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The One Word That Shouldn’t Exist in an Entrepreneur’s Vocabulary

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She was president of the UJA in Sacramento. I worked in both before leaving to work in a software company at 17. I used to ask Deborah to book my travel plans in France and Germany were I went 1-2 times / month. Now let me walk you through a broader story because avoidance of the word in and of itself will seem cliche.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

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She was president of the UJA in Sacramento – the United Jewish Appeal. Then she opened a bakery and a second bakery and then a restaurant – in Sacramento. Before you think I was a complete nerd, in addition to making money selling software, which I did at 15, 16 years old, I also made money throwing keg parties.

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Please go see “Waiting for Superman.” Here’s Why:

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I grew up in Sacramento, CA where nobody that I knew sent their kids to private schools. I was talking with adults about the differences between PC-DOS and MS-DOS about Word vs. WordPerfect about Harvard Graphics and about PeachTree accounting software. Please go see the film. Appendix (personal note only for those interested).