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Startup CEOs Lessons From Ben Affleck

InfoChachkie

These varied responsibilities are analogous to those of a startup CEO, as movie production crews are essentially temporary ventures. I recently had a chance to observe an intimate conversation between Leonard Maltin and Ben Affleck at the Santa Barbara Film Festival, where Mr. Affleck was honored with the festival's "Modern Master" award.

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With Greathouse Comes Great Responsibility

InfoChachkie

The following guest post is from some of my former UC Santa Barbara students. Design together, the course that introduced the idea for brightblu, they were concurrently taking three other classes: Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Marketing and Art of the CEO. Ben, Sid and Taylor started BrightBlu while still students.

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Avoid Death By PowerPoint – Create Slides That Don’t Suck

InfoChachkie

For instance, I might show a logo of Computer Motion, GoToMeeting, Citrix, UC Santa Barbara and Rincon Venture Partners on my first slide as a means of depicting my past and current professional affiliations. If you are a startup seeking funding, convey your company's origins, your current status and your ideal exit.

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6 Hands-on Tips To Conquer Your Entrepreneurial Fears

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Seth began his entrepreneurial career when he dropped out of the University of California, Santa Barbara at 19 years old to start a clothing company, which he eventually built into a national line of denim products featured at Nordstrom, Macy’s and Neiman Marcus. You need to expand your capacity to deal with challenge.

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