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Today's Entrepreneur: Neil Young

by Kristin Karaoglu, November 28, 2012 | Comments

	No. 1 mistake: Overthinking it Today's Entrepreneur is Neil Young. Neil Young is an entrepreneur and an angel investor and is currently working on his next Venture. He was the CEO and founder of ngmoco, creator and publisher of games exclusively for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. Ngmoco was acquired by DeNA for $404m in 2010. Neil is also an angel investor. He typically invests ...
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Today's Entrepreneur: Amit Schreiber

by Kristin Karaoglu, November 26, 2012 | Comments

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No. 1 mistake: Not getting feedback on their product

Today's Entrepreneur is Amit Schreiber, co-founder and CTO, Blenture Software. According to his VEQ Amit is a thought leader and is good at project development and technology design. (Blenture Software is one of the promising startups competing to be one of the top 10 finalists to present on stage at Vator Splash NY. If you want to see Tamir and ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Tom Popomaronis

by Kristin Karaoglu, November 23, 2012 | Comments

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We learn every day and I crave that knowledge

Today's Entrepreneur is Tom Popomaronis, founder and CEO of Auctionopia. According to his VEQ, Tom is good at team motivation, product management, technology design. (Auctionopia is one of the promising startups competing to be one of the top 10 finalists to present on stage at Vator Splash NY in December. If you want to see Tom on stage, or another ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Tamir Rosenblum

by Kristin Karaoglu, November 21, 2012 | Comments

	No. 1 mistake: Overbuilding the product Today's Entrepreneur is Tamir Rosenblum, co-founder and CEO of Blenture Software. According to his VEQ, Tamir is a thought leadership and is good at product management and project development. (Blenture Software is one of the promising startups competing to be one of the top 10 finalists to present on stage at Vator Splash NY in December. If you want to ...
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Today's Entrepreneur: Stefan Nguyen

by Kristin Karaoglu, November 16, 2012 | Comments

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No. 1 mistake: Not calibrating the ideas to the market

Today's Entrepreneur is Stefan Nguyen, CEO of Xfluential. According to his VEQ, Stefan is a thought leader and is good at product management and thecnology 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 as bits and pieces ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Kevin Cimring

by Kristin Karaoglu, November 12, 2012 | Comments

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No. 1 mistake: Not having a sufficient market research and planning

Today's Entrepreneur is Kevin Cimring, CEO of Jemstep. Jemstep is a free online investment service that takes the complexity out of making investment decisions by using technology to evaluate and identify your best options, helping you achieve success and reach your financial goals. According to his VEQ, Kevin is good at fund raising, finance management and negotiation. Vator’s community is ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Deborah Jackson

by Kristin Karaoglu, November 9, 2012 | Comments

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No. 1 mistake: Raise too much money, grow too fast, no value proposition

Today's Entrepreneur is Deborah Jackson, founder and CEO of PlumAlley and and a founder of the Women Innovate Mobile Accelerator. Deborah Jackson will join us as a speaker in Vator Splash NY event on Dec 5th. See the roster of speakers here and regisgter here. Deborah is also an angel investor, typically investing between $25,000 and $50,000 in two companies ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Vijay Nadkarni

by Kristin Karaoglu, November 5, 2012 | Comments

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No.1 mistake: Not having a solid revenue model

Today's Entrepreneur is Vijay Nadkarni, founder and CEO of Mobiplex. According to his VEQ, Vijay is good at product management, fund raising 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 as bits and pieces of ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Michael Chiang

by Kristin Karaoglu, November 2, 2012 | Comments

	No.1 mistake: Mismanaging resources Today's Entrepreneur is Michael Chiang, founder & CEO of MatchPuppy. According to his VEQ, Michael is good at marketing management, product management and technology design. (MatchPuppy is one of the promising startups competing to be one of the top 10 finalists to present on stage at Vator Splash NY in December. If you want to see Michael on stage, or ...
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Today's Entrepreneur: Jonathan Gheller

by Kristin Karaoglu, October 26, 2012 | Comments

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No.1 mistake: Underprovision cash

Today's Entrepreneur is Jonathan Gheller, founder and CEO of Storylane. Storylane helps you share and connect with the people, places, events and ideas. 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: Nicola Mattina

by Kristin Karaoglu, October 24, 2012 | Comments

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No. 1 mistake: Not looking for product market fit

Today's Entrepreneur is Nicola Mattina, co-founder of Stamplay. Stamplay is building a unique catalogue of web applications to build and manage marketing campaigns. Apps are designed and created by game and software developers and “uploaded” to the store; brands choose the application they need, customize it and run the marketing campaign. (Stamplay is one of the promising startups competing to ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Plamen Petrov

by Kristin Karaoglu, October 22, 2012 | Comments

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No. 1 mistake: Not having a detailed business plan

Today's Entrepreneur is Plamen Petrov, founder of Offerbus. Offerbus provides outstanding tools for developers to optimize their application monetization, increase user engagement, and incentivize desired user behaviors, such as recommending and sharing. (Offerbus is one of the promising startups competing to be one of the top 10 finalists to present on stage at Vator Splash NY in December. If you ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Todd Fast

by Kristin Karaoglu, October 19, 2012 | Comments

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No. 1 mistake: Not seeking enough feedback

Today's Entrepreneur is Todd Fast, co-founder and CTO of Conga. Splash SF finalist Conga discovers the social relevance between people - whom you should know, within a group, at an event, or wherever you are. Its science applies sophisticated machine learning algorithms to understand the underlying factors behind your professional relationships. I am a(n): Entrepreneur Companies I've founded or co-founded: Conga, ...

Today's Investor: Jules Maltz

by Kristin Karaoglu, October 15, 2012 | Comments

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No. 1 mistake: Not focusing

Today's Investor is Jules Maltz, a late-stage VC. He typically invests more than $2.5M to internet, mobile and saas companies. Some of his investments include BuddyMedia, Yext, Dropbox and WhaleShark. Jules will join us at Splash NY - December 5, 2012 as a speaker. Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our ...

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