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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- Express thoughtfulness and kindness. 3- I’ve always been an entrepreneur. For me, I’ve always been an entrepreneur at heart. I decided to decline that job offer and start my new career as a real estate entrepreneur.

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Mattermark – An Example of How We Decide to Invest

Feld Thoughts

Next, were the entrepreneurs obsessed about their product? Last, did I want to be a long term partner with the entrepreneurs? Now, let’s shift to #2: “Are the entrepreneurs obsessed about their product?” I’ve always been impulsive about #3: “Do I want to be long term partners with the entrepreneurs?”

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Managing Social Media With Fetch Plus

YoungUpstarts

One of the companies that will feature at the upcoming web and mobile technology startup conference Echelon 2011 is Fetch Plus , a social media and mobile application development company. That was in May 2004, when she approached the Athens New Media Synergy Center out of UGA to build a mobile student messaging platform she called Vusion. .

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Customer Development in Japan: a History Lesson

Steve Blank

The result: great success of my third startup, a load balancing technology for web servers back in the late 1990’s. In 2004, Googling terms like “high tech marketing” and “startup” I discovered “ The Four Steps to The Epiphany ” at Cafépress.com. Try collaborative learning by leveraging global intelligence and passion of entrepreneurs.

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The Golden Age of the Boston Internet Entrepreneur

Genuine VC

But the other archetype is a thirty-something entrepreneur who, taking his experience seeing the playbook of success at larger growing startups or even “established” companies, utilizes that domain and functional expertise as unique insight into founding a company. My own personal story fits in with this narrative.

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make is misunderstanding the role of venture capital investors. There’s lots of lore, emotion, and misconceptions of what VC’s do or don’t do for entrepreneurs. What this meant for entrepreneurs and VC’s was simple– the gold rush to liquidity was on. What Do VC’s Do?

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24 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

Like most entrepreneurs, I get my best ideas in the early morning. I referred to myself as a creative powerhouse because I felt it was the best way to encapsulate my extremely diverse set of skills (including everything from web design to ghostwriting to marketing strategy to PR to graphic design). Photo Credit: Sue Phillips.

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