Hearpreneur

JULY 16, 2016

4 – Thoughtful Merger. It is a merger I made up, and could therefore own and brand with my tagline *Culinary Business Excellence*. Before I started my business I went to a conference in Hawaii called Worthshop and one of the speakers was Jody Burr who talked about finding your inner CEO. Photo Credit: Terry Frishman.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

I canceled my first ever extended family trip to Hawaii less than a week before going. The investors of our competitor agreed to a merger and we were going to raise $15 million between the two companies. We were now set to close at $46 million in new capital. My family went without me. And at the 11th hour they pulled out.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

And you need to look at the data very critically, because the other side of the merger or acquisition is actually trying to frame all the information in a way that is beneficial to that side and against your side. One of my old Lean Startup sayings is that metrics are people too, and it came up in my conversation with Brian Chesky, too.

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