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A Serial Entrepreneur’s Guide To Uncovering Awesome Startup Ideas

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Seth Epstein, Founder and CEO SocialStay , former Founder and CEO of FUEL (acquired by Razorfish) and Emmy Award winner for his work on the X-Games, recently spoke at UC Santa Barbara as part of the Technology Management Program’s Distinguished Lecture Series. Seth notes that, "Ideas are a lot like exercising.

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7 Tools of Entrepreneurial Awesomeness

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As part of the UC Santa Barbara’s Distinguished Lecture Series, Emmy Award winner Seth Epstein and current Founder and CEO of SocialStay , described seven practical, hands-on techniques entrepreneurs can use to enhance their overall awesomeness. You can also view it directly on YouTube here: [link]. Be An Active Listener.

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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

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Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. Most of what I think about startup communities came from mentorship by Brad Feld through hours of private discussion and debate.

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Interview: Thorsten von Eicken of RightScale

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Messenger : Thorsten von Eicken , RightScale’s Co-Founder and CTO, Chief Architect at Citrix Online (formerly Expertcity) and Professor of Computer Science at Cornell University and UC Santa Barbara. Many people go back with lots of new ideas, experience, and energy. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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This 28 Year Old Woman Co-Founded One Of The Most Successful YouTube Networks

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You can watch Sarah tell her compelling story in the following 15-minute excerpt from her recent UC Santa Barbara talk. During her tenure, "A director came into our offices and pitched us a web-series idea. That''s why I had to start my own company, (because the) last thing on my resume was, ''Like Totally Awesome.''".

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Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Judges Include Mike Jones, CallFire, Idealab, Tech Coast Angels, Coloft

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A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. Alex previously helped lead the Proto Group at Idealab, working to determine the feasibility of new business ideas.

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

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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. I have used Guy’s previous book, The Art Of The Start (Art ), in my UC Santa Barbara New Venture Creation class for the past five years.