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Today's Entrepreneur: David Graham

by Kristin Karaoglu, October 21, 2011 | Comments

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No. 1 mistake: Raising too much money too fast

Today's Entrepreneur is David Graham who is a partner at Greenstart. Greenstart is a cleantech accelerator program that provides seed funding, mentoring, and connections with fellow entrepreneurs and investors. Greenstart is curently running a competition on Vator, see details here: Greenstart $100k Business Plan Competition According to his VEQ, David is good at sales management, team motivation and networking. Vator’s community is ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Tim Gilbert

by Kristin Karaoglu, October 19, 2011 | Comments

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No. 1 mistake: Not listening to the objections of others

Today's Entrepreneur is Tim Gilbert who is the director of mtvan.com Ltd. According to his VEQ (Vator's entrepreneur assessment test), Tim is a thought leader and is good at team motivation and technology design. 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 ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Christina Dunham

by Kristin Karaoglu, October 17, 2011 | Comments

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No. 1 mistake: Not connecting the dots between events and information

Today's Entrepreneur is Christina Dunham, VP of Business Development at Froomz. According to her VEQ Christina is good at marketing management, sales execution and negotiation. Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our newly-designed profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as well as bits and pieces ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Andrew Romans

by Kristin Karaoglu, October 14, 2011 | Comments

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No. 1 mistake: Failure to recruit the best people to join their team

Today's Entrepreneur is Andrew Romans, general partner of The Founders Club. According to his VEQ Andrew is good at networking, fund raising and negotiation. Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our newly-designed profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as well as bits and pieces of their roller-coaster journey. These profiles give entrepreneurs ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Tigran Mekikian

by Kristin Karaoglu, October 12, 2011 | Comments

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No. 1 mistake: Not focusing on the core idea

Today's Entrepreneur is Tigran Mekikian, co-founder of Shooka.com. According to his VEQ Tigran is a thought leader and is good at networking and sales management. Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our newly-designed 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: Brian Jacobs

by Kristin Karaoglu, October 10, 2011 | Comments

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No. 1 mistake: Protecting an idea instead of sharing it

Today's Entrepreneur is Brian Jacobs, who founded Emergence Capital Partners. According to his VEQ, Brian is good at finance management, team motivation and fund raising. Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our newly-designed profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as well as bits and pieces ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Geoffrey Fahey

by Kristin Karaoglu, October 7, 2011 | Comments

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No. 1 mistake: Lack of ambition

Today's Entrepreneur is Geoffrey Fahey Founder & CEO of Qoggo Inc. According to his VEQ Geoffrey is good at networking, team motivation and fund raising. Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our newly-designed profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as well as bits and pieces of their ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Todd Vernon

by Kristin Karaoglu, October 5, 2011 | Comments

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No. 1 mistake: Market size - It has to end in a 'B'

Today's Entrepreneur is Todd Vernon, co-founder and CEO of Lijit Networks. Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our newly-designed profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as well as bits and pieces of their roller-coaster journey. These profiles give entrepreneurs an opportunity to showcase themselves and tell their ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Peter Ma

by Kristin Karaoglu, October 3, 2011 | Comments

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No. 1 mistake: Funding will 'solve' all their problems

Today's Entrepreneur is Peter Ma, co-founder of Spotvite. According to his VEQ Peter is good at team motivation, technology design and marketting management. Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our newly-designed 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: Krystie Dillingham

by Kristin Karaoglu, September 30, 2011 | Comments

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No. 1 mistake: Not enough research

Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our newly-designed profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as well as bits and pieces of their roller-coaster journey. These profiles give entrepreneurs an opportunity to showcase themselves and tell their story. So if you are an entrepreneur, a serial ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Elin Bostrom

by Kristin Karaoglu, September 28, 2011 | Comments

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No. 1 mistake: Getting too focused on the business idea

Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our newly-designed profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as well as bits and pieces of their roller-coaster journey. These profiles give entrepreneurs an opportunity to showcase themselves and tell their story. So if you are an entrepreneur, a serial ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Cliff Canan

by Kristin Karaoglu, September 26, 2011 | Comments

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Always put yourself and your company out there

Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our newly-designed profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as well as bits and pieces of their roller-coaster journey. These profiles give entrepreneurs an opportunity to showcase themselves and tell their story. So if you are an entrepreneur, a serial ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Cory Jones

by Kevin Hsu, September 23, 2011 | Comments

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No. 1 Mistake: Lack of understanding of the market and customer.

Today's entrepreneur is Cory Jones, CEO of DINKlife, the first and only online media and lifestyle brand/community for couples without kids. Cory is one of the tens of thousands of entrepreneurs on Vator, each of whom create and drive innovations and products. Our entrepreneur profiles let members share top lessons, mistakes and insights from their startup journey. So if this ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Eric LaVanchy

by Kristin Karaoglu, September 21, 2011 | Comments

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No. 1 mistake: Lacking a sense of urgency at all points in the process

Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams.Our newly-designed profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as well as bits and pieces of their roller-coaster journey. These profiles give entrepreneurs an opportunity to showcase themselves and tell their story. So if you are an entrepreneur, a serial entrepreneur, ...

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