Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2013

It was about the founder of Sriracha sauce, David Tran, displaced from Vietnam when the North’s communists took power. How much could the new generation of entrepreneurs learn from that? . “We don’t make mayonnaise here.” As the son of an immigrant myself, I am a sucker for an immigrant story.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Don began by explaining that his impoverished childhood drove him to a life as an entrepreneur. ". I had never thought about being an entrepreneur. I didn''t think about going to college either. I just thought about wanting to have food every single day. Magazine or Forbes Magazines. Growing up.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 8, 2020

We spoke to Bill about CurtCo's move into the podcasting area, and why he thinks podcasting is the next frontier in media. Talk about what CurtCo is working on? We have published 74 different magazine titles over the last 30 years. We're excited about everything in podcasting. That's very exciting.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2012

They are best known for their magazine titles such as The New Yorker, Wired, Vanity Fair and Vogue. He also covered how “traditional media companies” think about the future and how they view disruption. Key moments: 16 minutes in: Transitioning magazine readers to e-formats. And they invest n select VC funds.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” It’s the most common refrain I hear from investors and even entrepreneurs these days. I hear it right after people have decided to come by for a few days to “check out what all the fuss is about.” Stuff you may not know about LA? . “There’s something going on in LA.”

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Email users, continue here… ] That is the quandary which entrepreneurs face today in building models for new companies around a web presence. And yet, users rave about the service, and spend long durations of time on the site. How about charging by the bite (not byte)? Bringing us to today – Viewers or profit?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2014

Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of working with some of the best entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and elsewhere. On the average, the entrepreneurs I know are living on Ramen noodles. I’m not talking about academic classes, because at best these only teach you how to learn. Read entrepreneur stories. Adopt a mentor.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

The magazine turned its attention this month towards the Los Angeles innovation and technology economy in a section guest edited by StartEngine co-founder Howard Marks , including a reception held Wednesday evening at the Viceroy in Santa Monica. Big disclaimer: the author and editor was one of the honorees at the event). READ MORE>>.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

Consistent with the statistics cited in Why Entrepreneurs Hate (Most) MBAs , the large majority of John and Kyle''s classmates accepted positions at investment banks and consulting firms upon graduation. an email) to about 35 people. Magazine ended up doing a cover story on Kyle and I called, An American Start-Up.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2022

How is it that only a few business leaders and entrepreneurs seem to drive exceptional results and disruptive innovation in this rapidly changing market economy (marketquake)? People Development Magazine recently listed inspirational leadership (trust) as one of the top three characteristics business leaders must have today.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Every entrepreneur should spend plenty of time thinking about competitors, and how they relate to your business, but you need to be very careful what you say out loud about them to your team, your investors, and your customers. Here are some common pitfalls or traps to avoid: Above all, don’t say you have no competitors.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 9, 2017

I read several years ago, that the average startup restaurant lasts only about a year. We have years of real data to call upon: data that impacts both investors and entrepreneurs. Bureau of Labor Statistics states that 50% of all businesses survive five years or more, and about one-third survive ten years or more. And, the U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 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? If you’ve taken the roller coaster ride that is a startup – you know what I’m talking about. On Being an Entrepreneur. This post originally appeared on TechCrunch. Long hours.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 4, 2015

The rest of the band assumed he was sent in by Wilson and that he actually knew the song they were about to record, which he did not. The track was Like A Rolling Stone , which became Bob Dylan’s biggest selling song as was voted by Rolling Stone Magazine in 2011 as the Best Song Of All Time. Tom Wilson, (said) ‘This is take 7.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2016

I talk about failure a lot because I think it can be tremendously instructive and I think that success without failure often masks underlying lessons. I even prefer to fund entrepreneurs who have experience some level of set-backs in their careers or startups because I think it brings a humility to decision-making that I find healthy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of working with some of the best entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and elsewhere. On the average, the entrepreneurs I know are living on Ramen noodles. I’m not talking about academic classes, because at best these only teach you how to learn. Read entrepreneur stories. Adopt a mentor.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Entrepreneurs often must take counter-intuitive, contrarian positions in order to succeed. As noted in Entrepreneurship Is A Compulsion , entrepreneurs often view the world from a slightly different vantage point, rejecting the oxymoronic term Conventional Wisdom. . That’s logic.”. Lewis Carroll, from Through The Looking Glass.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

I recently got a phone call from an entrepreneur whom I respect and who runs a company that I hope will do great things one day. He was about to be featured in a major US news magazine as one of their “hot&# picks. He was about to be featured in a major US news magazine as one of their “hot&# picks.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

I was an entrepreneur for years. As I talked about on many occasions when I was an entrepreneur – and blogged publicly about - I learned a lot about my business and myself in these meetings. I wrote about it all in that post. I also loved the guest appearance by Dan Primack of Fortune Magazine.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

However, many people are not aware that prior to entering academia, Steve was a wily and creative marketing entrepreneur. I also found out they only cared about four applications. For the next 3 1/2 years, every magazine in the Mac industry was benchmarking all the graphics boards with SuperMac's own internal benchmarks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

In fact, subscription pricing has been around for a long time for magazines, cloud-based software, and gaming, but now I’m seeing it used for just about anything, including for more stylish clothes via Taelor Style , gourmet foods via TryTheWorld , and toys for your kids via KiwiCo. Network model.

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Jason Nazar

JULY 1, 2016

Entrepreneurs often lament big companies, but most of us hope we’ll create just that. There’s a lot more the big folks can learn from the millions of entrepreneurs hustling each day, building something amazing from scratch. Decisions that take entrepreneurs an hour, often take months at large companies.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

In aviation circles, we read in our pilot magazines about “Never again!” or “I learned about flying from that.” Professional investors rarely attach a red letter upon a failed entrepreneur.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2010

Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of working with some of the best entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and elsewhere. On the average, the entrepreneurs I know are broke. I’m not talking about academic classes, because at best these only teach you how to learn. Read entrepreneur stories. Just start a business.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 11, 2012

HIGHEST DEGREE OBTAINED BY AMERICA'S 400 RICHEST PEOPLE Source: Forbes Magazine, Jan 2012. For many entrepreneurs, college has little appeal. Academia’s arbitrary, bureaucratic structure, combined with its predominant focus on theoretical issues, causes many entrepreneurs to depart college early. Entrepreneurs are misfits.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2013

Yapert raised a funding round a few weeks ago from the Tech Coast Angels, Desert Angeles, and Pasadena Angels for its mobile apps, which consolidates news and information about your favorite interests. Explain exactly what Yapert is all about? It came about from a couple of areas. How did the company start? READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2020

In fact, subscription pricing has been around for a long time for magazines, cloud-based software, and gaming, but now I’m seeing it used for just about anything, including for more stylish clothes via Mr.Conection , gourmet foods via TryTheWorld , and toys for your kids via KiwiCo. Network model.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2016

It may not have been easy, but it certainly didn’t subject entrepreneurs to a deluge of competing opinions like those faced by today’s business owners. There are also many misconceptions about starting a business. There are three things we know about startup business plans: one, you will write one eventually.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Want to be an entrepreneur? In addition, Entrepreneur Magazine recently included UCSB in its Top 50 Schools For VC Backed Entrepreneurs at number 37. What is most surprising about UCSB''s national entrepreneurial ranking is that it doesn''t even have a business school. Don''t go to Wharton or Harvard. Techpreneurs.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 21, 2011

5) When I interviewed people at my past startups, I rejected them if they asked me about our dental plan, as true entrepreneurs don’t care about such pedestrian benefits. 3) I’ve heard some great stories about your weekend sales “boot camps.” Do you have any PR tips and tricks you can share with emerging entrepreneurs? “In

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

How is it that only a few business leaders and entrepreneurs seem to drive exceptional results and disruptive innovation in this rapidly changing market economy (marketquake)? People Development Magazine recently listed inspirational leadership (trust) as one of the top three characteristics business leaders must have today.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

We caught up with Rachel recently to hear more about the company. Rachel Payne: I was working at Google for about eight years, most recently in global strategic alliances. magazine, for example. We are also thinking about how we can showcase the right branded content t the end user, instead of bombarding them with ads.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

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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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 30, 2012

According to a January 2012 article in Forbes Magazine , nearly 16% of the 400 most affluent Americans do not have a college degree. For many entrepreneurs, college has little appeal. "Our business is about technology, yes. But it's also about operations and customer relationships." ." [Tweet this quote].

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InfoChachkie

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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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

As automotive web sites go, there are lots of review and information sites giving you information about new and used cars, magazines and information sites for auto enthusiasts, and discussion sites and groups for all kinds of cars. For the most part, female buyers don't really care about that stuff. What is VroomGirls?

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 27, 2015

He has written numerous books and articles for entrepreneurs and investors, and was the publisher and editor-in-chief of Venture Magazine. Mr. Lipped addresses the issue of exits, and whether entrepreneurs should take the long view or cash out quickly when the opportunity arises. By Arthur Lipper.

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