Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Today we’re announcing that my partner Kara Nortman is becoming Co-Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures and I can’t tell you how thrilled I am to welcome her to her new role. Kara said “no” because she wanted to start her own company, which she did and I backed. She had all of the skills and traits we sought? I’m only 52!

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners about their best business or entrepreneur turnaround story and here are the responses. #1- My favorite entrepreneur turnaround story is that of Lord Alan Sugar. This included health insurance and making them domestic partners. Photo Credit: Brian David Crane. 6- Lord Alan Sugar.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Your product and company vision needs to match your appetite for funding. Funding challenges and other issues founders face in the early days of starting up were the focus of interviews with the latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on SiriusXM Channel 111 (airing weekly Thursdays at 1 pm Pacific, 4 pm Eastern).

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Before we get to that though, I asked my LinkedIn connections about the #1 thing holding back their companies. It’s clear from the 80+ answers that many things hold companies back, so consider these nine a starting point in your quest to improve your business. (As So, what can companies do about it?

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Gust

DECEMBER 15, 2011

It bears mentioning that a startup’s corporate name doesn’t necessarily have to be identical or even similar to the product or domain name. AMR as holding company for American Airlines). For a startup that becomes a successful growth company, the name becomes its core identity as it “ crosses the chasm ” to mainstream adoption.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 31, 2021

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners on their best business or entrepreneur turnaround story and here are the responses. #1- It was originally a holding company founded by William C. Also, he is now one of the owners of Buggati, which is a huge success for an entrepreneur from such a small country as Croatia.

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Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

Patents and the threat of patent infringement lawsuits provide maximum leverage against a competitor when they’re in the middle of a strategic inflection point… a major financing, acquisition, or large product launch. It is more remarkable for a large, well-known company that’s an actual operating business like Yahoo!

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