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- World Brand Lab Releases 'China's 500 Most Valuable Brands of 2021'
- India Baby Diapers Market Report 2021-2027: Market to Surpass $1 Billion
- Pam Melroy Sworn in as NASA Deputy Administrator
- JMA's 5G XRAN Shines in Department of Defense Debut
- Business opportunity with Architectural Engineering and Construction Solutions (AECS) Market in Construction & Engineering Industry
- Global Digital PCR Market (2021 to 2028) - by Technologies, Product Type, Application and End-user
- Visual Edge, Inc. Appoints Senior Vice President of Sales, U.S.
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- Charles Schwab is hiring aggressively — in Texas
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- State Employees Credit Union names new president and CEO
- Farmers National Bank CFO Carl Culp to retire
- Dallas office of national wealth management firm has big growth plans
- Hogan honors three Greater Baltimore companies for 'incredible accomplishment' of making Fortune 500
- 'Big Short' investor Michael Burry warns of an impending market crash: Losses 'the size of countries' are coming
- TA sells fintech Confluence Technologies, retains minority stake
- Charlotte-based Wyndham Capital Mortgage in growth mode as it ramps up hiring plans
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Category Archives: Commentary/Editorial
Why I Loathe Tumblr.
I loathe Tumblr. But not for the 1.1 billion reasons that you think. Sure, I’m a little professionally jealous that I’ve never had a client sell themselves for $1.1 billion. But it’s not like I had a chance to invest … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary/Editorial, Entrepreneurial Advice, Just Kidding
Tagged entrepreneurs, founder advice, founders, new venture, Tumblr, valuations, venture tips, Yahoo
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The Search for Serendipity…And Why It Matters To Your Venture
I turn 48 this week and like most people passing from one year to the next, I find myself a bit nostalgic for the way things used to be. One of the things I miss…a little at least…has gotten extremely … Continue reading
Can Humanity Be Saved From Instant Replay?
Global life is increasingly obsessed with instant replay of all types. In the pre-digital days, the extent of instant replay for use in judging actions and words by people, was largely limited to newspaper editorial pages. If enough readers read … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary/Editorial, Technology and Society
Tagged humanity, instant replay, Kevin Kelly, society, technology
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Ladies and Gentlemen…the Next President of the United States…Alexander Hamilton!
I woke up this morning from a dream which was set in the late 1700’s. I believe it was 1796, because I was presenting to an enormous room full of people and the banners hanging declared “Welcome to the Federalist … Continue reading
Even In the Beginning, Entrepreneurs Created Jobs
I’m going to get right to the point of this blog post. Sometimes, shocking information is best delivered in a no-nonsense, unapologetic manner. So, I’m just going to hit you with this right now and I just don’t want you … Continue reading
Entrepreneurial Quarks…the Elementary Particle of the American Economy
Some of you may have recently read about the Higgs boson particle and how its potentially confirmed existence would explain how anything with mass (ie, everything that exists) is built. Some of you may have also recently read about how … Continue reading
Entrepreneurship…Highway of the Future!
I’d like to suggest a new way for governments to look at seed stage technology company funding. I’d like to suggest that state governments in particular think about funding seed stage tech companies in the same way that they … Continue reading
The Secret Energy of Entrepreneurs
I disagree with those who believe that people can be trained to be entrepreneurs. Scores of scholarly pieces have been written that claim that entrepreneurs are not born, but instead are trained to be good entrepreneurs. In fact I’d say that … Continue reading
Ohhhhh. I Get It Now. You Said Valuation…I Thought You Said Value.
I am obviously slower than I thought I was. And I’m certainly slower than the capital aggregators known as Silicon Valley venture capital. They understood long before I did that early stage company investing is NOT about the value of … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary/Editorial, Innovation and the World, Seed/Venture Capital
Tagged Instagram, seed capital, Sequoia, venture, venture capital, Viddy
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Every Business is an “L” Business
Ah, the “L” word. No, not “love”. The other “L” word. You know the one…the one that puts startup founders into an internal rage. The one that signals to the founder that the person using the word finds their business … Continue reading →