Today's Entrepreneur: Oliver Roup

Kristin Karaoglu · November 23, 2011 · Short URL: https://vator.tv/n/21e7

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Today's Entrepreneur is Oliver Roup, founder and CEO of VigLink.

According to his VEQ Oliver is a thought leader and is good at product management and technology design.

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I am a(n):

Entrepreneur

Companies I've founded or co-founded:

VigLink

Startups I worked for:

Echo Networks, Edusoft

If you are an entrepreneur, why?

I want to change the world.

My favorite startups:

Rapportive, Flipboard, CloudFlare

What's most frustrating and rewarding about entrepreneurship/innovation?

The highs are high and the lows are low.

What's the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs make?

Sole founder is a mistake, I wouldn't do it again.

What are the top three lessons you've learned as an entrepreneur?

It's _all_ about the team.
Secrecy is a mistake 99% of the time.
When you're not getting anything done, go for a run. (bonus)

Don't put your cellphone number on filings with the SEC

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Kristin Karaoglu

Woman of many skills: Database System Engineer; SplashX event producer; Author of Startup Teams

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VigLink

Startup/Business

Joined Vator on October 26, 2011

VigLink automatically affiliates existing links to merchants and advertisers, and creates new links by analyzing web page content for product and merchant references. VigLink delivers a new revenue source to website publishers totally complementary to display ads and text advertising.