InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

On the first day of class, Professor Greathouse told his students, “Take a look around the class, these are the people you will most likely start a company with,” and boy was he right. Each week he brought in passionate and successful entrepreneurs to speak to his students and give advice about the different facets of creating a startup.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

For this reason, I encourage my young entrepreneurs to fully understand what they will "make" at their venture, beyond monetary riches. In the powerful poetry performance embedded below, he describes a dinner party during his teaching days in which a smug lawyer asked him, "Come on, be honest, what do you make?" Passionate Problems.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2009

Hint: He was an entrepreneur. The same is true of entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship is so highly valued in the Western World that some people try to convince themselves that they are an entrepreneur, when in fact they would be better off at a Big Dumb Company (“BDC”). Entrepreneur Does Not Equal Inventor.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 6, 2015

I am always on the lookout for inspiring entrepreneurs who have leveraged their passions into healthy livelihoods as they serve as instructive role models for my UC Santa Barbara entrepreneurial students. John Greathouse: You pulled out your old college skateboard in the early 1970’s when your son wanted one.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

And here’s an important point that I think modern entrepreneurs often forget: Investors are “co-owners” of your business. Over time you start to figure out who you customers are and how to sell to them or how to get them to adopt your products if you’re a consumer-oriented startup. In the Early Days. Mentorship.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Some channels will be expensive but highly scalable, such as direct response radio, while others will be less expensive, but more difficult to scale, such as search and affiliates. In addition, you must consider your customers’ lifetime value by channel , as there can be a great deal of variance between various clusters of customers.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 25, 2009

It is surprising how often entrepreneurs forget this simple fact. A startup-oriented lawyer may not be able to convince a jury of a guilty man’s innocence, but they can guide your adVenture through the menacing legal shoals it will no doubt face. As outlined in Beware the Consultant , be wary when selecting a professional services firm.

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