bizthoughts.mikelee.org

MARCH 8, 2012

If you’re a non-technical entrepreneur in Silicon Valley that’s out of college now, it can be tough to find a technical cofounder. Active software engineers probably get two offers a month or more. But it’s not hopeless.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Blog About Log in Register Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition In the many thousands of articles advising entrepreneurs on what they have to focus on to build successful startups, much has been written about three key factors: team, product and market, with particular focus on the importance of product/market fit.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

In January 2007 I had a resolution to lose weight and I didn’t want to do it through some crash diet like Atkins that I felt wasn’t sustainable for me. Social networking meets online personal health management. It’s two young guys who both dropped out of college to pursue their dream of becoming entrepreneurs.

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Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

technologies like social networking, mobile gaming, and interactive advertising, in 2011 new fortunes and legends are being made. social networking hype of 2006-2007. And oh yes, our real , favorite entrepreneurs are doing all this, AND are lucky, lucky, lucky to boot. Here’s why: 1. Our favorites?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

One of the most common questions that entrepreneurs who meet me for the first time like to ask is, “Do you miss being an entrepreneur? I thought I’d talk a bit about the differences I’ve experienced between being an entrepreneur & a VC – you know, from “both sides of the table.&#. On Being an Entrepreneur.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 27, 2019

As I mentioned at the beginning of this series/ebook, over the years I’ve noticed that I tend to frequently share certain Lucky7 posts with entrepreneurs we’ve backed , team members at data.world, or other startup investors I know. So I’m packaging the best of them up for you here in a new series called The Entrepreneur’s Essentials.

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Mike Michalowicz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Look out, here comes the female entrepreneur! Women entrepreneurs are making their way in the business world in a big way. million businesses in America in 2007, which were owned by women. Here are the six advantages that female entrepreneurs have: 1. Social Networking. According to the U.S. million in 2002.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

The aim of many entrepreneurs is to take a business idea and convert it into a professional and functioning business on a low budget. Bootstrapping is a potentially very exciting prospect to an entrepreneur. Posted by: Serkan | September 10, 2007 4:44 AM Thanks Serkan - the next post will be up soon. How much will this cost?

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

In the few days I was in China I met with several VC’s, angel investors, business press and spoke to hundreds of entrepreneurs. We had a fireside chat with a room full of eager entrepreneurs. If it’s driven by profit then the ecosystem needs both entrepreneurs as well as Venture Finance. Entrepreneurship in Beijing.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 22, 2016

Entrepreneurs refuse to take no for an answer. The latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere shared what they learned from having their ideas rejected and how those lessons propelled their businesses forward. Nigel and Vaugn Caldon , co-founders of BallStar social network for basketball players. Nigel Caldon.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

One of the most common questions that entrepreneurs who meet me for the first time like to ask is, “Do you miss being an entrepreneur? I thought I’d talk a bit about the differences I’ve experienced between being an entrepreneur & a VC – you know, from “both sides of the table.&#. On Being an Entrepreneur.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 7, 2020

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- Provide pet owners with the information and education. In 2007, I left my career to become a stay-at-home mom. 30- Social network for ideas. Each story is different though the reasons may be the same. Photo credit: Dr. Tim Shu.

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Mike Michalowicz

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Look out, here comes the female entrepreneur! Women entrepreneurs are making their way in the business world in a big way. million businesses in America in 2007, which were owned by women. Here are the six advantages that female entrepreneurs have: 1. Social Networking. According to the U.S. million in 2002.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

In the few days I was in China I met with several VC’s, angel investors, business press and spoke to hundreds of entrepreneurs. We had a fireside chat with a room full of eager entrepreneurs. If it’s driven by profit then the ecosystem needs both entrepreneurs as well as Venture Finance. Entrepreneurship in Beijing.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 1, 2011

In an article I wrote recently for Reuters titled Note to entrepreneurs: Your idea is not special I made the point that “the products and their subsequent companies became great because of execution.&#. Not the first social network. While Facebook wasn’t the first social network in the Web 2.0

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2018

But using hashtags effectively, especially for business marketing, means doing more than just plugging them into your tweets on Twitter or posts on Instagram, Facebook or another social network. Chris Messina (@chrismessina) August 23, 2007. What is a hashtag and how do you use it? Hashtags are used to categorize content.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 19, 2012

We always talk about our key principles that we established when we started Foundry Group in 2007. We classify our investment in SideTour as “Other” We say that we aren’t slaves to our themes – we’ll occasionally do something outside of a theme if we love the entrepreneurs and have a special connection to them.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

One of the most difficult things to do as a first time entrepreneur is to get to know the investors you might be working with if you accept money. He got into the industry through the same traits required for entrepreneurs – persistence & resiliency. Founded 2007 in Boulder, CO. So how did Mike get into VC?

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

We’re taking a slightly different approach to our second feature in the Inspiring Entrepreneurs series. In my third co-op term I got a job at RIM (now BlackBerry), I started in May 2007, about a month before the iPhone initially came out. Entrepreneur Inspiring Entrepreneurs LenovoInspire Profiles and Interviews'

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Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 30, 2015

.” In some ways he’s like our Taylor Swift – celebrating his #SquadGoals with an assortment of people he’s come across during his multi-decade career as trader, entrepreneur and investor. If a media entrepreneur approached you for advice on creating Wallstrip 2.0, Explain this geography. I have not met many.

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. has been in recession since December of 2007. Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder. social network & web portal companies… I have not experienced a slowdown at all.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

And you could be regularly posting to Facebook and Twitter, but if you’re not measuring how those social networks are working for you, and you’re not testing different approaches to maximize your results, you could be wasting valuable time. Frequency of posts also lead to better engagement, but it depends on the social network.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 23, 2010

From Chicago’s Booth School of Business : The only two serial entrepreneurs in Chicago who can answer those questions have agreed to share what they know with students at Chicago Booth. Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell, the Chicago-based cofounders of the social coupon website, Groupon, turned down an offer from Google in early December.

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Professor VC

DECEMBER 18, 2008

The NIF (in its 5th year), is essentially a science fair for entrepreneurs. One of my favorite projects from 2007 was a solar power wetsuit. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due.

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Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

And like almost all of the great problems and challenges of the 21st century, the solutions to it will be found not by government nor even by well-meaning non-profits, but by savvy and hard-working entrepreneurs. Because he has done it before. And he is a former sales and marketing executive at both Frito-Lay and Proctor & Gamble.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

I think the title of this post is a TV show, but fitting as there has been much debate in the venture community as to the whether angel investors are good or bad for entrepreneurs and VCs. One group charges entrepreneurs "an administrative fee" to present to the group. Touched by an Angel. Back to the panel. for a total of $10.5M

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Do you have the right make-up to be an entrepreneur? You need to be true to yourself and many people arent cut out to take the personal and professional risk associated with being an entrepreneur. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? ► January. (1). ► 2010. (7).

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Austin Startup

APRIL 26, 2020

And if you are an entrepreneur in search of a business idea, search for businesses that are in huge markets that are dependent on bad profits. This is one of my favorite business books of all time and perhaps the single most important book for entrepreneurs to read. They didn’t listen to the power of word of mouth. million subscribers.

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thestartuplawyer.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Contact The Startup Lawyer: Home Page About Contact FAQs Glossary Ryan Roberts Law: Home Page Social Networks: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flickr Delicious Digg Last.FM Contact The Startup Lawyer: Home Page About Contact FAQs Glossary Ryan Roberts Law: Home Page Social Networks: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flickr Delicious Digg Last.FM

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

In 2007, he was named the Anne Armstrong Leadership Fellow, a position given annually to the most promising young foreign policy professional. What I mean by this is that a lot of folks are perched on soap boxes across social networks, shouting from the hilltops. Dan has a B.A. with Honors) in Political Science and an M.A.

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Professor VC

AUGUST 26, 2011

I get asked this question a lot by entrepreneurs (and students). To that last one, there is certainly some truth as the standard time vs. revenue chart in most business plans looks like this: Im not teaching Entrepreneurial Finance this semester for the first time since Fall 2007. ProfessorVC. The last blogger in Silicon Valley.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Taylor was the co-founder of Google Maps, CEO of the ill-fated social network FriendFeed, and former Facebook CTO. Notion quickly became a darling of the maker and app entrepreneur world after its launch in 2016. Business contracts are a pain for entrepreneurs and small businesses. One of the best is Notion.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

Posted by: Serkan | October 4, 2007 2:05 AM Sorry Serkan - next one will be faster out of the door! Posted by: Matt | October 4, 2007 2:18 AM Interesting post, Matt. I cant recommend learning XHTML/CSS highly enough for budding web entrepreneurs. Posted by: Aaronontheweb | October 4, 2007 7:54 AM Another great post Matt!

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, July 9, 2009 10 years of entrepreneurship I recently passed my ten-year anniversary of becoming an entrepreneur. Could we have built the first college-based social network five years before Facebook ? As a young entrepreneur, this is quite motivational. Best regards, Berislav Lopac.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

When Twitter first became popular with niche crowds in 2007 it seemed to take hold initially with bloggers. On the other hand were everybody else including those that tried to make a full time of it like Robert Scoble as well as those that did it as a side job like VCs, CEO’s and start-up entrepreneurs. So what gives?

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Mike Michalowicz

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Dave is an entrepreneur, author, and speaker. In his day job, he’s the founder and CEO of Likeable Local, a social media software company serving thousands of small businesses, as well as the chairman and co-founder of Likeable Media, an award-winning social media and word-of-mouth marketing agency.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

If you’re an Entrepreneur, you can do it from any place in the world. How important is education when I know I want to be an entrepreneur? When you are a young entrepreneur and you have a project (say a new age TV show) and you need to raise capital for the project. If you’re a young entrepreneur, than congrats!

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