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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Cojones (7/11)

Both Sides of the Table

This is part of my series on what makes an entrepreneur successful. I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs. I started the series talking about what I consider the most important attribute of an entrepreneur : Tenacity. Entrepreneurs are inherently risk takers.

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RingRevenue Creates A New Performance Marketing Revenue Channel

InfoChachkie

Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ringrevenue’s call performance marketing platform enables ad networks, agencies, advertisers & publishers to generate more inbound sales calls.”. In today’s market, so much focus is placed on transacting business online. 10) Rob, why does the world need RingRevenue? . “In

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Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller

SoCal CTO

He has a really interesting background as a product manager and now an entrepreneur. I was in charge of all product management and marketing for the first year-and-a-half, that was a great learning experience with a very talented team of folks. This time I'm getting to know Mark Geller ( LinkedIn , @markgeller ). Details coming soon!)

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Customer Validation - 33 Great Articles

SoCal CTO

His basic point was: If someone, including me, tells you something isn’t a great idea and there’s no market for it there are only two acceptable responses. " Today I had two conversations with early stage startups (see Free CTO Consulting ). I saw a great post from Tristan Kromer Pivoting on Investor Feedback a.k.a

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Venture Capital is About Human Capital

Both Sides of the Table

It’s easy to think the role of a VC is to have strong opinions about markets, trends, tech dynamics and so forth. Gregg was a graduate of Stanford and a Wharton MBA and had worked at the consulting firm BCG so I knew he was smart and capable. I can try to be as smart as possible on market trends, industry dynamics and so forth.

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

SoCal Delicious

where entrepreneurs share their stories. 63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Free Corporations For First-Time Entrepreneurs. Right now they’re setting up 500 free corporations for first time entrepreneurs. Here are 62 63 Los Angeles entrepreneurs we can be proud of.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

Continuing my series of posts that I’ve been collecting that live at the intersection of Startups and being a Startup CTO : Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March here are the top posts from May 2010. Why Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers. Enjoyed this post? Putting customers first. It says what?!”).

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