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Nine Startup Tips From Michael Dell

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Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs , Richard Branson , Walt Disney and Mark Zuckerberg. For many entrepreneurs, college has little appeal. Academia's arbitrary, bureaucratic structure, combined with its predominant focus on theoretical issues, causes many entrepreneurs to depart college early.

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Five Startup Tips From Bill Gates

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Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs , Mark Cuban , Richard Branson , Walt Disney , Mark Zuckerberg , Michael Dell and Larry Ellison. Like Steve Jobs, Michael Dell and Larry Ellison, he is one of the few startup Founders who remained at the helm of their respective companies throughout their entire maturation process.

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Dynamic Duos – Are You Batman Or Robin?

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Just like starting a company as a sole founder, it is possible to excel without a partner, it''s just a lot harder. Gates and Ballmer, Jobs and Wozniak, Walt and Roy Disney, Batman and Robin, Abbott and Costello, Holmes and Watson - the list of famous duos in business and pop culture is long. A problem shared is a problem halved.".

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More Startup Tips From The Beatles

InfoChachkie

Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs , Mark Cuban , Richard Branson , Walt Disney , Mark Zuckerberg , Michael Dell and Larry Ellison. However, despite the book’s shortcomings, it contains a number of insightful lessons emerging entrepreneurs can apply to their startup careers. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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Why We’re Looking to Fund Stuff With More Meaning

Both Sides of the Table

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.

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Do you Suffer from the Urgency Addiction? It’s More Common Than you Think

Both Sides of the Table

I wrote out 3 pages of bullet point notes on paper and delivered a 20-minute speech to a crowd of entrepreneurs (which included the Minister of Technology for China). I was on vacation in Santa Barbara two years ago with my wife and I was reflecting on what I had learned in my first year in LA and in VC. I couldn’t.

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Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Judges Includes BetterWorks, CallFire, Idealab, and Tech Coast Angeles

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Excellent companies being submitted and most of which I wish could all be part of this amazing night. He is also an active investor with stakes in companies like Hipmunk, GroupMe, Facebook, Zynga (acquisition stock), and SV Angels. OrangicStartup’s is a company that helps Internet startups start. He received a B.S.