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APRIL 1, 2013

You can watch Marten tell his entertaining story in the following 15-minute excerpt from his UC Santa Barbara talk. Marten began his story by explaining that MySQL was originally founded as a research project and how it was a nascent startup for nearly a decade before he joined the team. I was ready to give up.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 24, 2012

I wrote a blog post on how to work with lawyers at a startup nearly two-and-a-half years ago. If you don’t have much experience in working with law firms at a startup it’s a good primer. In that post I talked about how to select a law-firm for a startup. Startup-focused. It was very widely read.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Acrobatic ninjas, the Austin Police and several livid tradeshow executives – a perfect recipe for a reality television show, but not a great combination for Seth Epstein’s startup, Social Stay. I suggest you check out both the video and Seth’s entertaining depiction below. What’s up with that?” Do not scare anyone.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2012

For instance, I might show a logo of Computer Motion, GoToMeeting, Citrix, UC Santa Barbara and Rincon Venture Partners on my first slide as a means of depicting my past and current professional affiliations. If you are a startup seeking funding, convey your company's origins, your current status and your ideal exit.

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MAY 13, 2013

You can watch John describe his surprising Hollywood journey in the following 20-minute excerpt from his recent talk at UC Santa Barbara. In John''s words, "This van pulls up, it''s the opening band. These guys (then) roll out of the van and start setting up their gear and I go, ''OK. The Life-Changing Phone Call.

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DECEMBER 1, 2011

In Everything (Including Startups) Is A Remix , I discuss the brilliant series of films created by Kirby Ferguson, which focus on the origin of creativity in music, film and business. As I note in Spilling The Beans , the basic ideas upon which startups are founded are worth nothing. When I started the series, I was working full time.

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