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Josh Berman: Conviction is contagious

by Kristin Karaoglu, June 19, 2013 | Comments

Beachmint founder and CEO shares his lessons at Splash LA

One of LA's top CEOs, Beachmint founder Josh Berman, took the stage at the third annual Vator Splash LA to deliver his top six "ways to be"--which are more or less guidelines on how to live. Among the guidelines: Believe in your project! Once you do that, your conviction is essentially contagious. "Your partners and you become immersed in what ...

MC Hammer: Innovation, faith and Charles O. Finley

by Kristin Karaoglu, June 19, 2013 | Comments

	Lessons Learned from the rapper, dancer and entrepreneur Here's your lesson of the day! At VatorNews, we have thousands of sage advice from seasoned entrepreneurs. Many have asked if we could showcase one every day as a constant reminder of what it takes to build and scale a startup. So here you go! Today's lesson is from MC Hammer is a rapper, dancer, and entrepreneur. Hammer is widely ...
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Mark Cuban: Sweat equity goes a lot further than money

by Kristin Karaoglu, June 18, 2013 | Comments

Advice to entrepreneurs from Dallas Mavericks owner, entrepreneur and angel investor

Here's your lesson of the day! At VatorNews, we have thousands of sage advice from seasoned entrepreneurs. Many have asked if we could showcase one every day as a constant reminder of what it takes to build and scale a startup. So here you go! Today's lesson is from Mark Cuban, entrepreneur and active angel investor. Cuban founded Broadcast.com, which ...

LA's startup tech scene - State of the Union 2013

by Kristin Karaoglu, June 17, 2013 | Comments

	Rustic Partners' Neal Hansch presents an overview of the LA tech startup scene Neal Hansch, partner at Rustic Canyon Partners, gives a mini State of the Union presentation on what's happening across the LA tech scene. Hansch also outlines which incubators and accelerators are sprouting up. Interested in knowing what's happen in SoCal? This is a good video to watch.
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Vinod Khosla: Be bullheaded when times are tough

by Kristin Karaoglu, June 17, 2013 | Comments

Founder of Khosla Ventures on conviction, paranoi and crashing through walls

Here's your lesson of the day! At Vator, we have thousands of sage advice from seasoned entrepreneurs. Many have asked if we could showcase one every day as a constant reminder of what it takes to build and scale a startup. So here you go! Vinod Khosla, founder of Khosla Ventures, says besides conviction, entrepreneurs need to have the "bullheadedness" ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Adi Goradia

by Kristin Karaoglu, June 10, 2013 | Comments

	No. 1 mistake: To run out of runway Today's Entrepreneur is Adi Goradia, founder and CEO of The Dog Walking Co. According to his VEQ , Adi is a thought leader and is good at project development and product management. The Dog Walking Co . is focused on solving the problem of efficiently being able to find a local trustworthy person to come into your home and take care of your ...
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Today's Entrepreneur: Barry Vial

by Kristin Karaoglu, June 5, 2013 | Comments

Obvious passion and knowledge, carefully presented, will draw the listener in

Today's Entrepreneur is Barry Vial, CEO and Co-Founder of BiteMe. According to his VEQ Barry is good at technology design, project development and marketing management. BiteMe is a multi-player creative-social-betting-video mobile platform that allows its users to create and offer any number of wildly creative bets and broadcast them worldwide via 6-second microvideo (Vine) taken from their smartphone. Vator’s community is the home ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Natalie Novoa

by Kristin Karaoglu, June 3, 2013 | Comments

No. 1 mistake: They give up to easily

Today's Entrepreneur is Natalie Novoa, Co-founder and CEO of Teachmeo. According to her VEQ Natalie is good at technology design, networking and team motivation. Teachmeo is an international marketplace and community where anyone who wants to learn and/or teach and skill can connect via live, one-on-one video. We're planning to revolutionize the way people learn & teach by becoming the largest ...

Late Night with David Hornik at Splash SF

by Kristin Karaoglu, May 27, 2013 | Comments

All the inside dirt you want to know about venture capitalists

We're holding our Splash LA event this Thursday, May 30. As always, we'll have a late-night panel. For those who've attended our Splash SF event earlier this year, you know our late-night panel stars David Hornik in his own show "Late Night with David Hornik." It's our comic relief highlight of Vator Splash SF. Hornik’s panel included Stewart Alsop of ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Jason Grunstra

by Kristin Karaoglu, May 22, 2013 | Comments

No. 1 mistake: Not taking risks

Today's Entrepreneur is Jason Grunstra, founder of Plug.dj. According to his VEQ Jason is a thought leader and is good at technology design and product management. Plug.dj is an international community where people can enjoy music/videos together in a socially interactive environment. Our customers are brands seeking a highly integrated advertising channel, artists looking to reach a wider international demographic, ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Alex Reinlieb

by Kristin Karaoglu, May 13, 2013 | Comments

No.1 mistake: Unwillingness to pivot

Today's Entrepreneur is Alex Reinlieb, founder of Plug.dj. According to his VEQ Alex is a thought leader and is good at networking and product management. Plug.dj is an international community where people can enjoy music/videos together in a socially interactive environment. Our customers are brands seeking a highly integrated advertising channel, artists looking to reach a wider international demographic, and ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Gary Swart

by Kristin Karaoglu, May 6, 2013 | Comments

No.1 mistake: Assuming a product-market fit

Today's Entrepreneur is Gary Swart, CEO, of oDesk. According to his VEQ, Gary is good at sales execution, sales management and team motivation. Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as well as bits and pieces of their roller-coaster ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Nadav Wilf

by Kristin Karaoglu, April 29, 2013 | Comments

No.1 mistake: Quitting right when things look impossible

Today's Entrepreneur is Nadav Wilf, CEO of Enlightened.org. According to his VEQ Nadav is a thought leader and is good at team motivation and marketing management. Enlightened.org integrates philanthropy into your everyday life. Enlightened empowers people to shop 1,000's of their favorite stores and brands like Nordstrom, Bloomingdales, Tory Burch and Diesel earn up to 10% to donate to philanthropies ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Vinny Jindal

by Kristin Karaoglu, April 17, 2013 | Comments

No.1 mistake: Operating without a clear sense of how or why their product could be habit-forming

Today's Entrepreneur is Vinny Jindal, co-founder of Stockr. According to his VEQ Vinny is good at networking, fundraising and team motivation. Stockr is a social media platform for the stock market. They aim to democratize the public markets by providing all investors the informational and networking tools previously avialable only to professoinals. (Stockr is one of the promising startups competing ...

Announcing the Splash LA judges, and Founders' Bundle

by Kristin Karaoglu, April 15, 2013 | Comments

Judges from Amplify, Idealab, Lowercase, Lightbank, Science, Rustic, Javelin, DFJ and more

Splash LA is just about six weeks away. That means there's just one month left to apply to the Splash LA competition and get in front of some esteemed judges, an audience of some 400 high-tech influencers, and win some cool prizes. Also, if you're a startup founder, we've got a special "bundle" called the Founders' Bundle. You can get ...

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