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How This Entrepreneur Went From Poverty To CEO Of A Dead Sexy Startup

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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 promise you, if you watch the TechCrunch 40 demos… if you go to sites like Mixergy and you start to hear the stories of entrepreneurs (you will avoid common startup mistakes). .

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Start-up Advisors

SoCal CTO

Andrew Warner from Mixergy posted - Before Looking for Funding, Get an Advisor. Like Christian Gammil (who I recommend as an advisor) working with entrepreneurs is something I really enjoy. He recommends that early stage companies get input from people who know the funding process, know the vertical, etc. That's great advice.

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Insights and Opinions: Lessons From Launching 3 Companies

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For our Insights and Opinions section today, we are featuring a podcast from Andrew Warner founder of Mixergy, which runs a popular series of technology networking events in Los Angeles. DonÂťt start with your masterpiece. When he launched eteamz, BrianÂťs vision was for a comprehensive site that organized youth sports.

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Layoffs Hot Keyword for Second Half of January 2009

SoCal CTO

-The Scott Sanfilippo Interview Media Optimization Firms Are Red Hot In Southern California in 2009 Proliferate - Aggregate - Integrate Startups Uncensored #4 - “Finding and Working with Partners” SoCal VC’s absent from Forbes Midas List Top Five Best Uses of an Entrepreneur's Legal Dollars What Data Crunchers Did for Obama An Evaluation of Web Strategy (..)

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The Most Important Panel You’ll Ever Attend | SXSW 2012

Tech Zulu Event

The Most Important Panel You’ll Ever Attend event will be starring an all-star panel of top entrepreneurs from all sorts of industry offering their success to bring on their first 100 paying customers and 1,000 core fans. I wanted seasoned entrepreneurs who don’t hold back sharing legit information that equally have a good heart.

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StartupDemo Ramps Up The Awesome With VC/Angel Panel Announcement

Tech Zulu Event

StartupDemo partners Mixergy & AsAble.com have just announced their VC/Angel investor panel for the event. This Panel is filled with investing super stars who will be going over amazing content for all the startups and entrepreneurs out there. Producer of Mixergy & AsAble.com. Panel speakers: Paige Craig , aka.

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Attention Startups! Startup Demo Hits Social Media Week

Tech Zulu Event

On top of all the awesome mentioned above, Mixergy and AsAble will be hosting an Investor panel discussion. Please join us for an evening of fun mingling with other startups, VCs, Angels, entrepreneurs, and technology enthusiasts, as we host our first Startup Demo event in Los Angeles. When: Wednesday, Sept 22 nd , 2010 - 5:00 p.m.