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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Cojones (7/11)

Both Sides of the Table

This is part of my series on what makes an entrepreneur successful. I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs. I started the series talking about what I consider the most important attribute of an entrepreneur : Tenacity. Entrepreneurs are inherently risk takers.

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The Government Starts an Incubator: The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps

Steve Blank

No, the conversation was about to get more interesting. I remember thinking, “Wow, whoever’s on the other end of phone sounds just like an entrepreneur, they were asking for the impossible.” Some incubators would have labeled this group too old to be entrepreneurs. billion U.S. Wow, that’s nice, I thought, a call from a fan.

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Dealing With The Most Difficult People And Conversations At Work

YoungUpstarts

Lee, author of “ We Need To Talk: Your Guide to Challenging Business Conversations “ “We need to talk.”. People avoid the most difficult conversations, usually because they simply aren’t good at them having never learned how to do it effectively. Speaking up to have a tough conversation is heroic.

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To Better Understand Innovation, Measure The Right Things

YoungUpstarts

by Kaihan Krippendorff, author of “ Driving Innovation from Within: A Guide for Internal Entrepreneurs “ After four years of research into innovation success, I have come to firmly believe that most innovation research is measuring the wrong thing… or at least is overlooking a critical unit of measure: the employee. Entrepreneurs.

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Advice for Entrepreneurs Who Want to Sell Their Companies

Duct Tape Marketing

Advice for Entrepreneurs Who Want to Sell Their Companies written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. The Value Builder System has helped thousands of entrepreneurs to do just that, allowing owners to improve their company value by up to 71 percent. Marketing Podcast with John Warrillow. Podcast Transcript.

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Entrepreneurs gather in Eden for the first Summit Outside

The Next Web

As entrepreneurs do, the Summit team members are building a permanent community that didn’t exist before, a home they’re proud to live in, and one they can call their own. Entrepreneur Insider United States' Summit’s Chief Reconnaissance Officer Thayer Walker says the Duck Pond will be a permanent structure for the years to come.

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

I also joke with Reid Hoffman that this was back in the days before he was “Reid” Reid’s an incredible entrepreneur, startup investor, and human being. Not long after the product launch we began the initial conversations with VCs for a Series A round. Thanks from switzerland, Nice story! link] leehower.