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Innovation Stacks and Crazy Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs' Organization

McKelvey is a serial entrepreneur, inventor, philanthropist and artist. The irreverent first-person narrative is an insider’s view of the world of entrepreneurship and a call to action for all of us to find the entrepreneur within ourselves—one crazy idea at a time. . Entrepreneurs are rare. Submited by James McKelvey.

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Garry Tan is the next president and CEO of Y Combinator

TechCrunch

Beyond co-founding Initialized, which raised a $700 million fund (its sixth) last year and has over $1 billion in known assets under management, Tan was also co-founder of YC-backed blog platform Posterous, which was acquired by Twitter in 2012. Ralston continued. Next year, I'll be going back to Y Combinator as President and CEO.

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In My Words: Aaron Lee on How EO Accelerator Altered His Journey

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In the summer of 2010, just after graduating into EO, I was standing on a cliff enjoying the amazing view in Positano, Italy, when it hit me. One of the most meaningful discoveries I made in EO Accelerator was that I was not alone as an entrepreneur. I joined EO Accelerator in 2009, when I owned a business and my business owned me.

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Seed Round Pricing (Actual data warning!)

This is going to be BIG.

However, since I only have time for a blog post, I''ll settle for actual data. Since January of 2010, when I led my first seed investment in Backupify , I have led or committed to 27 investments. I could probably write a book on venture round pricing dynamics. Yes, for sure, especially with revenues.

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How the Seed-Stage VC Trend Began, The Downsides of Unicorns & Much More

Both Sides of the Table

*. If you are a 20-something tech entrepreneur you could be forgiven for thinking that seed-stage investors, Angellist Syndicates and widely available angel money always existed. It is, of course, a very recent phenomenon. Let me take you back just 10 years ago to 2005 in Silicon Valley where I returned after 11 years of living in Europe.

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My US$15-Million Lesson in Choosing a Business Partner

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In fact, I lost more than $15 million dollars in 2010 in the demise of my manufacturing business because I was vulnerable to my partners and bankers. If an entrepreneur doesn’t have the money to move a business forward, the answer is easy: He needs a partner with money. By Mike Whitaker, author of The Decision Makeover.

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Lessons Learned After 15 Years in Business

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Jill shared lessons learned and more in a blog post to mark the occasion. But in 2006, I found my peer group by joining the Entrepreneurs Organization —and it was a game-changer. The organization serve as an informal business advisory board. 2010: Every touchpoint matters. Below is an excerpt from the original article.