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JULY 23, 2013

This started as a post in which I was going to write out tips to personal branding and became in stead an essay of my own branding journey. I was graduated with a double degree in economics & political science from UCSD in 1991. My colleagues that graduated with engineering degrees from UCSD were paid $31,000 – 15% more.

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JANUARY 31, 2010

So I thought I’d write a piece on how to not suck when you give a presentation. The bring your product to life. Establish the persona of the person who would be using your products. Tell us what their life is like without your product – how they struggle. I recently spoke at the business school at UCSD.

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OCTOBER 31, 2015

I believe many entrepreneurs have ADD. I believe it is what drives my huge bursts of creativity and productivity that what Stephen Covey called “The Urgency Addiction.” I have checked Twitter at least 10 times during the writing of this post so far and Facebook 3 times. I write my presentations the night before.

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JANUARY 28, 2011

Some investors are team focused, others market focused, others seems to look for product / market fit. Only then can I even care about product, market or their nebulous “fit.&#. I want somebody who can inspire you to produce great products but not know your trade better than you do. I argued for the opposite.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2016

I’d like to explain as best I can my opinion on what is going on because most of what I hear from entrepreneurs is not only wrong but is reminiscent of what I heard in 1997-2000. ” “This will be great for VCs and bad for entrepreneurs.” What is the True Sentiment of VCs? ” “Sure, prices are dropping.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

He writes with a great perspective and is well worth reading. I took an advanced computer course in high school where I learned to build databases in Ashton Tate’s dBase III+ and to compile my designs using a product called Clipper. I then worked in a computer store called Software Centre in high school and college (UCSD).

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