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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

One of my favorite events last year was attending Startup Grind where I got to interview Clayton Christensen, author of The Innovator’s Dilemma. ” We talked about my influences as a younger person and what got me started in technology and entrepreneurship. And of course we talked about many of my views of building startups.

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Which Circle Do You Want To Be In…The Blue One (NHL) or the Red One (TED)?

Eric Greenspan

Both are highly desired places to stand, speak or skate. But the best way to get to either is to focus on what will get you there, not on getting there. Sharing those ideas was the goal, but the achievements came first” It starts with the idea, or the accomplishment, whether it’s the NHL or TED. I believe it is.

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What Startups Can Learn About PR and Crisis Management

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I was recently approached by Fast Company to comment on “crisis management&# at startups in the wake of the Airbnb “ranksackgate&# story. During the 2004 election he was accused of having made up material facts from his service in the Vietnam War in an election against somebody who didn’t serve in a war.

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Bank Robber Or ATM Operator – Which Are You?

InfoChachkie

Note: This is Part IV in the Startup Team Building series. Even though the time spent planning the robbery is fraught with risk, uncertainty, and more than a bit of anxiety, it is highly preferable to a startup Bank Robber, as opposed to a life spent waiting in line at an automatic teller maching (ATM). Initially, I was offended.

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10 Examples of Companies With Fantastic Cultures

Tech Coast Venture Network

While the culture that works for one company might not work for another , you can learn a lot from companies who are doing it right, and get started on company culture hacks of your own. It starts with a cultural fit interview, which carries half the weight of whether the candidate is hired. What does that culture look like?

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10 Examples of Companies With Fantastic Cultures

Tech Coast Venture Network

While the culture that works for one company might not work for another , you can learn a lot from companies who are doing it right, and get started on company culture hacks of your own. It starts with a cultural fit interview, which carries half the weight of whether the candidate is hired. What does that culture look like?

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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

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By the mid-nineties we had the World Wide Web, which gave us a standard way to publish web pages using HTML. Murdoch seethed at these “startups&# getting rich off the back of MySpace. It was: up-market, exclusive, urban, elite, aesthetically pleasing, ad-free and users were verified. Social Networking goes Real Time.