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US Economic Risks (Sept 2010): Impact on Investors & Entrepreneurs

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Otherwise, grab a cup ‘o coffee … Clicking on any graph below will take you to that article. My advice to entrepreneurs was and is “ when the hors d’oeuvres tray is being passed take two ” (e.g. raise money now to weather any storms).

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You Need to Win the Battle for Share of Mind

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This article first appeared on TechCrunch. So as I get around the country speaking at college campus in 2010 & 2011 I have been preaching the same theme. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the proliferation of starutps in the past 2 years. It seems almost incomprehensible that only 2.5 But what does this all mean?

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

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This article was originally published on TechCrunch. I thought about things I never had to as an entrepreneur: check size, ownership percentage, deal stage, portfolio construction and risk. So I encouraged entrepreneurs to think about raising their funds as quickly as they could because. The full articles are linked below.

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Spend 2012 on the Right Side of the Haimish Line

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One of the most important articles I read during the entire year was David Brook’s op-ed article on “ The Haimish Line.” And so I framed much of my life since reading the article in Haimish terms. 2011 was the first year I went to SxSW. Entrepreneur Dinners. ” So true. The Haimish factor.

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Can You Really Build a Great Tech Firm Outside Silicon Valley?

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This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. In my LA I often see computer screens open with entrepreneurs talking about digital media. I like to repeat this phrase, which means that because investors have different expectations you find entrepreneurs that focus on nearer term monetization. I live in the city of Santa Monica.

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B2B Game Changers: How to Discover a Distinct Advantage and Become a Market Leader

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In part 1 of this article, Tim discussed the false assumptions driving B2B innovations that fail. >> Read part one of this article series for more about the “job to be done” paradigm shift and why it’s the key to B2B customer experience innovation. Tim has been an EO member since 2011.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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This article originally ran on PEHub. The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. By 2010-2011 this had shrunk by half again, averaging under $15 billion. By the end of 2011 the Internet population was estimated at 2.3