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JANUARY 5, 2010

Having street smarts with no inspirational ability to build teams can yield a great small business but will be difficult to scale into a large VC-backed business. About 18 months ago in early 2008 we hired an analyst (pre-MBA), but wanted to wait until after Summer to hire a post-MBA associate. Few people have it.

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JULY 13, 2013

You know, there were a number of small businesses in San Diego that were producing hard drives and computer assemblies and, you know, a lot of stuff in the IT sector, and I had gone off to meet a bunch of them because I didn’t know if I could get a job. .” Should I hire or not hire this person?

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MAY 1, 2014

And while we launched the service thinking it would be mostly a consumer offering we were surprised how many small businesses were looking to clear away their marketing materials and such into a convenient storage offering. I wrote about that experience here without giving away the details of the business.

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JUNE 29, 2011

The other argument against venture capital is that all of these new startups can exist on their own without ever raising venture capital and they can build meaningful, but small businesses. Ramen profitable is good while you’re in search of a more scalable business model but is not sustainable for most companies in the long term.

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