InfoChachkie
JANUARY 27, 2014
A version of this article previously appeared in The Wall Street Journal. Entrepreneurs typically embrace celebrity investments, while most sophisticated investors prefer to avoid famous entertainment or sports personalities on the cap table. What’s the cause of this incongruence? Share and Enjoy.
Xconomy
FEBRUARY 5, 2018
When those investors do open their wallets, they’re shunning risky investments in favor of what the Wall Street Journal called “the upper echelon of highly valued startups” such as Airbnb and WeWork. Where does that tightfistedness leave cash-starved entrepreneurs?
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Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 20, 2012
She actually IS the prototypical entrepreneur. But Tracy did what entrepreneurs do. Sam is the managing director of Launchpad LA and we were about to pick our 2012 class of entrepreneurs. In the first 5 minutes you’ll realize that she’s a classic entrepreneur. More on that later. That may soon change.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 14, 2010
This is the second article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). And we all know that Ron Conway is considered the savviest of angel investors and yet by definition not all of his investments succeed. Who ultimately invested in FourSquare? Connections.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 31, 2011
One of the most common questions that entrepreneurs who meet me for the first time like to ask is, “Do you miss being an entrepreneur? I thought I’d talk a bit about the differences I’ve experienced between being an entrepreneur & a VC – you know, from “both sides of the table.&#. On Being an Entrepreneur.
InfoChachkie
JULY 21, 2016
A version of this article previously appeared in The Wall Street Journal. The reality television show Shark Tank makes for entertaining content but many of its underlying messages are potentially detrimental to tech entrepreneurs. Experienced entrepreneurs have no issues parsing where reality stops and entertainment begins.
InfoChachkie
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
As noted in this recent Wall Street Journal article, Google has begun requesting that merchants include rating and review data to ensure that the efficacy of their search results. The post Social Search – What Entrepreneur Needs To Know appeared first on John Greathouse.' Image: Wikipedia. Share and Enjoy.
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