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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

I started my first company in 1999 and was admittedly swept up in all of this: Magazine covers, fancy conferences, artificial valuations and easy money. In those years I learned to properly build product, price products, sell products and serve customers. Starting in 2009 I began writing checks consistently, year-in and year-out.

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Why Acceptance of Failure is Critical to Startup Success

Both Sides of the Table

I was interviewed recently by Inc Magazine and they have been publishing snippets of this interview online. But even more important than personal lessons of failure, I believe acceptance of failure at a societal level is one of the key ingredients that allows the technology startup industry in the US to flourish.

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Interview with Tara Weingarten, VroomGirls

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As automotive web sites go, there are lots of review and information sites giving you information about new and used cars, magazines and information sites for auto enthusiasts, and discussion sites and groups for all kinds of cars. The other thing that struck me, is because it is only men, they tend to write with lots of testosterone.

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Best Alternatives to the Amazon Affiliate Program

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Jeff Bezos didn't get to be the world's richest man by writing a lot of checks, and one recent way to keep Amazon's profits healthy has been to cut its affiliate commissions scheme. Top Publications: BuzzFeed News, Vox, New York Magazine. That’s formidable growth, given that the bookselling site only launched this past January.

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The Loneliness of Success that Nobody Talks About

Both Sides of the Table

I’ve tried over the years to write many times about the realism of the downsides of being an entrepreneur because there is a complete cognitive dissidence between what you read about yourself in the press and what you feel internally about where you’re at in the journey. . — Mark Suster (@msuster) July 19, 2015.

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When Will Dinner Cook Itself? | Moment The Smart Home Goes Mainstream

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Price point is undoubtedly a factor (the Samsung fridge goes for $3,600), and there just isn’t much demand for app-enabled kitchens. “ RFID technology will eventually replace the barcode, therefore any product that has a barcode today will have an RFID tag in the future,” said Itzkovitch to UX Magazine.

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10 Reasons Why Capital Shouldn't Make Or Break Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

By John Williams Fast Company magazine recently reported that PayPal founder Paul Thiel is giving away $100,000 to twenty-four young men and women to finance startup businesses. An inflated sense of financial well-being can result in sloppy budgeting and accounting as you write checks here and there without pause.

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