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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

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This is an updated post from my ongoing series on Startup Advice that I learned from founding two companies. . I’m not looking to invest there – I’m looking to understand the trends, the people, the innovation, the regions and how China can become an integral part of any of my portfolio companies as they scale.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

This is an updated post from my ongoing series on Startup Advice that I learned from founding two companies. . I’m not looking to invest there – I’m looking to understand the trends, the people, the innovation, the regions and how China can become an integral part of any of my portfolio companies as they scale.

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Embrace Losing

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In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. We assumed they would take our advice and upgrade. They hired a consultant to help them with the review. It just so happened that the consultant they hired to chose a software vendor worked for a company that had owned one of our competitors.

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Welcome, BizLink Orange!

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In recent years, the region has emerged as a thriving innovation hub, home to a host entrepreneurial activity with Orlando consistently ranking as one of the best cities to start a business. Since 2003, The National Entrepreneur Center has been collaborating with area resource partners to champion entrepreneurs and small business owners.

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Rustic Canyon Speaks out on GaiKai Exit, Changing Nature of VC, LA Tech & More

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We spent a bunch of time in the video talking about “disruption” as described by Clay Christensen in his seminal book, “The Innovator’s Dilemman” which I profiled here. 15:00 Question from the chat: Are VCs moving to be consulting companies in some parts? Is that a real trend?

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