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Advice For Emerging Entrepreneurs (And Anyone Else With A Boss)

InfoChachkie

Never Negatively Surprise Your Boss – If you anticipate that a project will be completed late, that a sale will not close within the forecasted period or that a project is running over budget, tell your boss immediately. In a company’s early days, it is often the developers and product marketing team who must create the product.

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Digital Revenue Expert – Vince Thompson

SoCal CTO

Vince: I’m an author, speaker and management consultant with a special expertise in online media sales. I started out as screenwriter, went into local television, ran ad sales in the west for AOL and joined Facebook in the companies very early days. But I also like to be home with my family (or playing volleyball or whatever).

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Ten Startup Tips From Amazon Founder, Jeff Bezos

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Obsess About Customers, Not Colleagues Or Competitors. “We We see our customers as invited guests to a party, and we are the hosts. It’s our job every day to make every important aspect of the customer experience a little bit better.”. You can be customer-focused or competitor-focused. The Two Pizza Rule.

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When Hiring Entrepreneurs, Ignore Their Resumes

InfoChachkie

At Expertcity (creator of GoToMyPC and GoToMeeting, acquired by Citrix), I hired salespeople with disparate backgrounds, including a: bar-band drummer, customer service agent, venture capitalist, financial analyst, county employee and a technician from a Kinko’s-like store. At a BDC, the hiring process is straightforward.

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You Can’t Teach People To Be Entrepreneurs, But Entrepreneurs Can Be Taught

InfoChachkie

I treat each of my classes as a product that the students are paying a lot of money to consume. You can read books, watch videos and talk with experts about how to hit a baseball, kick a soccer ball or serve a volleyball, but until you get on the field or court, you will never master the game.

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Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Every Successful Entrepreneur Should Expect The “Million Dollar Question”

InfoChachkie

Although the offer was gratifying, it was clear to the Founders that this windfall would ultimately fall far short of the value that could be created by productizing the technology and generating substantial user adoption. The term “flip” is used derisively by institutional investors to describe the sale of young companies.

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Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Every Successful Entrepreneur Should Expect The “Million Dollar Question”

InfoChachkie

Although the offer was gratifying, it was clear to the Founders that this windfall would ultimately fall far short of the value that could be created by productizing the technology and generating substantial user adoption. The term “flip” is used derisively by institutional investors to describe the sale of young companies.