Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2016

Many experts are certain that successful entrepreneurs are the ones with the most inspiration (passion and dream), while others will assert that it’s about more perspiration (working harder). In my experience, both are always required in heavy doses. There are no “can’t fail” shortcuts or “get rich quick” scenarios. That’s why all those so-called million dollar ideas I hear about as an investor don’t get me excited, and entrepreneurs find that working twenty hours a day often generates nothing m

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YFS Magazine

APRIL 2, 2016

These lessons, unconventional though they may be, can help you bring in your ideal clientele, show up professionally for them, and deliver world-class service. (No coconuts required.).

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Hunter Walker

APRIL 2, 2016

I learn a lot from Bianca St. Louis. We met via Twitter several years ago when she was studying at Howard University. Bianca moved out to the Bay Area after graduation and started to build both a career and reputation out here for being smart, hungry and open. If you’ve noticed that I’m doing more “Five Question Interviews” this year it’s because Bianca’s taken them on as a side project with Homebrew, assisting me in getting them collected and edited.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 2, 2016

Some of the best management books are actually military books, argues Ben Horowitz. There’s just a certain mental toughness and focus that that experience gives you, adds Dick Costolo based on his observations.

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Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic

Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way. In this webinar, Nick Noreña will walk through an Innovation Ecosystem Model that he and his team at Kromatic have developed to help investors, heads of product, teachers, and executives understand how they can best support innovation in

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 2, 2016

Weekend Favs April Two written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week. I don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you check them out if they sound interesting. The photo in the post is a favorite for the week from Flickr or one that I took out there on the road.

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