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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Four Letters: JFDI

Both Sides of the Table

(In case it’s not obvious it’s a play on the Nike slogan, “Just Do It.&# ) I believe that being successful as an entrepreneur requires you to get lots of things done. Entrepreneurs make fast decisions and move forward knowing that at best 70% of their decisions are going to be right. This paralyzes most people.

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Getting in the Game: Entrepreneurs and the Video Game Industry

SoCal Tech Calendar

Saturday, May 12, 2012 -- Getting in the Game: Entrepreneurs and the. Developments in technology have forever changed the gaming industry and the way video games are developed, distributed, and played. Video Game Industry. Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. See [link] (more)

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How To Scale Your Startup Far Beyond Organic Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

Every entrepreneur tries to maximize his startup growth by building and selling more product and services for the widest geographic area that he can support. Many entrepreneurs are paranoid about the partnership approach, and think that M&A is only an alternative for large companies who are flush with cash. Partial acquisition.

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10 Attributes Of The Perfect Partner For Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Very few entrepreneurs have the range of skills and experience to be the solution creator as well as business creator, or operational as well as sales leader. The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. All partners have compatible work styles.

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10 Key Traits Of An Ideal Entrepreneur Partner

Startup Professionals Musings

The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. Most entrepreneurs work long hours and weekends to get the job done. Thus you should do the same or more due diligence on educational background, previous work, and references. Marty Zwilling.

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CoFoundersLab Matches Entrepreneurs Scientifically

Tech Zulu Event

They have partnered with Cross Campus to bring education and offline matchmaking events to Santa Monica quarterly. Together they envisioned a Match.com type of site for entrepreneurs to find each other and make things happen. He has noticed a lot of newcomers setting up shop to be opportunistic to entrepreneurs.

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Remind Me Why I Love You? (Why “In Person” is Everything)

Both Sides of the Table

You race back to the office to tell everybody how well it went and you wait for the follow-up call to have a partners’ meeting or talk about term sheets or at least dip into due diligence. This is a very common scenario when entrepreneurs pitch VCs and frankly is a very common scenario when VCs try to raise money from LPs. everything.