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The 3 Most Damaging Myths in Entrepreneurship

Up and Running

And then there are the people you owe money to, the people who owe you money, strategic allies, and your own employees. That’s what we teach in business schools and classic entrepreneurship: you develop a business plan, you get financed, and then you start. All of them can be bosses at times. Finding investors is a win.

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52 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I was driven by my desire for freedom and that’s what I got; along with an amazing opportunity to help transform my employees’ and my client’s lives through homeownership and real estate. For nearly 15 years I had analytical, numbers-driven jobs in finance and banking, working for some of the world’s largest banks.

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China’s Torch Program – the glow that can light the world (Part 2 of 5)

Steve Blank

Examples are Hollywood for movies, Milan for fashion, New York for finance and today, Silicon Valley for technology entrepreneurship. In addition to the one in Beijing, China has set up 53 additional industrial parks and in them are ~60,000 companies with 8 million employees. This was the area I visited in this trip to China.)

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China’s Torch Program – the glow that can light the world (Part 2 of 5)

Steve Blank

Examples are Hollywood for movies, Milan for fashion, New York for finance and today, Silicon Valley for technology entrepreneurship. In addition to the one in Beijing, China has set up 53 additional industrial parks and in them are ~60,000 companies with 8 million employees. This was the area I visited in this trip to China.)

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24 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

My number one goal in 1999 when my wife (fiancé at the time) Abby and I started our firm was to create a business that allowed us to raise and support our family on our own terms—just like my parents’ business allowed them to do for more than 30 years. 16- Treat employees in a better way. My parents were also small business owners.

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

Both Sides of the Table

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. ” These are people with whom there is a likely match for your product or service. I’ve raised in boom markets and when everybody thought the Internet was a fraud. I’ve raised seed rounds and A-D rounds.

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US Economic Risks (Sept 2010): Impact on Investors & Entrepreneurs

Both Sides of the Table

While not 1999 all over again but I am observing first-hand the signs of funding frenzy. Some of the delay is just overhang of a bad market but we may be delaying true supply/demand matching through the well-intentioned government’s attempt to stem price declines. VCs get paid to “put money to work.&#.