Seeing Both Sides

OCTOBER 3, 2011

The Kauffman Foundation’s research on this matter is clear: from 1997 to 2005, job growth in the US was driven entirely by start-ups. One of the most valuable resource for American start-ups are immigrants who come to the US to pursue entrepreneurial careers. In truth, it’s not small business that represents the country’s job engine.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 3, 2011

These are the easy, albeit often unproductive, tasks that make us feel good. Often, we take a tiny step toward achieving a Big Thing to save us from having to make a big commitment and to ward off feeling guilty about not going after our passions. Receipts to locate for that already-late expense report. Dishes to be washed.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 3, 2011

When asked why Boulder is such a vibrant entrepreneurial community, I talk about a concept I call entrepreneurial density. I don’t have any empirical data to back this up – it’s a qualitative assessment based on my experience traveling around and investing in different parts of the US.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 1, 2011

Would you like to hear more about the amazing opportunity we have in front of us? ” I could go on about a rant about spending $8 billion to elect people in one election. Did I say that over $8 billion dollars will be spent ? ” But, echoing in the back of my head is “$8 billion dollars?

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 7, 2011

This passage about how his cancer diagnosis affected him is from his Stanford University commencement address rated the best of all time by USA Today: “No one wants to die. Steve helped us all to think different and think anew. Moreover, he did not allow the cancer that ate away at his body to become an impediment to his impact.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 5, 2011

When people drifted off course (including me), someone (not always the same person) interrupted and pulled us back on course. The meetings didn’t expand to fill available time : The length ranged from 30 minutes to about four hours. There was no time limit. But when we were done, we were done.

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OnlyOnce

OCTOBER 5, 2011

This is probably related to my theme from a few months ago about building Return Path “Backwards.” Starting about four years ago, for the first time, I felt like we had a great business to match our great company. ” What do I mean by building the company as opposed to building the business?

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Be professional, treat others with respect, help us build something very special, and we’ll take notice. Please tell us about yourself – A lady never reveals her age, so we’ll skip that part. Please tell us about your favorite projects. Please tell us about the exciting world of tournament Scrabble.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Well, to be honest, it wasn’t much of a business plan, because in 1995, I knew next to nothing about ‘business’ After reading an article about how critical it was to have one, I put pen to paper and jotted down some notes to myself. Buys just about everything you sell – because you sell it.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 3, 2011

If you’ve ever asked an employee or a coworker a basic question and gotten an email that took you 15 minutes to read and answer that should have taken 15 seconds, then you know what I’m talking about. The first step in encouraging concise communication is to be straightforward about what you need. Really…who cares? What gives?

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Well, to be honest, it wasn’t much of a business plan, because in 1995, I knew next to nothing about ‘business’ After reading an article about how critical it was to have one, I put pen to paper and jotted down some notes to myself. Buys just about everything you sell – because you sell it.

Advertising 102

Advertising Email Viral Audience 102

The Entrepreneurial Mind

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Consumer confidence continues to languish, which is leading economists to: 1) worry about a double dip recession, 2) worry about a new recession, 3) or finally agree with most of us that we are still in a recession. Cautious customers are not spending their money.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 7, 2011

When we start a business most of us have dreams of becoming #1 in our industry and taking the world by storm. Yet think about the amazing success stories you know about businesses out there. While certainly some of this brand support comes from advertising channels, think about your own buying habits. It’s funny.

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Gust

OCTOBER 7, 2011

He was thinking about ways to generate publicity, and all those women’s heads would look very cool in 3D. We thought investors would flock to us and we’d be rich. Well, there was this new thing called the internet and my friend was the director of the Miss Universe pageant.

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Las Vegas Algorithm PR Internet 70

ithacaVC

OCTOBER 5, 2011

I just did this and it takes about 10 seconds. SO, if you are a Cornell alum , please click, sign and……help us WIN. Don’t worry about people getting it twice. We want to “drop” a petition on Mayor Bloomberg’s desk e-signed by 20,000 Cornell Alums expressing their support for our application. And pass this along.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 6, 2011

” See, if you hang around marketing folks very long you’ll hear all kinds of things about metrics, social media, engagement, conversion, branding and maybe even a little HTML5 for good measure. Reframe how you think about marketing and you’ll change your relationship with marketing.

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Marketing Social Media Cloud Metrics 60

Up and Running

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Economic woes continue to dominate the headlines here in Europe (as in the US). This loss raises serious questions about the risk management capability of large financial institutions, as well as the incentive structures for staff who are motivated to take large gambles with other people’s money.

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Gust

OCTOBER 3, 2011

up to, say, $10m , you’re looking at early stage venture capital funds, which will almost certainly be using something very much like the National Venture Capital Association’s Model Series A documents. A majority of companies that are started in the US begin and end with the first stage: the founders’ own money.

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Finance Venture Capital Intellectual Property Early Stage 70

Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2011

I'm talking about some serious success. Harrison's success should serve as an inspiration to us all. But Harrison didn't achieve financial success by performing medical evaluations, operations or teaching. Rather, Harrison achieved enormous success as an entrepreneur. Harrison did it twice. And both times he did it big time.

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Jeff Hilimire

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Experiences shape us into who we are and I’m sure that continues to be the case as long as we’re on this earth. Then I’d ask about her day. Those two kids, the ones she had been telling me about how excited she was about their progress, had escaped from the hospital and went to a neighborhood across the street.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 7, 2011

On one hand, you can think of greed as the rich getting richer--but really, greed is more simply about consuming more than you can handle. It's all of us. Every credit card runup, every house purchased beyond our means--sure we can blame it on aggressive lending, but what about our obesity problem? it's not about pensions.

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