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JULY 16, 2014

For the last few years, startup accelerator MuckerLab has been helping very early stage companies define and grow their businesses, using the accelerator model and small investments to get companies to the next stage. Having been here for awhile, is there anything you think entrepreneurs ought to be doing more of here? READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

He was kind enough to conduct a video interview from his car. You can watch my interview with Len below or on YouTube here: [link]. “We’re focusing now on re-disrupting categories that moved early online, but in some ways, have been freeze-dried since then. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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APRIL 23, 2011

I took the opportunity this past week to publish summary notes of some of the VCs and entrepreneurs I had interviewed on This Week in VC. One of my goals in doing the show was not only to educate entrepreneurs but also to put a human face on many of the VCs in our industry as VCs can be hard to get to know. 5:00 – 5:55).

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FEBRUARY 9, 2016

The message of the panel was very clear – “We don’t need your help. The video is simply amazing and is a must watch for any investor but I think will be enjoyed by all entrepreneurs, too. Tristan Walker spoke of his journey from the projects to Wall Street to Stanford to entrepreneur.

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MAY 17, 2019

For today's interview, we sat down and spoke with David Loo , the founder and CEO of Perspectium (www.perspectium.com), a startup which is developing service management applications designed to help connect different, enterprise service management software products together. What's your biggest lesson you've learned as an entrepreneur?

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MARCH 28, 2014

To hear how he bootstrapped the company to that size, we caught up with Asher earlier this week for a quick interview. I do think the key in bootstrapping is that it helps you organically, in that you make decisions you wouldn''t have made otherwise, out of need. One big new category for us is data and targeting. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 23, 2015

So part of playing an effective coach is helping the team to see the answer for themselves. While this clip is only 1-minute long we talk about it more in the full interview. We talked in the full interview about some of Fred’s partners and the role that they play in the firm. ” This clip is just 2 minutes: I agree.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Mickie Rosen: Tecca is the easiest and most helpful independent service for mainstream consumers to learn, shop, and make the most of their personal technology. One of the concepts we came up with, and bounced around with Best Buy, was a whole new, independent company to help consumers with technology. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Our interview today is with Andrew Schydlowsky , the CEO and founder of Santa Barbara-based TrackStreet (www.trackstreet.com), a startup which is backed by Okapi Capital, The Cove Fund, Early Light Ventures, SaaS Venture Capital, and Stage Venture Partners. Andrew Schydlowsky: I'm a serial entrepreneur. How did you start the business?

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APRIL 2, 2014

We are the only, data-driven incentive platform that helps marketers optimize their audience participation across the channel. We can help brands achieve, on average, conversions that are 10 times higher than the industry. We''re also part of Innovate Pasadena, and helping to drive the growth of technology in digital marketing here.

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JANUARY 9, 2014

One local startup, Chippmunk (www.chippmunk.com), hopes so, and believes that focusing on user interface design will help it win over its competitors. All of them offer the same kind of coupon information for a store or category, but many of those sites that show up have very poor results. What''s next for your company? READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 17, 2010

I was recently interviewed for an article that appeared in Fast Company titled, “ Why you should start a business in LA.&# If you’re interested in the topic it’s worth a read, but I thought I’d elaborate on the topic since it comes up all the time. Entrepreneurs in LA spend a lot of time commuting up to the Valley.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

In a bid to change that, there are a few groups working on helping women entrepreneurs, investors, and others, including the Pipeline Fellowship (www.pipelinefellowship.com), which recently launched itself into the Los Angeles market. The program helps them learn the tools to become angel investors in female led enterprises.

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AUGUST 27, 2014

We are constantly learning, doing research, and networking with other entrepreneurs, and people in our business who are the best at what they do. We have been smart about how to make investments in our business, and when we jump into a new category or vertical. We are students of our company, and of our business, and of our industry.

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DECEMBER 11, 2017

Our interview this morning is with Scott Cannon , the CEO of BigRentz (www.bigrentz.com), which is creating an online marketplace for big equipment--an industry known notoriously as not adopting new technology. We help the small independent rental yards. He convinced me to come out of retirement and help.

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APRIL 21, 2011

Following the 360-review, we devised an effective way to help the Founders expand their strategic effectiveness while ensuring that all of their prior responsibilities are appropriately fulfilled. . The (Non)sense Of Entitlement describes the temperament required for successful entrepreneurs to leverage performance feedback.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map. Tech startup accelerators dot the landscape, feeding investments into the waiting arms of the nation’s most intelligent and driven entrepreneurs. Miller was even honored as an Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” for 2011. Follow PandoDaily: Search.

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APRIL 14, 2010

Our interview this morning is with Lolita Carrico, founder of Gloss Network for Women (www.mygloss.com), an online network of sites focused on women. Those are our three biggest categories as far as sponsorship and readership. Being one of the first in the mom media area has helped. What is Gloss Network? READ MORE>>.

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MAY 4, 2010

It was especially fun for me because we got the chance to talk about the VC industry and how entrepreneurs should think about the VC industry in addition to discussing deals. Palm (acquired by HP ) – In our interview we talked about how transformational mobile computing is and why it’s different than web computing (e.g.

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JANUARY 7, 2010

To kick off our first interview for the year, we've got an interview with Kevin Strong , the CEO of Laguna Beach-based FutureDash (www.futuredash.com), a developer of technology for the home energy monitoring market. We're in the category of energy monitoring tools. I was impressed by what he was working on.

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JUNE 9, 2014

We then help push those videos through social media channels, and help them go viral. The same category as Fullscreen and Maker, but, unlike those companies, we''re not rolling up other channels. Those two pieces helped feed each other. Lee Essner: I was at Idealab as an entrepreneur in residence.

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JULY 18, 2011

I must say I’ve become a regular user of ShopperSeeks every since this interview. And you will to after this interview. I enjoyed it there, but they eliminated the apparel category so I decided to worked for a family owned apparel company. Kyle: How did you get started in the entrepreneur world?

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JUNE 9, 2010

Why Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers. Facebook is about to try to dominate display ads the way Google dominates text ads - Chris Dixon , May 15, 2010 It is customary to divide online advertising into two categories: direct response and brand advertising. But founders need to know how to ask for their advice and when to ignore it. Here’s why.

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APRIL 13, 2011

The following is a brief series of quotes from just ten of the approximately 30 different topics discussed in this incredible interview. And I would rather, even before the executive summary, have something to play with (a demo)…” It falls in the category of show don’t tell. Brad on blogging. How did you start blogging? “My

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

This morning's interview is with Billy Fried , co-founder and CEO of Kijubi (www.kijubi.com), a new startup which is looking to help people find travel activities. We've really set out to solve the problem we saw, which is a vast category of travel information which is not aggregated well on the web. It's down in Laguna Beach.

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MARCH 6, 2009

An area we've been seeing a lot of companies attacking recently is tutoring and homework help. It's a site, where people can come on and get help with the individual problems they need help with. Sean McCleese: We have 600 categories, everything from music, to art, to science--it covers everything.

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DECEMBER 17, 2018

Richard recently published a new book, The Soul Of A Deal , talking about his experience with deal making and interviewing such others as J.J.Abrams, Deepak Chopra, Peter Guber, Reid Hoffman, Penn Jillette and many others on their own experiences. So, what I did is I sat down and interviewed people like J.J.

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JANUARY 17, 2017

It really goes into two categories, around capacity and affordability. I ended up doing 4500 individual interviews, and quickly became a walking QuickBooks. One, the foundation system for that data layer didn't exist, and second, is in order to build customized products to help those people, we needed data. It took me 2.5

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JUNE 29, 2009

That's the only category where 2-strokes are still dominant. In fact, we've just won an air excellence award from the EPA for helping to improve the nation's air quality. Tags: propane cleantech green entrepreneur retail garden lawn lehr herzer bernardo startup interview. That's a significant part of what we're doing.

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DECEMBER 8, 2011

I concluded that it is an effective tool for leveling the playing field between sophisticated investors and emerging entrepreneurs. I have subsequently recommended the book to number of students as well as emerging entrepreneurs, all of whom expressed positive feedback. . We decided to do it in a way that was accessible.”.

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JUNE 1, 2009

For this morning's interview, we caught up with Eden Jarrin, the President of Los Angeles-based eDivvy (www.edivvy.com). Really soon you'll see we'll be editorializing products and helping people to choose gifts in a category an dhow to pick the right gifts. We were constantly on the Today Show, CNN, Entrepreneur, Time Magazine.

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JUNE 16, 2016

Entrepreneurs create their own jobs, why shouldn’t they also create their own degrees? As described in Should Millennial Entrepreneurs Skip College? most young entrepreneurs benefit greatly from the college experience. When trying to cobble together a startup degree, consider the following categories of classes.

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DECEMBER 13, 2013

Matt Lucido wanted to help with everyone’s daily life by creating a service app called Porter. Today, we support four categories: house cleaning, dry cleaning – pickup and delivery, wash and fold – pickup and delivery, and dog walking. ML: Being an entrepreneur, especially with very little resources is like a rollercoaster.

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MARCH 27, 2010

Define criteria for judging – I find that many people I know go into interviews without thinking about what is important to them first. In fact, many people just go into interviews and “wing it.&# If that’s you then vow never to do it again. and then sub categories underneath. BEFORE YOU START.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Home About Press IA Capital Partners Archives After 17 years in M&A, Derivatives and Trading, Im spending my time with young entrepreneurs in and around financial technology and digital media. It is helping with recruiting by leveraging my networks and experience in a particular domain. Solicit trusted advisors help with interviewing.

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MARCH 11, 2011

Last night I had the great privilege to interview Bill Gross , one of the Internet’s true pioneers. His impact has even helped a small country gain admission to the United Nations. He invented the category of sponsored search. Too many entrepreneurs focus on dilution. Summary notes, as always, provide below.

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APRIL 9, 2012

These entrepreneurs do not risk everything, work outrageous hours and put themselves under extreme pressure because they want to. If it were a decision to be an entrepreneur, then most right-minded individuals would decide to turn back when they encountered the first inevitable startup crises. Entrepreneurs want to matter.

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