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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Four Letters: JFDI

Both Sides of the Table

There’s a guy in Los Angeles that I met at several tech networking events. He would have found somebody technical and inspired that individual to work for equity or deferred payment. A couple of quick stories / examples: 1. Making Things Happen. I said that was my point. Real entrepreneurs are contagious.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Monetization: virtual goods (1/3 of total revenues); Partnerships with major brands (currently partnered with H&M and Travel Channel); forecasted to hit 6mm users by end of Summer 2010.

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Out of the Crisis #7, Brian Chesky Part 1: running Airbnb in crisis mode, being multi-stakeholder, and re-founding the company

Startup Lessons Learned

Brian Chesky : And also humans are not good at forecasting or creating a mental model around something that's never happened before. I think a million, a million and a half to Los Angeles. We didn't want people not having their equity. We didn't want people not having equity out the door. Eric Ries : Yeah.