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Does Your Mentor Play These 6 Roles?

InfoChachkie

Bob Wood has been a mentor to dozens of professionals during his long career in public service. As noted in You''re Never Too Old (Or Too Successful) For A Mentor , Bob has become not only my mentor, but also my friend. Establishing a mentor relationship is emotionally akin to asking someone out on a date.

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UCSB Tops Harvard & Wharton In Startup Wars

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Want to be an entrepreneur? Instead, grab your surfboard and head to UC Santa Barbara. In addition, Entrepreneur Magazine recently included UCSB in its Top 50 Schools For VC Backed Entrepreneurs at number 37. UC Santa Barbara has avoided this mistake by placing its Program within the Engineering department.

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Citrix’s CEO Mark Templeton: Personal And Professional Success Secrets

InfoChachkie

He then went on to identify four approaches entrepreneurs can take to enhance their chances of achieving success. Mark encourages emerging entrepreneurs to become self-aware. if I follow a prescribed course, I'm going to get a good picture. Family & Mentors - "A family is the people who believe in you.

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How to Raise Money When You’re Not in a Major VC Market

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And I am often approached by entrepreneurs in cities which don’t have a vibrant VC community. ” Most VCs view it as their responsibility to mentor, debate, cajole and generally assist with investments they make. Of course if it’s a company on fire I would travel to any 2-hop city from LA. Not easily.

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Interview with Alex Schneider, Ventura Ventures Technology Center

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Of course, as with any VC, they can't just limit themselves to such a small area. We are able to do events like this launch party to give them more exposure, and there's also a mentoring components, and access to capital through DFJ Frontier and other venture capitalists and angels. But, they'll give us their best effort.

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