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Salon Owner Chelle Neff Talks Scaling, Sustainability and Success

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In addition to developing Urban Betty , a successful salon with two locations, Neff also created an app for stylists , produced a book about homes in Austin, Texas, and even reached the Inc. You opened Urban Betty in 2005 and it’s been growing ever since. It was a powerful moment, and he gave some great advice to us that day.

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Why “The Culture of Failure” is Imperative to Startup Communities

Both Sides of the Table

I lived in London from 1997-2005 and for 6 of those years ran my startup based out of London. 4:30 How did you come up with the idea of customer development? 33:15 Thank you to Detroit Venture Partners for supporting the show. 37:45 Let’s talk about the dichotomy between customer development and Y Combinator?

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Why Email May Be Draining Your Company’s Productivity

Both Sides of the Table

I will even take to emailing people I don’t know offering small bits of advice. He turned me down for a job in 2005. Customer support – After my pre-breakfast meeting I had my actual breakfast meeting. If you do randomly write me I have advice. Research & Development. I try to be helpful.

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Marketing Cube founder Maya Moufarek’s lessons for customer-focused startups

TechCrunch

The truth is, a lot of the time ambitious founders and executive teams don’t have a marketing background, so they need to outsource to find the right support to deliver on huge growth ambitions — usually within very limited time frames. Fertility Circle helps find the best tailored fertility information for parents.

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Want to Raise Venture Capital More Easily? Clean Up Your Own Shite First

Both Sides of the Table

It’s meant to be a bit provocative but the reality is that I give this advice to entrepreneurs all the the time and I usually leave the “e&# off of the end. I normally offer this advice in the capacity of really wanting to help entrepreneurs so please bear with me. It is 2010. Some investors love to get out sharp elbows.

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Joseph Lee, CEO of Kairous Capital, Shares His Cross-Border Investment Philosophy for the Asia Pacific Region

AsiaTechDaily

I initially worked as an analyst at a stock-broking firm until 2004 before embarking on my venture capital and private equity journey, where I made my first investments in Greater China before exiting via the London Stock Exchange later between 2005 and 2006. In short, venture capital is a long-term game, and there is no escape.

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Here are More Signs that LA Tech is Moving to the Next Level

Both Sides of the Table

This was 2005 when I had no exits under my belt, no blogs … nobody was looking. And I was so pleasantly surprised to learn that Randy Churchill will join Cooley’s LA practice as head of business development. Nearly everybody in the DC region had told me, “You must meet Mike. He knows every startup & VC in town.”

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