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Shark Tank August 30th Episode

August 31, 2009, Angels, General Thoughts, Raising Money, Shark Tank, Venture Capital
http://www.schoolforstartups.com/shark-tank-august-30th-episode/

Welcome to another Shark Tank recap!  These week’s show had some big winners and some big losers……  And we saw Barbara Corcoran’s soft side.  Final count of “You are dead to me!” outbursts this episode, 4 – and 1 “then I kill you!” The first contestant was immigrant from Ghana, Kwame Kuadey who started Gift [...]

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Congrats to Stephanie and Erik

August 30, 2009, General Thoughts
http://www.schoolforstartups.com/congrats-to-stephanie-and-erik/

Team member Erik Rostad married Stephanie Staples today in a beautiful ceremony.  Congrats to Erik and our condolences to Stephanie!   Best

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Help the Entrepreneur!

August 27, 2009, Entrepreneurship Stories
http://www.schoolforstartups.com/help-the-entrepreneur/

I had a meeting yesterday with Fred Bauerlein, a great DUI lawyer that I have known for awhile. I meet Fred (not through a DUI!) at an entrepreneur lecture series.  At the meeting he showed me the design for a product that he just had patented.  Fred is allowing me to write about it, so [...]

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Letter from Chris and Jim to summer students

August 27, 2009, General Thoughts, The Entrepreneur School
http://www.schoolforstartups.com/letter-from-chris-and-jim-to-summer-students/

Hello everyone, Sorry for not communicating sooner, but Chris and I have been busy, and lazy!  We have been working on The Entrepreneur School quite a bit and have some cool things to tell you about. First, the slide and videos.  Most of the slides are posted.  We are still reworking some of them (improving [...]

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The Entrepreneurial Dog

August 26, 2009, General Thoughts
http://www.schoolforstartups.com/the-entrepreneurial-dog/

I was driving down the road the other day and saw a sign that said, “Dog for sale $10.”  I am a huge dog lover and I was feeling a little lonely, so I decided to stop and find out about buying the dog.  I went up to the owner and said, “Can you tell [...]

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Boot Strapping or Bankruptcy?

August 25, 2009, Bootstrapping, Creativity and Ideation, Entrepreneurship Stories, General Thoughts, Raising Money, Venture Capital
http://www.schoolforstartups.com/boot-strapping-or-bankruptcy/

Entrepreneurs and Small Business owners are making a choice – bankruptcy or boot strapping.  As we all know the recession has brought forth a contraction in funding sources for the entrepreneur.  Anything from friends & family money to credit card debt to venture funding has dwindled to the point where the choices are go out [...]

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Reform the VCs?

August 25, 2009, Venture Capital
http://www.schoolforstartups.com/reform-the-vcs/

By now, I imagine that if you’ve been reading my blogs you would have figured out that I’m not a big fan of venture capitalist.  I certainly think that the Shark Tank television show is correctly named.  And, they are fun to tease, making a good target for jokes and even a little animosity.  I [...]

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Entrepreneurial Activity in the USA

August 25, 2009, Total Entrepreneurial Activity
http://www.schoolforstartups.com/entrepreneurial-activity-in-the-usa/

Current entrepreneurial trends for the United States, comparing 2007 & 2008.

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Shark Tank – August 23rd Episode

August 24, 2009, General Thoughts, Raising Money, Shark Tank, Venture Capital
http://www.schoolforstartups.com/shark-tank-august-24th/

Just finished watching this week’s installment of “Shark Tank,” and again, it should be required viewing for all entrepreneurs or people that want to escape their financial uncertainty by learning how to start a business.  First thought, I do see how the VCs could at first come across as nice, but they are rude, arrogant, and mean.  [...]

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Non-Compete Agreements

August 21, 2009, Angels, General Thoughts, Raising Money
http://www.schoolforstartups.com/non-compete-agreements/

Yesterday, I had a meeting with an ex-student of mine, someone that I would consider a friend.   We arranged to meet at a coffee shop close to where he works, since he was not able to get away for a longer meeting near me.   In other words, I drove a long way to meet with [...]

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