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Interview: Paige Craig, CEO BetterWorks

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Messenger : Paige Craig, CEO BetterWorks, Angel Investor, former Marine. Paige is a gifted communicator and my summary does not do him justice. 6) Paige, why does the world need BetterWorks? . “We 3) I’ve heard some great stories about your weekend sales “boot camps.” free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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Interview with Edward Park, Insteegram

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To give you an idea, if you host your own store on CafePress and Zazzle, you're going to get a payout of about 10 percent on your sales, which ends up being $2 or $3. BetterWorks is actually down the street, and we love what Paige Craig, Zao Yang, and George Ishii, were doing with the company.

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Los Angeles Startup Weekend August 2011 | The Complete Breakdown

Tech Zulu Event

When tickets went on sale over a month ago, we expected the regular ticket sales cycle, however we were more than surprised when Startup Weekend LA sold out in 6 hours! and Newroo, acquired by Fox) to inspire and fill in some blanks for the first time (and experienced) entrepreneurs in the audience. Rob Maigret.

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The Challenges (& Opportunities) of Starting a Tech Company in LA

Jason Nazar

In the bay area it’s quite common for the entrepreneurs starting a company to be developers or technologists who can build the first versions of their products. Entrepreneurs that start companies in LA are often focused on revenue and business models. In fact Paige Craig has coined it Silicon Beach.

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Raising $$ on AngelList? Working w/ McClure? Ask Jody Sherman

Both Sides of the Table

I was saying that I was happy it was all out in the open because I felt at least everybody could now understand the issues & opportunities from the perspectives of angels, entrepreneurs and VCs. Jody didn’t exactly have an easy time fund raising because he’s not one of the prototypical Silicon Valley funded entrepreneurs.

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Interview with Jerry Jao, Retention Science

socalTECH

Retention Science is venture backed by Baroda Ventures, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Double M Partners, as well as a long list of local angel investors (Paige Craig, Bong Koh, Clark Landry, many others). He actually was named as one of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneurs of the Year. What is Retention Science?

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On Leadership, Teams, Success & Happiness

Both Sides of the Table

I’m looking for somebody who can sell, but not better than our head of sales. You want somebody who can raise $15 million to build out your R&D, business development and sales organizations. These are the skills I look for in entrepreneurs and leaders. Real entrepreneurs are able to attract others to their calling.

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