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Why I Look for Obsessive and Competitive Founders

Both Sides of the Table

He wants to compete to be the lead drummer in the competitive ensemble and study under Terence, an obsessive instructor who is hell bent on winning competitions for the school. But the film has my brain buzzing all week about obsessive and competitive people. I absolutely loved the film. I loved the music. We revere musicians.

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8 Ways To Stay Competitive In Today’s Technical World

Startup Professionals Musings

This approach works best with business associates that know you, or peers that you meet at industry conferences, or technical gurus that have no business connections to the candidate. Spend time informally with candidate peers and former employers. Former employers will normally only give you candidate employment dates or good news.

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LA Games Conference

SoCal Tech Calendar

Tuesday, April 26, 2011 -- LA Games Conference. How can you stay ahead in an increasingly competitive marketplace? Over 300 of the most influential decision-makers in the games industry gather for the LA Games Conference to network, do deals, and share ideas about the future of console, PC, online and mobile games.

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Calacanis Pits LAUNCH Conference Against TechCrunch Disrupt

socalTECH

Jason Calacanis , the CEO of Mahalo.com, has ramped up his competition with former business partner Michael Arrington , saying this morning he is launching a competing startup launch conference called the LAUNCH Conference. Tags: jason calacanis mahalo michael arrington techcrunch launch conference startup.

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Meet Our Startup of the Year Competition Semifinalists: Mobile Therapy

Tech.Co

From apps to hardware, to KickStarter successes and international startups, we’re inching closer to finding out who will take home the title of Startup of the Year competition at our annual Celebrate Conference in October. Co: What was the road like leading up to your initial pitch for the competition?

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The Best Entrepreneurs Are Hyper Competitive & Hate Losing

Both Sides of the Table

Funnily enough I was at the Twiistup conference yesterday and I was chatting with an engineer whom I really like and he told me that he enjoyed reading this series but that now he wasn’t sure he was ready to see me because he wasn’t sure that he scored highly enough on all attributes. This competitive streak paid off.

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Meet Our Startup of the Year Competition Semifinalists: Picking Duck

Tech.Co

Celebrate Conference in October. Among the participants that applied for the online competitions, only a progressed into the semi-finals. Tech.Co: What was the road like leading up to your initial pitch for the competition? Climbing the ranks for our Western Region, Picking Duck was one of two semi-final winners.