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8 Keys To Building And Nurturing Trusted Connections

Startup Professionals Musings

Many pundits will point to great entrepreneurs, including Steve Jobs at Apple, and Larry Ellison at Oracle, as examples of opinionated and egotistical leaders who succeeded without consideration for relationships. Incent others to contribute to your success. Don’t back away from conflicts that can be constructive.

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Rubicon Project Names Three Execs

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Hulse joins from iPass, and also has served at Frontbridge and Tumbleweed; Harries was most recently at Oracle; McHargue joins from AutoWeb. Rubicon Project is headed by Frank Addante, and develops ad optimization technology for web publishers, helping them to pick the best ad networks to optimize revenue on their web site.

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8 Personal Strategies For Winning With Relationships

Startup Professionals Musings

Many pundits will point to great entrepreneurs, including Steve Jobs at Apple, and Larry Ellison at Oracle, as examples of opinionated and egotistical leaders who succeeded without consideration for relationships. Incent others to contribute to your success. Don’t back away from conflicts that can be constructive.

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Data Collective | New Dawn for Big Data Entrepreneurs

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Strong Network, Operational Experience and Technical Background. On their website the founders say, “Our strong network, operational experience and technical background delivers unique value to entrepreneurs.” The founders profiles are laid down in detail here. 35+ Equity Partners on board.

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

Both Sides of the Table

LA was a leader in lead generation (LowerMyBills), comparison shopping (PriceGrabber, Shopzilla), social networking (MySpace … I know, I know – Facebook won – but it was still a big business). We were also an investor in the early local listing company, CitySearch – an LA company.

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It Pays To Maintain Trusted Relationships In Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Many pundits will point to great entrepreneurs, including Steve Jobs at Apple, and Larry Ellison at Oracle, as examples of opinionated and egotistical leaders who succeeded without consideration for relationships. Incent others to contribute to your success. Don’t back away from conflicts that can be constructive.

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What Makes a Great Independent Board Member?

Both Sides of the Table

When an entrepreneur takes on investors who take equity (i.e. The board is where large equity investors get their representation. you can build that with your personal peer network. I had the former head of Oracle, UK, Philip Crawford , on my first board and I found his advice and experience invaluable.

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