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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 ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Tim Roberts

by Kristin Karaoglu, October 12, 2012 | Comments

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No. 1 mistake: Trying to launch with a bucketful of features

Today's entrepreneur is Tim Roberts, VP, Interactive & Design of Fitbit. According to his VEQ Tim is a thought leader and is good at team motivation and product management. Tim joined us at Vator Spark gamification conference: Get Game. Watch the panel he attended here: How startups can gain from gamification best practices Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Noah Tutak

by Kristin Karaoglu, October 10, 2012 | Comments

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No. 1 mistake: Voluntarily giving up before they fail

Today's Entrepreneur is Noah Tutak, CEO of Geni. According to his VEQ, Noah is a thought leader and is good at product management and technology development. 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: Debbie Levitt

by Kristin Karaoglu, October 8, 2012 | Comments

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No. 1 mistake: Asking users the wrong questions or leading questions

Today's Entrepreneur is Debbie Levitt, founder of CheckInOn.Me. According to her VEQ, Debbie 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 of ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Harold Simansky

by Kristin Karaoglu, October 5, 2012 | Comments

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No. 1 mistake: Not getting paying customers fast enough

Today's Entrepreneur is Harold Simansky, CEO of 360Chestnut. According to his VEQ, Harold is a thought leader and is good atteam motivation and networking. 360Chestnut is a no-cost, trusted source where consumers learn what to do to make their homes more healthy, energy efficient & comfortable. (360Chestnut is one of the promising startups competing to be one of the top ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Henry Kim

by Kristin Karaoglu, October 3, 2012 | Comments

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No. 1 mistake: Focus on the things that are going to "make" your business

Today's Entrepreneur is Henry Kim, co-founder of sneakpeeq. Sneakpeeq is a new social shopping app on Facebook that brings the benefits of the in-store shopping experience online for both consumers and retailers. 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, ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Jeremy Allaire

by Kristin Karaoglu, October 1, 2012 | Comments

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No. 1 mistake: Thinking they know all the answers

Today's Entrepreneur is Jeremy Allaire, founder, chairman and CEO of Brightcove. According to his VEQ Jeremy is a thought leader and is good at thecnology design and sales management. Jeremy will give a keynote at Vator Splash NY on Dec 5, 2012. Click here to register. Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Crick Waters

by Kristin Karaoglu, September 28, 2012 | Comments

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No. 1 mistake: Keep on networking

Today's Entrepreneur is Crick Waters, CEO of Conga. According to his VEQ, Crick is a thought leader and is good at networking and fund raising. Conga was one of the companies presenting in Vator Splash SF. 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 ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Ken Zi Wang

by Kristin Karaoglu, September 26, 2012 | Comments

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No. 1 mistake: Giving up too early, along with not listening

Today's Entrepreneur is Ken Zi Wang, CEO and founder of Fandrop. Fandrop gives people the ability to capture the best part of their web browsing experience and share to any network. Any fragments (videos, maps, flash games, images, articles...) of a page can be saved and shared at ease, while preserving their original functionalities. Ken will be competing at Vator ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Michelle Norgan

by Kristin Karaoglu, September 21, 2012 | Comments

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No. 1 mistake: Trying to get it right the first time around

Today's Entrepreneur is Michelle Norgan, co-founder and CPO of Kismet. According to her VEQ, Michelle is good at product management, thecnology design and marketing management. (Kismet is one of the top 10 promising startups competing to be the winner at Vator Splash competition. If you want to see them on stage, register to Vator Splash SF here.) Vator’s community is ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Herry Lian

by Kristin Karaoglu, September 19, 2012 | Comments

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No. 1 mistake: Giving up too early

Today's Entrepreneur is Herry Lian, co-founder of Contur. According to his VEQ, Herry is good at product management, networking and finance management. 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 journey. These ...

Today's Investor: Tracy Isacke

by Kristin Karaoglu, September 17, 2012 | Comments

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No. 1 mistake: Explaining a proposition in technical speak without talking about the problem

Today's Investor is Tracy Isacke, Tracy is the Director of Investments and Business Development at Telefonica. Telefonica is one of the world leaders integrated operator in the telecommunication sector, providing communication, information and entertainment solutions, with presence in Europe and Latin America. Tracy's role is finding new investment opportunities for Telefonica Digital where they have operations in 25 countries and ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Jesse Friedman

by Kristin Karaoglu, September 14, 2012 | Comments

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Having an idea is not enough, being able to design is not enough

Today's Entrepreneur is Jesse Friedman, founder of Diggsy.com. According to his VEQ Jesse is good at technology design, marketing management and product management. 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: Gregory Gordon

by Kristin Karaoglu, September 12, 2012 | Comments

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No. 1 mistake: Making decisions based on your gut and not qualified data

Today's Entrepreneur is Gregory Gordon, CEO of Pyramind Online. According to his VEQ, Gregory is good at networking, negotiating 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 journey. ...

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