Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

In fact, he’s personally started 34 businesses and run 17 of them. He started a car washing business as a way to be able to drive other people’s fancy cars. They say that the best entrepreneurs are those who fundamentally want to solve problems or change industries. It’s part of what makes him so likable.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

I was recently interviewed for an article that appeared in Fast Company titled, “ Why you should start a business in LA.&# If you’re interested in the topic it’s worth a read, but I thought I’d elaborate on the topic since it comes up all the time. We have universities like CalTech, UCLA, USC and many more.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

It’s really hard to zig when the whole world seems to be zagging. When the masses start all running one way without questioning “why?&# – and when it defies any logic I can figure out in my head – I call bullshit. And it’s driving up prices beyond their inherent value. It has always stood with me.

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socalTECH

JUNE 17, 2009

Yesterday, Santa Monica-based SharesPost (www.sharespost.com) launched a new service of particular interest to the venture capital and high tech startup market, a new, online service which facilitates the buying and selling of private company stock. Greg Brogger: By way of background, I started at Wilson Sonsini as a securities attorney.

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Jason Nazar

MARCH 2, 2016

Sometimes you have to know when to zig where others zag. Tech entrepreneur Jason Calacanis is a master of this. He nailed the follow-up HBO special. The pick-up lesson from “ The Game ” applies to business as well. TIP: more details in the 5 Steps Sales Process ). Nobody buys a product they’ve never seen. (TIP:

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 25, 2016

Despite his non-existent education and numerous personal demons, James Brown was a gifted entrepreneur who reveled in proving Conventional Wisdom wrong. Instead of simply reading box scores and newspaper accounts of the prior days’ games, radio broadcasts allowed fans to experience their team's dramatic ups and downs in real time.

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