Archive | November, 2009

Hacking the University: Taking the Power Back

30. November 2009

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I’m pissed. One of my missions in life is to help make education more equal. Equal as in “more access for everyone” kinda equal. And then I come across stories like this one:The Subprime Student Loan Racket and this one: Video Professor Tries To Bully Washington Post, Fails and I get pissed. Pissed [...]

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Build your entrepreneurial confidence. Try these tips on for size.

20. November 2009

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Entrepreneurship is hard. You’re going to go through moments where you feel like you’re on top of the world. And then you’re going to experience moment when you think the world is going to come to an end. And often those moments will occur within the same hour of the day. When you [...]

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A dozen of the best start-up pitches on the Web

13. November 2009

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One of the best ways to prepare yourself to pitch your company is to watch other people pitch theirs. Here are a dozen of the best “start-up” pitches I could find (watching people pitch established companies is, in general, not as much fun ). Watch and learn! (PS Post any other [...]

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Raising capital – The 50 or so things you should read first

8. November 2009

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I’ve aggregated a bunch of blog posts related to pitching your business to venture capitalists. My apologies in advance for the lack of organization. Please respond with additional posts in the comments and I’ll add them to the post as appropriate. Enjoy! Babak Nivi (Venture Hacks) Pitching (Excellent outline with a bunch of must-reads. [...]

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