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When to pivot from your original plan?

Berkonomics

My favorite example of a world class pivot comes from the CEO and board of one of my most successful investments. Think of it: to shop on the web, you must have a card, not a nine- digit routing and bank account number. My story of a great pivot. Early market experience can cause a need to pivot.

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Embrace the right to pivot!

Berkonomics

My favorite example of a world class pivot comes from the CEO and board of one of my most successful investments. Think of it: to shop on the web, you must have a card, not a nine digit routing and bank account number.

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Creating the Next Generation of US Employees. My Investment in Treehouse

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I know readers of this post aren’t in that demo but that’s what the data says. So I invested in Maker Studios , which is now the 3rd largest producer of Internet video on the web. But its objective is to teach the world web design or to program computers. Americans watch 5.3 We read less than an hour / day.

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Interview with Marc Friedmann, SciVee

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The next major change that we see, is now that they're online, they're becoming more web based, and adding things like rich media. For example, an author can talk about their recent research, which was published in a scientific journal, and highlight key findings. That's what SciVee is focused on. Can you describe how that works?

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Interview with Eric Frankel, StarGreetz

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For our readers who haven't yet heard of your company, what's the idea behind StarGreetz? We go to the web, we go to feature phones, we go to smart phones, we go to land lines, iPads, Droids, and so on. Eric Frankel: StarGreetz is a digital media content company, that allows brands to stand out in a very cluttered marketplace.

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Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table

Both Sides of the Table

Background: Joel Spolsky studied Computer Science at Yale University (class of 1991). For example, Excel was able to read files from Lotus, and was able to save the file without losing any information. For example, stackoverflow developers use the product every day, and they can’t help but interract with their uers.

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A Guide to Using Authority & Social Proof in Fund Raising

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I recently read a book I’d highly recommend to every reader of this blog called “ Yes, 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to be Persuasive &# by Robert B. John gave me the book after I spoke at his entrepreneurship class at UCSB. Any SoCal entrepreneur raising early-stage money should put Rincon on their short list.

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