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5 Ways To Sample The Joy Of An Entrepreneur Lifestyle

Startup Professionals Musings

Here are a few of my favorites sampling techniques that I have seen work out well over the years: Take a job for a while with an early-stage startup. You can invest small amounts in someone else’s “can’t-fail” crowdfunding campaign, or support a friend, without jeopardizing your financial future.

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73.6% of all Statistics are Made Up

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One of our core tasks was “market analysis,&# which consistent of: market sizing, market forecasts, competitive analysis and then instructing customers on which direction to take. The problem of amplification: The problem got worse as the data flowed out to the “bulge bracket&# investment banks. Nobody was surprised.

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In Defense of Uber: An Unbiased Opinion

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I didn’t invest in any of their fine competitors either like Lyft, Sidecar, Hailo, etc. They were a little too fierce in their competitive practices against Lyft to sign up drivers. It’s a brutally competitive world out there because there are extreme amounts of money at stake. My sample is over years.

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Some Thoughts about Selling at Startups

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Many MBA programs still cater too much to the needs of large, corporate management jobs or prepare students to enter big consulting companies or investments banks. Here is a sample of the reading list for the course that gives you a flavor for just how modern and practical this course is. And that leads me to today’s post.

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Impossible Foods will debut in SoCal grocery stores on Friday as first step in phased national rollout

TechCrunch LA

With the step into groceries, Impossible Foods moves into direct competition with its bigger, publicly traded rival Beyond Meat, which is already selling its patties and sausages in major stores nationwide. In the company’s last, $300 million round, Jay-Z , Katy Perry, Serena Williams, Jaden Smith, Trevor Noah and Zedd all invested.

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This Week in VC with Farb Nivi, Founder of Grockit

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And the broader question of whether VC’s will continue to invest in the Twitter ecosystem. Current round: $3.35mm in Series A by TomorrowVentures (Eric Schmidt’s personal investment vehicle), Saban Ventures, Founder Collective, SK Telecom Ventures. Competition: Pingg, MyPunchbowl, TinyPrints , PaperlessPost. LibreDigital.

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Three Epic Startup Battles With SoCal Players

socalTECH

Whoever wins, these are some of the local firms in interesting markets--and their tough, well-backed head-to-head competition--worth watching. HauteLook, one of the first firms to capitalize on the sample/private sales market, is already profitable and is growing rapidly. DocStoc vs. Scribd. DocStoc - Profile. HauteLook - Profile.