Archive | March, 2009

Best Entrepreneur Stories – 10 of My Favorite Podcasts

27. March 2009

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I’m a huge fan of learning via audio. It’s one of the things that led me to start LearnOutLoud.com a few years ago. Over the years I’ve listened to hundreds of podcasts that have been helpful on my entrepreneurial journey. Of particular use are interviews with entrepreneurs that tell their stories. [...]

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Customer Development: The Definitive Resource

20. March 2009

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A few months ago I was tipped off to world of Steve Blank and customer development. Simply put, if you’re an entrepreneur understanding these concepts will likely mean the difference between success and failure. Steve personally has taken five companies through this process to IPO. Not a bad track record. While there’s a ton [...]

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My advice to young entrepreneurs

12. March 2009

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I mentor a few younger entrepreneurs. A little while ago two of them (co-founders in the same company) emailed me sharing with me the ups and downs of the last six months. Here was my response. Since it doesn’t reveal any sensitive info I wanted to share it with the world on [...]

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Girl Talk and The Grand Unified Theory On The Economics Of Free

11. March 2009

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One of my favorite albums of the last year or two is Girl Talk’s Feed the Animals (sample their stuff for free on Lala or MySpace). I’ve probably listened to it 50 times in the last six months. As I posted in a reply to Chris Sacca on Twitter today, it’s pure audio [...]

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The Edge

10. March 2009

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I was just about to hit the hay tonight and I came across this video featuring an interview that Loic LeMeur did with Rob Kalin, the founder of Etsy) at the World Economic Forum a couple of months ago. In it there was a line that particularly stood out to me. In talking [...]

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Let’s Go

2. March 2009

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It’s the 2nd of March, 2009.  The Dow is under 7,000 for the first time since 1997.  Fear seems like it’s gripping just about everyone these days.  From old people too scared to leave shitty jobs to young people with nothing to lose not wanting to start the company that could become the next Google [...]

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