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Startup Mantra: Hire Fast, Fire Fast

Both Sides of the Table

I have often said that what separates real entrepreneurs from pundits and bystanders is a bias towards getting things done versus over analyzing things. The startup entrepreneur knows that they’re going to be wrong often. They over think the decision framework. Great entrepreneurs find a way. But here’s the thing.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

Draw Your Ideas - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 16, 2010 I saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. Why Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers. Of the ones I have been to recently, the Nantucket Conference has been my favorite.

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Here’s What’s Driving Collaborative Consumption and Where the Market May Head Next

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I spoke this past week at the LeWeb conference in London, which was a superbly well run event with a very quality production team. I believe that market conditions drive innovation as much as great entrepreneurs do. The 20-minute video of my presentation is here if you’re interested. These types of trends are unsustainable.

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Welcoming the Newest Partner to Upfront Ventures

Both Sides of the Table

It’s very easy in venture capital when you’ve seen thousands of companies have read thousands of decks and spreadsheets and been to numerous conferences and exchanged ideas with other investors and entrepreneurs to feel like “you know better” and that’s precisely what we try to encourage Team Upfront not to feel or how not to behave.

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Interview with David A. Smith, Croquet

socalTECH

I ended up going to Lockheed Martin as Chief Innovation Officer, doing AR and VR work, creating a virtual framework used for training by the defense department. At the time, Alan was a Senior Fellow at HP Labs when we first demonstrated Croquet, chowing complex interactive worlds.

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Interview with Paige Craig, Betterworks

socalTECH

Los Angeles area entrepreneurs, investors, and startups have gotten to know Paige Craig fairly well over the last few years, as he's made many investments in the local ecosystem. I was traveling and in San Francisco, and at the TechCrunch conference in 2007 I ran into a group of folks from LA. One person there was Nicole Jordan.

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Interview with Daryl Bernstein, RightSignature

socalTECH

and most other countries around the world which follow a general framework, making online agreements every bit as legally binding as paper ones. We ran into an interesting case at the big Rails conference in Vegas, in fact. I've been an entrepreneur for many years. and the E.U., Obie Fernandez gave us a good one.