your startup to be successful. " Finding and nurturing that one is the challenge for every company and every startup. Analytical and intuitive, aggressive and patient, confident and humble, deliberate and decisive. Go-to people get things done.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 10, 2012

She’s worked for L’Oreal, Accenture, Virgin Mobile & BSkyB (one of the leading media companies in the UK). She is the disciplined, organized and detail-oriented member of the Suster household. She’s a Brown undergrad, Wharton MBA, ex strategy consultant and ex Googler. The one always slipping in late.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

As an entrepreneur, you need these people, and you need to be one, if you expect your startup to be successful. " Finding and nurturing that one is the challenge for every company. Analytical and intuitive, aggressive and patient, confident and humble, deliberate and decisive. Go-to people get things done. Marty Zwilling.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

I suffer from the “urgency addiction.&# I know it sounds like one of the falsely humble things like telling somebody in a job interview that your weakness is that you’re too much of a perfectionist. I though to myself, “too many young entrepreneurs in LA seem to feel pressured by NorCal VCs to move to the Bay Area.

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MARCH 8, 2011

That nightmare happened to Jim Carol , a serial entrepreneur who was co-founder and CEO of San Diego's PacketVideo , when his son was diagnosed with cancer. Tell us the story of how you started the organization? Jim Carol: I'm a serial entrepreneur. How long has the organization been around? It has just exploded.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 21, 2011

J = External Technical Company Voice. Below are a few mistakes I will not replicate when I conduct this process for a future portfolio company. Fewer Reviewers – I interviewed six members of the company’s Core Team, which tied up a lot of valuable time that could have been spent in other potentially more productive ways. .

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

This is an updated post from my ongoing series on Startup Advice that I learned from founding two companies. . I believe that it is part of the DNA of an entrepreneur – being so competitive that you’re practically sick when you lose. Entrepreneurs are neurotic about it. 15 companies North of $1 billion exit.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

This is an updated post from my ongoing series on Startup Advice that I learned from founding two companies. . I believe that it is part of the DNA of an entrepreneur – being so competitive that you’re practically sick when you lose. Entrepreneurs are neurotic about it. 15 companies North of $1 billion exit.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

In most cases if you can’t get a prototype done you’re probably not an entrepreneur. Great companies are built by having great products. One great company, AppFolio , filmed all of this user interaction and made the DVD available to me. They are people who built and sold companies and have a bit of money.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 14, 2012

It was not until it was apparent that the company had devised a sustainable value prop that money was spent to create the iconic, multi-colored logo which Apple used for the next 22-years. First Offsite – Startup Exuberance <3:53 – 13:40> In December, 1985, the company held its first offsite in Pebble Beach CA.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 17, 2014

A Humble Guru. Was this an objective you explicitly pursued or did it happen organically? define) your company or product views. Instead, he challenged entrepreneurs to use social media to open the door to new relationships and then foster them offline. You can watch my 14-minute conversation with Steve below.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

When you began your teaching career, did you plan on eventually being an entrepreneur? What guidance can you give to anyone in a financially safe career who longs for the exciting life of an entrepreneur? I always thought it was a great symbol of Big Dumb Company ignorance: carpet bombing the world with unwanted and unneeded disks.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

After my company was acquired by Salesforce.com I was asked to stop blogging and they took over my blog as an asset in the sale of the company. The only other ways to get discovered was to have good organic search results or to get covered by a major blog site. Intent man works for the wrong company. And covered we did.

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JANUARY 28, 2011

Nearly every company faces its crisis moments and only through the inspiration , focus and dedication of the leadership can you motivate teams to dig in deep and come out the other side stronger. I made an investment in a company with deep domain knowledge. These are the skills I look for in entrepreneurs and leaders.

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