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Why Entrepreneurs & VCs Should Focus on Basecamp, Not the Summit

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.&# It was my investment philosophy that observing teams’ performance over time was far more insightful than reacting to how good of a product demo they do, how good they present Powerpoint slides or how great tech blogs say they are. I felt the exact same way when I was an entrepreneur. Lines vs. Dots is all about people.

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5 Entrepreneur Ideas That Investors See Too Often

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If you have more money than the incumbents, try it, but don’t look for investors. Somewhere below this list is another tier of questionable potential startups, including more calendar sites, blog aggregators, Craigslists, photo sharing sites, music sharing sites, or more instant messaging sites. What’s your idea?

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How to Build a Team That Can Navigate Your Business Through Difficult Times

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Meanwhile, it’s incumbent on you as the CEO to create an environment that encourages action-oriented behavior. All entrepreneurs, business leaders, and employees experience adversity throughout their careers—but their ability to conquer challenges and bounce back from failure is what sets them apart.

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Why I Backed a 24-Year-Old Trying to Assess Human Potential

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The news blogs will cover the what, how and how much but I want to focus on the “why” and try to be instructive of what I think makes for a great A-round startup. I speak a lot on college campuses and entrepreneur events and amongst the most common things I’m asked to talk about are: What do VCs fund?

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Why your company requires both brains and brawn to succeed

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He’s also a Silicon Valley venture capitalist, sits on the boards of several startups, is a many-time entrepreneur himself, and was previously an exec at GE and Intel. The post Why your company requires both brains and brawn to succeed appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Why Hulu is the OPEC of Online Video

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The founders felt that having a legitimate site for content would discourage Silicon Valley VC’s from funding entrepreneurs to create the next big TV killer. I have made many of my arguments in a blog post I wrote on The Innovator’s Dilemma , a concept that is critical for both innovators & incumbents to understand.

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Revolution co-founder talks Living Social, ZipCar, Steve Case & GroupOn Super Bowl Ads

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We look at huge markets where there are large incumbents that might not be incented to innovate or react to what they perceive as an insurgent. When Steve left AOL he wanted to be very involved with the next generation of entrepreneurs. Revolution is essentially Steve Case’s original money from AOL.

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