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CLU's Gerhard Apfelthaler: What I Learned In 2014

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We''re continuing to feature reflections on the last year from movers and shakers in the local high tech community, and today have thoughts from Gerhard Apfelthaler , who is Dean of California Lutheran University''s School of Management , which has been very active in Ventura County helping to promote startup and entrepreneurial activity.

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Entrepreneurs Confuse Product and Business Plans

Startup Professionals Musings

It’s definitely positive to have a product plan. A simple differentiation is that a product plan is designed for internal use, to get the product out. For software, websites, and high-tech products, this is the “meat” of what you intend to build. Don’t get me wrong.

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Interview with Alex Schneider, Ventura Ventures Technology Center

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On Thursday, the City of Ventura is formally launching a new incubator, the Ventura Ventures Technology Center (www.v2tc.com), targeted at high tech businesses. Alex Schneider: We designed the space to be a real creative, collaborative environment. What is the Ventura incubator? Where did you find your current crop of companies?

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What I Learned in 2014: Kevin Winston

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Over the last couple of weeks, we''ve featured a number of reflections on the year from movers and shakers in the local high tech community. As founder of Digital LA, I run one to two tech events every week bringing together tech, startups, investors, Hollywood, developers designers, and more. I like events.

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5 Keys To Effective Entrepreneurial Team Mentoring

Startup Professionals Musings

I have used this approach with high-tech roles, like software design, as well as business development roles. I’m definitely not proposing the “traditional” style of mentoring, where the goal was a one-way transfer of a broad range of knowledge or information. business entrepreneur mentoring startup team'

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Investors Know A Product Doesn’t Make a Business

Startup Professionals Musings

It’s definitely positive to have a product plan. A simple differentiation is that a product plan is designed for internal use, to get the product out. For software, websites, and high-tech products, this is the “meat” of what you intend to build. Don’t get me wrong.

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Startups Are A Remix

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The broader one’s understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have.”. Filmmaker Kirby Ferguson has created a collection of short films which beautifully underscore Mr. Jobs’ definition of creativity (the term beautiful is appropriate here, as the production values are sweet). free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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