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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Four Letters: JFDI

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I spent nearly a decade building software for large companies and then advising companies on the same. There’s a guy in Los Angeles that I met at several tech networking events. He would have found somebody technical and inspired that individual to work for equity or deferred payment. Making Things Happen. “Why?

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DefCon 22 | DISOBEY!

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Whatever your perception may be, an estimated 15,000 attendees showed up for this year’s DefCon 22 , an annual event with talks, contests, vendor-booths, charities, workshop training areas and more. Events DefCon DefCon 22 Hacker hacking' Others like John “ Captain Crunch ” Draper tuned in remotely via social outlets.

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Startup Weekend LA | An Insiders Story of a Startup on Steroids

Tech Zulu Event

This story highlights my experience at the event as a participant. . The team needed would consist of at least 1 non-technical business person (me) and 2 or more technical people—designer and developer. I was only able to create a team with non-technical business people and a designer. We had exactly 54 hours!

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Catch #Mindshare50 Talks Live on TechZulu

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Full event and Friday only passes are already completely sold out. Effects Artist and Technical Director, Dreamworks AnimationJason hails from Kentucky, where his parents met at a Renaissance Faire, hooked up at the Wicca Coven, and raised him at sci-fi conventions. Lucien’s goal is simple, to completely redesign education.