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Getting it Right – Feld Thoughts

Entrepreneurial and Venture Capital thought leader Brad Feld offered the following pearl of wisdom: “I don’t want to see a powerpoint deck – I want to play with something. I don’t want to hear a description of what you do – I want to see a demo. I don’t want

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Fragile: Sage Observation from Paul Graham

  I love reading Paul Graham.  Heck, everyone loves reading Paul Graham’s writings on entrepreneurship and investing.  The two best thing things about the Y-Combinator founder’s essays are:  1) They are intensely insightful – from his broad and deep understanding of the startup experience, and 2) They are indeed essays as

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Business

Bad News for Arizona Entrepreneurs?

    Ordinarily it takes an act of God to make me spill a drop of my morning coffee, but reading the news this morning nearly caused a grand-mal seizure: “Jilted Kickstarter Backer Neil Singh Is Now An Assistant Attorney General Of Arizona”   My first, second and third reaction

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E-Procrastination: The 'Waiting for Superman' Syndrome

It was a brilliant observation from Tim Huntley of An Entrepreneurial Life, based on an exchange with an entrepreneur. The entrepreneur is stuck in some sort of circular-loop thinking preventing him and his team from making progress. In a rather rare display of self-awareness, the entrepreneur likens his dilemma to a

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Tapestry and the Tragedy of the Founder

Tapestry.  It’s the title of one the most powerful episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation.  Captain Jean-Luc Picard gets to re-live his life and correct some of the ‘stupid mistakes’ he made in his youth. This time, he avoids confrontation,  avoids risks and plays it safe. Later we see the outcome of

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