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

Both Sides of the Table

” I was on a flight last year from DC to LAX. Hold interviews with tech people, marking people, ops people, finance people – whatever. I’m told “no” all the time because I often ask for more than others do and therefore you need to be willing to hear “no.” Very few people do.

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How much does it cost to build the world’s hottest startups?

The Next Web

Suddenly, those multi-million dollar financing rounds that startups raise don’t seem so outrageous! Considering Facebook’s scale, the company is now in the business of operating power plants to operate its servers, therefore, Schippers estimates that Facebook has a $30 million dollar monthly burn rate just for hosting. 4) WhatsApp.

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How to Translate Your Passion Into Your Purpose

Duct Tape Marketing

So went back to school, got my M B A from N Y U and had a very brief stint in finance. Felt like I had to try out finance just because I had my M B A from N Y U, and that's what people from Y U did. 70% of majors went into were finance majors, and I tried it, tried it out. At the time, there were about 10,000 other companies.

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Presidential Innovation Fellows, round two

Startup Lessons Learned

Working closely with the US Chief Technology Officer, the US Chief Information Officer, and an array of agencies, the Open Data Initiatives team has launched and is continuing to scale open data efforts in Health, Energy, Education, Finance, Public Safety, and Global Development. ProjectOpenData on Twitter.

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Why vanity metrics are dangerous

Startup Lessons Learned

If you never have, you can create your own using Google Finance. If you never have, you can create your own using Google Finance. Have you ever built one of those charts that shows a metric over time, annotated with "key events" that explain what happened to the numbers at key inflection points? Go ahead and try it, then come back.

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How to Raise Money When You’re Not in a Major VC Market

Both Sides of the Table

They often ask whether they have to move to SF, NY or LA to get financed. ” I’m trying to get a feel for their commitment to local community versus being in a place where financing is easiest. I have the same response always, “Where do you want to live? Every year I’m in the SF Bay Area 12-14 times.

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The Center For American Entrepreneurship

Feld Thoughts

Several of our conversations were self-reflective, especially around the challenges of getting investors attention to provide seed financing for a new organization. If you want to get connected to CAE or are in the DC area and want to engage around the issues of entrepreneurs and innovation, email me and I’ll connect you with John.

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