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StubHub founder: Have a stomach for the...

Jeff Fluhr, founder of StubHub, Spreecast explains what it takes to keep your business on track

by Krystal Peak - February 02, 2012
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Box CEO: Tackling unsexy problems is good business

by Krystal Peak, February 2, 2012 | Comments

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Aaron Levie, founder and CEO of Box explains how they made enterprise software sexy

At this year's Vator Splash in San Francisco, Box's Aaron Levie shared his experience improving the enterprise software world. Levie originally created Box as a college business project with the goal of helping people easily access their information from anywhere in the world at anytime. Launched in a dorm room in 2005 with the help of CFO Dylan Smith, Box has grown to become ...

LIVE Spreecast - Jeff Fluhr Keynote Speech Vator Splash

by Ron Levi, February 2, 2012 | Comments

	Listen to the speech, ask questions, chat with entrepeneurs at Vator Splash SF on February 2, 2012 Watch Jeff Fluhr, Founder and CEO of recently launched social video platform Spreecast, deliver his keynote speech at Vator Splash 2012. Jeff is Co-founder and former CEO of StubHub, which was acquired by eBay in 2007.
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How Kaggle plans on making money

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, January 24, 2012 | Comments

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Interview with founders Anthony Goldbloom and Jeremy Howard

Here's the second part of my interview with the founders of Kaggle, a recently-launched start-up with $11 million in Series A funding from Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures, as well as Stanford University's endownment, PayPal co-founder Max Levchin, Google's chief economist Hal Varian and now Google Adsense co-founder Gil Elbaz. Kaggle is solving real-world problems through competitions among the world's biggest brains. Kaggle brings together super smart data ...

The death of Kodak: Ignore consumers at your own risk

by Larry Kramer, January 23, 2012 | Comments

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Kodak made the same mistake the newspaper industry made

(Larry Kramer is the author of C-Scape, a book on the changing landscape for media and related industries for Harper Collins (published Nov., 2010). He also founded MarketWatch, which was sold to Dow Jones in 2005. This story is on the launch of Appinions and its technology to track consumer behavior.) The latest tombstone in the “old media” cemetery ...

Top five reasons I love being a woman in tech

by Lis Hubert, January 23, 2012 | Comments

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From the tech field is interesting to few people expect a woman to hang with the big boys

These days, when we mention talk about the topic of women in tech we are usually talking about the inequalities and the struggles that we face and how to overcome them. It can be, at times, overwhelming and even depressing when we look at and discuss our fate. Sometimes it can even cause others to think “if being a women ...

Why the movie industry can't innovate ...

by Steve Blank, January 9, 2012 | Comments

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.... and the result is SOPA

This year the movie industry made $30 billion (1/3 in the U.S.) from box-office revenue. But the total movie industry revenue was $87 billion. Where did the other $57 billion come from? From sources that the studios at one time claimed would put them out of business:Pay-per view TV, cable and satellite channels, video rentals, DVD sales, online subscriptions and digital downloads. The Movie ...

Top 10 Lessons Learned videos on VatorNews in 2011

by Kristin Karaoglu, December 31, 2011 | Comments

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Airbnb's marketing genius; Bootstrapping to VC-backed; ChaCha's network effect; Premature scaling

How Airbnb's marketing genius started the flywheel The press is having a field day on Airbnb's behalf these days, given the pillaging of one of its customer's homes. While the coverage is deserved (and Airbnb could offer up a better solution and response), it's getting to be a bit overblown, given that the unfortunate incident could have just as likely ...

Eight cheap ways to market your small business

by susan solovic, December 26, 2011 | Comments

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From having an elevator pitch to getting customer referrals

Famed author Mark Twain said, “Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.” But advertising can be expensive. And in a tight economy, many small businesses cut their marketing budgets first because of cash-flow concerns. However, when times are tough, it is even more important to keep your business brand front and center. During ...

The government starts an incubator

by Steve Blank, December 26, 2011 | Comments

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The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps

Over the last two months, the U.S. government has been running one of the most audacious experiments in entrepreneurship since World War II. They launched an incubator for the top scientists and engineers in the U.S. This week, we saw the results. Some 63 scientists and engineers in 21 teams made 2,000 customer calls in eight weeks, turning laboratory ideas into formidable startups. Of the ...

How much to burn while building a product

by Fred Wilson, December 20, 2011 | Comments

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Foursquare spent nine months without any pay, but a reasonable burn is about $50k a month

(Fred Wilson is a VC at Union Square Ventures. This piece is about burn rates for start-ups and why $50,000 a month is probably a reasonable starting point, unless founders are willing to put their own sweat equity in without paying themselves, which happens a lot.) In last week's MBA Mondays, I wrote about burn rates at three stages of a ...

The startup team

by Steve Blank, December 20, 2011 | Comments

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Lessons learned while teaching entrepreneurship

Individuals play the game, but teams beat the odds SEAL Team saying Over the last 40 years Technology investors have learned that the success of startups are not just about the technology but “it’s about the team.” We spent a year screwing it up in our Lean LaunchPad classes until we figured out it was about having the right team. Startup Team Lessons LearnedDuring ...

Todd Vernon talks about Lijit's pivot last year

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, December 19, 2011 | Comments

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CEO and founder of Lijit Networks talks about his lessons as an entrepreneur

Like many companeis, Lijit Networks, which was bought last month by Federated Media, had its own pivots throughout its time as a stand-alone company. Lijit Networks founder and CEO Todd Vernon sat down with me recently to talk about the lessons he's learned building the company and why Twitter CEO Dick Costolo played a big role in the direction he ...

Premature scaling is the No. 1 mistake startups make

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, December 16, 2011 | Comments

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Adchemy CEO and founder Murthy Nukala on lessons learned building his start-up

If you're a seasoned entrepreneur, or a first-timer at the helm for a few years, scaling on any front - hiring too quickly, over-marketing, etc. - is probably something you've experienced. Most entrepreneurs do. For Murthy Nukala, CEO and founder of Adchemy, this is the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs make. It's also something he's experienced. "You’re not ready to scale ...

Leah Busque shares TaskRabbit's fundraising lessons

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, December 9, 2011 | Comments

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A journey of bootstrapping for nine months, learning, raising money, and building a great service

During a cold evening in Boston, Leah Busque didn't want to leave her cozy home to buy dog food. It wasn't exactly a task she wanted to do that evening. That problem soon became the basis of the startup she built called TaskRabbit, an online marketplace where people can get small tasks done. Leah, who is now the company's chief product ...

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