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Why Every Entrepreneur Needs to Blog

This is going to be BIG.

and I can't argue strenously enough for investing the time into a blog this year if you've started a company. It's not about how much you write--it's about the practice of noticing stuff. Blogging about what you do provides a long term, consistant assault on their will power. Ok, it's still resolution time, right?

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Mental Health Matters: Recognizing When Entrepreneurs Need a Check-In

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The good news is that discussion of entrepreneurs and their mental health is not limited to medical journals. The joy we once felt building our companies has vanished over time. Sleepless nights are followed by feeling exhausted in the office or on the road and a struggle to stay focused during the day.

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How This Entrepreneur Raised $28,000 Using Airbnb to Fund Her Startup

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And she didn’t start her company in Northern California. She leveraged herself and even sold many of her possessions to get started. She started her business from a personal need. The idea came from having been recently married herself and seeing how expensive it can be to buy a new wedding dress. She never gave up.

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In Defense of Uber: An Unbiased Opinion

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I was at an alumni dinner at UCSD (I am on the alumni board) and a group of people were talking about how their kids use UberX to get rides home from parties at night. I was at an alumni dinner at UCSD (I am on the alumni board) and a group of people were talking about how their kids use UberX to get rides home from parties at night.

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EO members on the Inc. 5000 list share how they start their day

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5000 list how they start their day. Here’s what they shared: “I start my day with 10 minutes of meditation, 10 minutes of reading something positive, and 10 minutes of writing in a journal, then it’s out the door to exercise. Lately, I have been starting every morning with about 20 minutes of punching a bag!” ?

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5 Tips for New Angel Investors

This is going to be BIG.

Before you start writing checks, just spend some time with startups. 3) Start with funds. If that's the case, you're going to be highly undiversified starting off. 4) Journal your progress. Being a good angel or VC has a lot to do with pattern matching. Its certainly not a way to become a great advisor.

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Here’s How to Do PR on a Budget

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In that article I talked about how PR drives: recruiting, employee retention, biz dev deals, funding and even M&A and that often “attribution” to your PR activities is unknown. But of course it’s hard to advise people that they should do PR without a guide to how to do it on the cheap or how to do it at all.

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