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What I Learned in 2014: Kevin Winston

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As founder of Digital LA, I run one to two tech events every week bringing together tech, startups, investors, Hollywood, developers designers, and more. What was the most significant event for you or your company this year? I like events. He was named in a recent Forbes article as one of "12 Entrepreneurs That Are Changing LA Forever."

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Interview with Matthias Galica, ShareSquare

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We observed that the Japanese consumer industry had been using QR codes for four or five years. That's why we have done things like a recent campaign for Ray Kurzweil's documentary, Transcendant Man, where we helped with press materials, and posters, and publications, putting our QR code on those items. However, one way the U.S.

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Mark Suster’s Advice To Emerging Entrepreneurs – “Do Not Do, As I Have Done”

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In the last six weeks, I have been pitched by five entrepreneurs under 20. We just knew that we were onto an idea that no one had thought of and we had better be in the press first because, of course, there is a first-mover advantage. Getting press is sales. It was kind of like producing a film in Hollywood. Flip Burgers.

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Are You an Entrepreneur?

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Like a successful entrepreneur, Winston did not believe his own press clippings. Hubris might be an entertaining trait for an entrepreneur in a Hollywood movie. Draft five interview questions that you would ask someone in order to determine if they are an entrepreneur (see related entry, Entrepreneurial Enterviewing ).