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The Perils of Founder Fighting

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At a young age I watched her open a bakery, which in the early 80′s was ahead of its time in serving croissants, gourmet coffee and high-end, homemade cakes, cheesecakes and french pastries for our small town of Sacramento, California (Carmichael, if you know the area). She started it with a partner, 50-50. I see it all the time.

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

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She was president of the UJA in Sacramento. You can’t just name your own price.” Now let me walk you through a broader story because avoidance of the word in and of itself will seem cliche. Stay with me. When I was little I had a role model for entrepreneurship – my mom. She was a natural leader. “What?

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How DogVacay Literally Saved my Thanksgiving

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And there are a ton of dog sitters in Sacramento so I’m sure we’ll be able to help.” In this case somebody named Todd Adamson. He was relaxed and told me, “Don’t worry, Mark. Killina will take care of you. That’s what she’s there for – we love situations like this. ” Booked it.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

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By 2006 he had received proper authorization to move back to the US to join a company in the town I grew up in: Sacramento, California. He made some mistakes on his immigration paperwork so he was forced to leave the country for 8 months. He spent a bunch of this time in Canada. But TWTFelipe is an entrepreneur.

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The Secret Sauce For Smarter Marketing Execution

Duct Tape Marketing

18:57): And then, oh, I will never forget, I was driving to one of my clients, Ke Williams in living in Sacramento at the time, and I'm driving up to the office and look across the parking lot and financial title company, which was one of the largest title companies in the Sacramento region. And it was great until 2009 came along. (18:57):

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Putting Tom Perkins Comments into Context

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He just had his Mitt Romney moment and his name will forever be etched in the collective consciousness of the tech community for this terribly insensitive and tone deaf letter to the Wall Street Journal. The venture capital firm that bears his name. “Maybe it’s time for KP to shorten its name to K? Kleiner Perkins.

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What You Need to Know About Google Local Services Ads

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Sacramento, CA. Maintain consistent NAP (name, address, phone number) across directory sites online. Google recently expanded their Local Services ads (formerly known as Home Services ads) to include 17 cities, with plans to expand to 30 cities by the end of 2017. Current cities include: Phoenix, AZ. Los Angeles, CA. Riverside, CA.