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My Favorite Entrepreneur Story in a Long Time

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If you ever want to read the great American generational immigrant business story read American Pastoral by Philip Roth, which won the Pulitzer Prize and was voted by Time Magazine as one of the best 100 books of all time. Tran moved to Los Angeles and started his business in Chinatown with a need he personally had. Startup Advice'

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

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August was a slow month in terms of traffic and I was away for a lot of the month, but there were some really great posts at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. equity debate.

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A Surprising Entrepreneurial Journey To The Pinnacle Of Hollywood

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In John''s words, "This van pulls up, it''s the opening band. These guys (then) roll out of the van and start setting up their gear and I go, ''OK. According to John, "I started looking at the talent agencies and. If you haven''t watched the video yet, stop now and start the video at 5:45.

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

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I’m inspired by the enthusiasm of the young, emerging startup ecosystem that is here. As I gear up to give a keynote at the annual Seattle 2.0 awards dinner on Thursday night I started reflected on what it would take to “change the trajectory&# for Seattle or for any regional market, really.

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What Entrepreneurs Can Learn From The Grateful Dead

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Grateful Dead Bootlegs. Record executives were dumbfounded by the Grateful Dead’s strategy of encouraging their Deadhead fans to create and share bootlegs of their live performances. Instead of attending one show, the Grateful Dead’s fans routinely went to several, in some cases following the band on tour and attending dozens of shows.

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Please go see “Waiting for Superman.” Here’s Why:

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And his stated goal at his young age is to get an education so his kids can grow up in a better neighborhood. All of the kids end up in a lottery system to try and get into public charter schools where their odds were between 5-10% of being accepted based solely on numbers. I grew up in public schools and so did my wife.

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