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Do you really want to be the first to market?

Berkonomics

Over the years, as I managed my several computer companies as CEO or executive chairman, I made the decision to go to market with a brand-new product that had never before been exposed to my customer’s marketplace. The answer is invariably ‘no,’ because the cost of evangelizing a new product is completely unknown.

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A Serial Entrepreneur’s Take On Guy Kawasaki’s Enchantment

InfoChachkie

If you are a leader at a startup and you are reading a business book, you are not closing customers, raising capital, improving your product, or spending time with your loved ones. I have used Guy’s previous book, The Art Of The Start (Art ), in my UC Santa Barbara New Venture Creation class for the past five years. Form Friendships.

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Creating the Next Generation of US Employees. My Investment in Treehouse

Both Sides of the Table

I know readers of this post aren’t in that demo but that’s what the data says. If you want a sense of their content, an example is their “Epic Rap Battles of History” channel including Stephen Hawkins vs. We have nearly 10% unemployment in this country and nearly 18% structural unemployment. Americans watch 5.3

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Interview with Marc Friedmann, SciVee

socalTECH

The second side, which is actually more publicly visible, is we have a web site which has that same functionality, and enables scientists and viewers at large with scientific content to post their videos and content. It synchronizes the timeline of the video with document content. That's what SciVee is best known for.

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Interview with Eric Frankel, StarGreetz

socalTECH

For our readers who haven't yet heard of your company, what's the idea behind StarGreetz? Eric Frankel: StarGreetz is a digital media content company, that allows brands to stand out in a very cluttered marketplace. And, we will be launching more and more new products. How did the company come about? That's more or less the key.

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Hacking Hacker News – How Wily Startups Leverage Social News Sites

InfoChachkie

The innocuous post, which was simply titled " Divshot " generated over 110 comments and was awarded nearly 200 points by Hacker News' notoriously jaded readers. The team subsequently earned a coveted position in Launchpad LA's current accelerator class after winning the Crowdstart LA competition.

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Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010

SoCal CTO

Some great content around the intersection of startups and being a Startup CTO in June this year. Interesting patterns emerged: Everyone makes the same classes of error. recently did a lecture at a Babson MBA summer class on Entrepreneurial Leadership. Showscase your products and services. Not that I blame you!

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