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The Perils of Founder Fighting

Both Sides of the Table

At a young age I watched her open a bakery, which in the early 80′s was ahead of its time in serving croissants, gourmet coffee and high-end, homemade cakes, cheesecakes and french pastries for our small town of Sacramento, California (Carmichael, if you know the area). She started it with a partner, 50-50. I see it all the time.

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How DogVacay Literally Saved my Thanksgiving

Both Sides of the Table

And there are a ton of dog sitters in Sacramento so I’m sure we’ll be able to help.” In this case somebody named Todd Adamson. He was relaxed and told me, “Don’t worry, Mark. Killina will take care of you. That’s what she’s there for – we love situations like this. ” Booked it.

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New Year, New & Improved NextView Accelerator

View from Seed

We wholeheartedly believe in the potential of each company we select; the smaller batch size allows the NextView partners, who possess deep operating and founding experiences at companies like LinkedIn, PayPal, eBay, and Blue Apron, the space to spend meaningful one-on-one time with each founder every single week. This is true.

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The Secret Sauce For Smarter Marketing Execution

Duct Tape Marketing

Clare Price (07:24): And that's why one of the things that I'm doing with is developing what I call a ecosystem of right partners. We've worked really out the team and I'm really looking for preferred partners that, and some are already listed on my website that can be part of this ecosystem. And it was great until 2009 came along. (18:57):

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

She was president of the UJA in Sacramento – the United Jewish Appeal. Then she opened a bakery and a second bakery and then a restaurant – in Sacramento. You’re two guys in a garage, two guys across campus trying to make a name for yourself. My mom was an entrepreneur – she was kind of my inspiration for entrepreneurship.

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Putting Tom Perkins Comments into Context

Both Sides of the Table

He just had his Mitt Romney moment and his name will forever be etched in the collective consciousness of the tech community for this terribly insensitive and tone deaf letter to the Wall Street Journal. The venture capital firm that bears his name. “Maybe it’s time for KP to shorten its name to K? Kleiner Perkins.

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15 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. Our name came from very humble origins. Not knowing anyone’s name I naturally waved to everyone that walked or drove by.

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