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A Serial Entrepreneur’s Take On Guy Kawasaki’s Enchantment

InfoChachkie

If you are a leader at a startup and you are reading a business book, you are not closing customers, raising capital, improving your product, or spending time with your loved ones. The short version of my review is: “Enchanting? It has also influenced my thoughts, as evidenced by the six infoChachkie blog entries which reference Art.

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Better Business Bureau? For who?

Eric Greenspan

First Data of Santa Barbara has offered to extend below market rates to current accredited businesses like yours – again, just like they did for your BBB. First Data of Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara, CA 93108. I then called Rick Copelan of the Santa Barbara BBB and asked him why they do this.

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VC Confessions: We Passed On Twilio’s Seed Round

InfoChachkie

We typically do not ask entrepreneurs to visit our offices in Santa Barbara, but Jeff wanted to meet with Kevin, an investor in our Fund who helped us vet opportunities and occasionally invested alongside of us. Tech Diligence - Consider The Source. billion) and ISS (sold to IBM $1.3 billion).

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Why You Should Hire A Gaggle Of Interns At Your Startup - And It’s Not For An In-house Wait Staff Or Free Labor…

InfoChachkie

Due to their lack of practical experience, this delegation/efficiency tradeoff is especially acute with respect to hiring Interns. However, many of the characteristics of our Intern Programs were also applicable to non-technical positions, as follows: Meaningful Work – Treat your Interns as adults and magical things will happen.

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