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Seth Sternberg – Meebo

Both Sides of the Table

Such was my recent meeting with Seth Sternberg, founder & CEO of Meebo. And I’d recommend them to any talented startup founders out there.&#. He grew up in Connecticut attended Yale undergrad and worked for IBM after graduation doing M&A, strategy and venture capital. And there you have it. Not a chance.

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How Universities Can Help Students and Alumni Work in the Tech Industry

David Teten

It would be ideal if Yale built a similar tool which allowed students to filter for companies with a) quality teams, b) >10 employees, c) backed by a credible VC, and d) (optional) a Yale cofounder. NYU just widened the door for more people to benefit from and contribute to their network, at nominal cost. Founder community.

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1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Ownership Matters

ReadWriteStart

We discussed the possibility of recruiting a couple of cofounders who can help him build out the core skill-set needed on his team right now. At 1/12th the cost, 1M/1M provides far more value.". As for investment, one of the key elements missing for me is a concrete market sizing. You can register for upcoming roundtables here.

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Feb. 28, Stamford, CT: HBS Event on Angel Investing 101 – Best Practices

David Teten

Karen Bantuveris, Founder and CEO of VolunteerSpot. She is the Founder and CEO of Volunteer Spot an online coordination app that facilitates volunteering. Prior to Carlyle, Mr. Dahl served as co-head of healthcare investment banking in North America at Credit Suisse First Boston. Robert Dahl. Includes drinks and hors d’oeuvres.

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Leadership Lessons To Help Guide You To Excellence

Duct Tape Marketing

He’s out with yet another co-authored book with Nancye Green called — Tom Peters’ Compact Guide to Excellence. He is the co-author of In Search of Excellence, the book that changed the way the world does business and is often tagged as the best business book ever, 20 books. She's the co-author. Tom Peters (01:19): Over.

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Transcript of How to Turn Your Product Idea Into a Business

Duct Tape Marketing

She is the co-founder and CEO of the Grommet and author of How We Make Stuff Now. Here’s the deal, whether you’re creating a package or creating a product or some piece of marketing communication, it generally costs the same amount of money to produce something bad as something good. So Jules, thanks for joining me.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going. In later posts I’m going to get into more detail on specific topics like hiring, raising money, what types of ideas have the potential to get big, finding your founders, and the like.