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Why You Should Give Before You Get

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One of the most common questions I hear from first-time entrepreneurs is, “How do I meet angels?” It’s why long before you ever want press coverage you need to spend time actually helping journalists, respecting their profession, taking their calls (not having your PR department screen them) and knowing what interests them.

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The One Question to Ask Yourself Before Starting a Business

Jason Nazar

At this point in his career, serial entrepreneur Jason Nazar has developed a one-word litmus test for aspiring entrepreneurs: “Why?”. Read at Fortune.

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Launchpad LA – More Details Revealed

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Full press release with more details is here. Find the best and brightest next generation of entrepreneurs and help them to be more successful. Encourage the most successful LA tech entrepreneurs who had previously started companies to get involved as mentors, instructors or just informal advisors. I’m excited.

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Twiistup 6 Highlights

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We are also home to DemandMedia (Richard Rosenblatt) and Mahalo (Jason Calacanis). There are now a second generation of entrepreneurs and companies that have learned from their last successes and are producing great new companies like TopSpin Media , Sometrics and GumGum. We have accomplished much yet have much work to do.

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Announcing Silicon Beach Fest! | June 21-23

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This fest will include panels, workshops, cocktails and keynotes for startups, content creators, developers, social media marketers, designers, entrepreneurs, and more. Press: Techzulu @ Coloft. TechZulu interviews; press lounge. Jason Nazar will present Startup Uncensored on Thurs June 21. CoWorks : TBA.

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Lessons Big Companies Should Learn from Entrepreneurs

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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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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

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o Huge on PR, “Be Everywhere” is his motto – fly to NY, proactively everywhere he could get press. On Entrepreneurship: What makes a great entrepreneur? Jason Nazar is the classic guy for follow up, persistent but respectful. (we we both love Jason). To make PR big you need to find a way to “make news”. [if