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Forget Cash: What Will You Really Make At Your Startup?

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In the powerful poetry performance embedded below, he describes a dinner party during his teaching days in which a smug lawyer asked him, "Come on, be honest, what do you make?" If you haven''t seen his animated response to this crass question, it is well worth watching. Teachers make a G-- damn difference, now what about you?"

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

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When you first start your company and raise initial venture capital your board probably consists of 1-3 founders and 1-2 VCs. If you raise millions of dollars from professional investors it is no longer “your” company but a shared company that you control. In the Early Days. Mentorship. As You Start to Mature.

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George Powell – Doing Well By Having Fun

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The world’s largest skateboard company, Skate One produces many of industry’s best-selling brands, including Powell•Peralta Skateboards , BONES Wheels and Mini•Logo Skateboards. George spent the first ten years of his career, gaining experience in the aerospace industry, before founding his skateboard company in 1976 at the age of 33.

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This Philanthropist Is Winning Skirmishes With Poverty By Tapping Into An Inner City’s Entrepreneurial Spirit

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Our fantastically inefficient Federal Government could learn a great deal from the folks at ABC. My pleasure John, thank you for helping us spread the word about our program. A Better Chicago helps the most promising programs to scale up to really make a difference. ABC''s Founder And CEO Speaks Out.

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Confessions Of A VC: Crap – Why I Passed On Uber’s Seed Round

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It is far more detrimental to one’s returns to make investments in companies which fail to return capital. A VC has done their job when their funds include enough great companies to generate an industry-leading outcome. Thus, while it is painful for a great investment to pass you by, the pain is wistful, not acute.

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The 12 Laws Of Entrepreneurial Power

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Yet when viewed through the prism of honor and transparency, a handful of Mr. Greene''s laws offer helpful counsel to forthright entrepreneurs. As noted in Honesty Is An Entrepreneur''s Secret Weapon , your character is precious, just as your company''s reputation is its most valuable intangible asset. 7) Law 25 - Re-Create Yourself.

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Want To Live Life With No Regrets? Follow These 43 Life Lessons

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Mr. Brown''s advice will help you to, "live a good, honorable life which you can enjoy a second time when you are old.". Great love and great achievements involve great risk - nothing ventured, nothing gained. Mr. Brown''s aphorisms eventually evolve into twenty one books, including four New York Times bestsellers.