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Today's Entrepreneur by Kristin Karaoglu

What's the no.1 mistake entrepreneurs make?

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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 ...

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 ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Joe Genasci

by Kristin Karaoglu, April 10, 2013 | Comments

No. 1 mistake: Failure to communicate emotional value toward your product

Today's Entrepreneur is Joe Genasci, president and CEO of GuidEd Fusion. GuidEd Fusion is transforming education by offering a new way to interact with students, a new way to provide a sense of belonging, and a new way to build relationships in a way students understand. (GuidEd Fusion is one of the promising startups competing to be one of the ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Jedd Gold

by Kristin Karaoglu, February 25, 2013 | Comments

	No. 1 mistake: Being too in love with their own idea Today's Entrepreneur is Jedd Gold, founder and CEO of The Kive Company, the People's Choice winner of Splash SF 2013. The Kive Company allows parents to take, tag, and chronologically store your child's art and school work - then turn it into a hard cover book with little more than the touch of a button. According to his VEQ, Jedd is ...
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Today's Entrepreneur: Tanya Maslach

by Kristin Karaoglu, February 8, 2013 | Comments

Focus and prioritization is everything

Today's Entrepreneur is Tanya Maslach, founder of GOTRIbal.GOTRIbal is connecting the millions of women endurance athletes to each other and brands they love. According to her VEQ, Tanya is a thought leader and is good at team motivation and networking. Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our profiles allow members to ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Michelle Ritchie

by Kristin Karaoglu, February 4, 2013 | Comments

No. 1 mistake: Not planning for the long haul

Today's Entrepreneur is Michelle Ritchie, founder and CMO of Delicioius Karma. Delicious Karma is a social shopping site that makes it fun and easy to discover, learn about, and buy exceptional artisanal and gourmet specialty foods, at great prices, while also supporting the community of artisanal food producers. According to her VEQ. Michelle is good at product management, marketing management ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Erik Caso

by Kristin Karaoglu, January 30, 2013 | Comments

	Launch, listen, iterate Today's Entrepreneur is Erik Caso, CEO of younity. Younity creates a personal cloud for all your files, built from your devices and your online services, so that all your devices work as if they were a single device. According to his VEQ. Erik is good at product management, technology design and negotiation. (younity is one of the promising startups competing ...
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