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Len Short (Red)ily Discusses Google, Bono & Steve Jobs

InfoChachkie

Len Short is truly an online marketing pioneer, heading up marketing at Charles Schwab, AOL and then (PRODUCT)RED. Before his career moved online, Len worked on major marketing campaigns for credit card companies and rolled out MCI’s highly successful “Friends and Family” marketing campaign.

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Could you be the next Ford, Jobs or Musk?

Berkonomics

Note that none of these three famous innovators were inventors like Thomas Edison, but visionaries who see a new marketplace or niche or how to reach the mass market in ways not previously attempted. How many entrepreneurs used that new Internet infrastructure to create an expansive vision of what could be? Well, it’s a fair question.

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Could you be the next Ford, Jobs or Musk?

Berkonomics

Note that none of these three famous innovators were inventors like Thomas Edison, but visionaries who find a new marketplace or niche – or how to reach the mass market in new ways. How many entrepreneurs used that new Internet infrastructure to create an expansive vision of what could be? Well, it’s a fair question.

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Carey Ransom, OC4 On Startups, Investments, and What To Do Now

socalTECH

Uniquely, I haven't had to be that serial entrepreneur, who has had to found my own companies and only work on my own ideas. As we continue to grow, we'll add go to market, sales, and business development resources. I have really been through the life cycles of a company. I've also invested in those companies. Two things.

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A Serial Entrepreneur’s Take On Guy Kawasaki’s Enchantment

InfoChachkie

Although many are entertaining, most fail to provide entrepreneurs with a sufficient return on their time investment. Unfortunately, most business books do not offer entrepreneurs an adequate payoff. The short version of my review is: “Enchanting? For instance, Guy refers to an entrepreneur’s venture as their “cause.”

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Should Startups Announce Their Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

Understanding “The Funding Angle” I sit at enough board meetings to hear conflicting advice given to entrepreneurs about how to handle PR and announcements at startups. I think many board members (including VCs) were trained 10+ years ago when life was very different and their advice often comes from an outdated lens.

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Let’s Get Weird, a SXSW Interactive Recap (2014)

Tech Zulu Event

Tons of great conversations about new startups, hardware, and the entrepreneurs building them. As we know, long gone are the days of experiencing SXSW Interactive with just 9,000 other tech entrepreneurs and business brights – with 30,000 registrants in 2013 and the final numbers for 2014 still in the works.