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The Vator Splash LA (May) finalists
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Four tests to test for a good startup idea
Everyone has a few ideas for a startup company. But how do you know if this is the Read More
I recently caught up with Mitch Lowe, one of the founders of Greenstart, a new cleantech accelerator that Read More
In about 10 days, we’ll be holding our inaugural Splash LA, an evening event that will be held Read More
Failure gets a bad rap. It is actually an important element of success. When I speak at conferences Read More
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YouGoSocial-the all-in-one social site
YouGoSocial reminds you of several Social Networking sites. It has Facebook features like ‘Send a Friend’ request, Twitter-like Read More
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Karen Appleton – “Explore Many Channels”
Karen Appleton is the Vice President of Business Development at Box.net as well as a contributor for the Read More
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Final Presentations – The Lean LaunchPad
The Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment in a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. This last post Read More
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Competition – the pros and cons
Today on MBA Mondays, we are going to talk about competition. For most businesses, competition is a given. Read More
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Kids and startups: nothing a mom can’t handle
Happy Mother’s Day! At Vator, we like to highlight the awesomeness of entrepreneurs, those fascinating and unique human Read More
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Guy Kawasaki: Get it out there & enchant
For Guy Kawasaki, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist, co-founder of Alltop.com and author of the recent New York Read More
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Tips for entrepreneurs: Jim Pitkow
Jim Pitkow is the Co-Founder and CEO of Attributor, a company that provides the world’s first Web-wide monitoring Read More
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The Lean LaunchPad – class 7: Revenue model
The Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment in a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. With one week Read More
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Today’s Investor: Neal Hansch
Today’s Investor is Neal Hansch, a partner at Rustic Canyon Partners. Neal, who got the entrepreneurial bug early Read More
There has been an emergence of a shadow venture system over the past several years as the sources Read More