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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 2: Anand Sanwal and Chris Shipley

Steve Blank

Those were the messages from the two latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on Sirius XM Channel 111. Clips from their interviews are below, but first a word about the show: Entrepreneurs are Everywhere airs Thursdays at 1 pm Pacific, 4 pm Eastern on Sirius XM Channel 111. I think it’s just entrepreneurs.

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52 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1 – I Have a Dream. I soon found that yoga taught me 2000-year-old strategies, to be more present with my kids, be more patient with my family and feel more calm and energized at the same time! Greene, Land Carroll & Blair PC ! #20

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Presidential Innovation Fellows, round two

Startup Lessons Learned

If you'd like to try your hand at being an entrepreneur inside one of the world's largest bureaucracies, you can apply right here starting today. Entrepreneurs used these data to create weather newscasts, websites, mobile applications, insurance, and much more. Similarly, the Green Button team at the U.S.

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Embrace the right to pivot!

Berkonomics

Green Dot Corporation was formed by an entrepreneur in the year 2000 to create a product to permit those without credit cards to purchase items on the Internet. My favorite example of a world class pivot comes from the CEO and board of one of my most successful investments.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

Currently, as a profitability consultant for green and social entrepreneurship businesses, I show businesses how they can go beyond mere sustainability (keeping things the same) to regenerativity (making things better). When I was focusing more on just the green part, I used Green And Profitable. Photo Credit: Shel Horowitz.

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As Populist as it May Feel, 98% of VCs Aren’t Dumb

Both Sides of the Table

After all, I am no stranger to the publicly expressing the frustrations of dealing with the downside of this industry as I wrote about in 2006 when I was an entrepreneur. In 2000 our industry had more than $100 billion in LP money. The best VCs don’t try to help entrepreneurs. But VC is like congress. I rest my case.

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The pioneers of Silicon Valley’s fast culture on how to grow quickly, not recklessly

Reid Hoffman

Tim O’Reilly’s recent article, “ The fundamental problem with Silicon Valley’s favorite growth strategy ,” makes an impassioned argument that the ideas in our book, Blitzscaling , encourage entrepreneurs to behave in ways that are irresponsible or even dangerous in the pursuit of what he characterizes as “runaway growth.”