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Startup Tips From College Dropouts: Zuckerberg, Jobs, Gates, Dell, Ellison, Branson and Disney

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Although it may be comfortable to start a company with your friends, it is a mistake, unless your friend(s) happens to be ideally suited to their role in your venture. Bill Gates – “The best way to prepare [to be a programmer] is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have written.

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Startup Lessons From Olympic Innovators

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However, at most startups, competitive advantages are derived from a combination of invention and innovation, as described more fully in Inventor Or Innovator – Which Are You? Startups often out-maneuver their larger rivals by changing the key parameters upon which competition has historically been based. Inventive Innovations.

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Why Entrepreneurs Hate (Most) MBAs

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Rather, entrepreneurs' frustrations are often due to an incongruence between an MBA's expectations versus the value they can deliver to a startup. Startups Need Execution, Not Administration. Five reasons many MBAs struggle at startups are as follows: 1. Wharton graduates averaged more than $114,000 of graduate school loans).

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

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Huge thank you to Steve De Long for the write up. How did you start blogging? “My In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. RSS was something that had appeared.” “….I was starting. Brad on blogging.

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Inventor Or Innovator – Which Are You?

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He freely shared his ideas and technology with others in the hopes that such openness would advance his scientific field of study. Some first-time entrepreneurs mistakenly believe that they are not entrepreneurs because they have never invented anything nor have they come up with a novel idea upon which a company could be built.

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How To Give A Horrendous Investor Pitch

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Would you study for a test, train for a marathon or memorize your lines for a play? You can also interject apologies throughout your talk, including: your unintelligible slides, your disheveled appearance, starting the presentation late, running over your allotted time, etc. Do Not Follow Up. Of course not. Share and Enjoy.

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Entrepreneurs Should Forget ROI And Focus On Return On Life – The New Measure Of Wealth

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According to Tige, it all started when he fell in love with a woman from Fiji. In Tige''s words, “(It) started off falling in love with a girl who happened to be from Fiji. A lot of times we''re tied up and can''t even get out for a weekend because there''s a deadline due or a release date. (It We can start something.