October 1, 2012
Today's Entrepreneur: Robert Rodrigues
No. 1 mistake: Thinking you know what your customer wants
Today's Entrepreneur is Robert Rodrigues, CEO of SquaredOut. SquaredOut leverages the power of social media and online calendaring to create an event-broadcasting community. Event creators can publish an event and have it appear in an array of locations & formats. Their audience can view and share these events using the portal, device and social network of their choice.
According to his VEQ, Robert is good at project development, sales execution and team motivation.
SquaredOut is competing in the Splash SF startup competition. Check out who's competing, and vote for your favorite or enter to compete.
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Entrepreneur
Companies I've founded or co-founded:
MemoryJAR, New Horizon Ventures,
Startups I worked for:
Nuii, StudyBuddy
If you are an entrepreneur, why?
I want to invent something cool.
My favorite startups:
Quora, Spotify,
What's most frustrating and rewarding about entrepreneurship/innovation?
Frustrating: Making no money, not knowing exactly what the right decision is, trying to stay ahead of the curve, long, long, long, long hours!!!!,
Rewarding: Independence, satisfaction of making nothing into something, sense of accomplishment, building something special, legacy, not knowing what the right decision is but trusting your intuition and team
What's the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs make?
Thinking you know what your customer wants, giving up too soon, trying to do too much at once (trying to be everything to everyone),
What are the top three lessons you've learned as an entrepreneur?
1. Don't spread yourself too thin, focus on your core competencies
2. Trust your gut and your team
3. Be adaptable, don't be married to your idea, accept change
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Woman of many skills: Database System Engineer; SplashX event producer; Author of Startup Teams
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SquaredOut
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For Consumers: SquaredO is a calendar based social network that integrates the power of social media with users day-to-day agenda - uniting their plans, friends, and interests all in one place.
For Businesses: SquaredOut harnesses the power of social media and online calendaring to create an event-broadcasting infrastructure with unprecedented reach. Leveraging a multiplatform approach, event creators can publish an event once and have it appear simultaneously in an array of locations and formats. Their audience can view and share these events using the portal, device and social network of their choice.
Robert Rodrigues
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Passion in creating businesses including a multimillion-dollar SaaS start up, a supplement company, and a nationwide nonprofit organization, still serving as the Executive Director.Related News
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