Today's Entrepreneur: Stefan Nguyen

Kristin Karaoglu · November 16, 2012 · Short URL: https://vator.tv/n/2bbe

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.

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I am a(n):
Entrepreneur

Companies I've founded or co-founded:
Xfluential, Next Ignite, Xignite, Mindshare Solutions

Startups I worked for:
Xfluential, Next Ignite, Xignite, Mindshare Solutions

If you are an entrepreneur, why?
I'm bursting with ideas!

My favorite startups:
Four Square

What's most frustrating and rewarding about entrepreneurship/innovation?
Having an idea that you truly believe in. It can be an extremely lonely path, and yet exhilarating when the idea gets traction.

What's the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs make?
Naivete...not calibrating one's ideas to the market to see whether it is ahead of its time or behind the times.

What are the top three lessons you've learned as an entrepreneur?
Having confidence and faith in what I create, always remembering and forcing myself to calibrate my ideas, and then working my butt off to come through when it counts the most.

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Xfluential, LLC

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Xfluential provides a platform to assess and leverage one's social assets, an absolute essential in the online economy, from relationship management to business reviews and crowdfunding.

whisPERK, the first web-based and mobile app to build on the Xfluential social analytics platform, lets individuals and organizations engage their social networks for publicity, feedback, and fund-raising.

whisPERK is currently in Private Beta with early adopters ranging from filmmakers and writers to non-profits such as museums and film festivals.  To be part of our next Beta round, please visit our website and request an invitation.

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Stefan Nguyen

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Career started with HP and Oracle. Went on to co-found Xignite in 2000 with Stephane Dubois. Attended Columbia then started Next Ignite and recently launched first incubated company, Xfluential.