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on Jul 30, 2008 - 7:14 PM PST
If you believe what the self-improvement books about goal-setting, listen to this (audio) interview. You’ll hear Rosalind Resnick talk about the different business ideas she and her partner tried before they hit on the big one — the idea that took their business from a “kitchen table startup” to a publicly-traded company on the NASDAQ.
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on Jul 29, 2008 - 7:21 PM PST
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I interviewed Gregory Galant of Venture Voice because he’s talking to and learning from some of the most successful people on the internet.
Gregory has talked to the founders of Blogger, PayPal, LinkedIn, [...]
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on Jul 25, 2008 - 5:04 PM PST
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I used to have hundreds of unread emails in my in-box. I assumed that an overwhelming in-box was the price of working at an Internet company. Then at a Creative Good [...]
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on Jul 24, 2008 - 3:38 PM PST
I recorded a phone interview with Ori Brafman this week about his new book Sway, which helps explain the seemingly-irrational decisions that people make. I have a full audio interview for you to download below, and a short video for people who don’t have time to listen to the 40+ minute conversation.
One of the things [...]
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on Jul 22, 2008 - 10:17 PM PST
Your online invitation is coming soon.
Update: Here’s the online invitation. Very few details available. ArtistForce, the event’s host, wants to surprise you. Go RSVP before it’s too late!
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on Jul 18, 2008 - 2:42 PM PST
I invited Robert Scoble to check out some of the companies that I met by hosting events on Mixergy.com. Yesterday he spent the day meeting six startups and shooting interviews with them for FastCompany.tv. Here are five observations from my time with him:
Benefits of fame – Most people couldn’t get tickets to yesterday’s sold out [...]
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on Jul 17, 2008 - 12:11 PM PST
About this post: It was written by Jason Calacanis and sent to his email list. He gave readers permission to reprint it and I think it’s helpful, so here it is. Thanks Erik and Sloane for telling me about it.
After 14 years of running and attending conferences in the technology space, I’ve learned about 20 [...]
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on Jul 16, 2008 - 4:27 PM PST
Christel, who loves her new Kindle, told me that Amazon is encouraging Kindle owners to meet offline with people who are curious about the devices.
Sometimes, Amazon realized, you have to see something in-person before you buy it.
There are times, before going to an event, when I wish we could just do it all remotely. Most [...]
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on Jul 15, 2008 - 9:20 PM PST
If you sent a VC your pitch, William Quigley told us, and you didn’t hear back, it’s not because your email was somehow lost in transit or because no one had a chance to look at it. VCs look at everything. You didn’t get a response because your pitch wasn’t compelling enough.
That’s the kind [...]
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on Jul 14, 2008 - 12:46 PM PST
Sarah Lacy came as a guest to an event that I did at Mixergy. So I interviewed her for Tech Zulu about her new book, Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good. Here’s Tech Zulu’s video:
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on Jul 10, 2008 - 2:24 PM PST
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When I worked on the Mixergy Traffic Forum, I posted to Twitter and Facebook that tickets [...]
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on Jul 9, 2008 - 3:19 PM PST
Here’s a *raw* video of my interview with Sarah Lacy from last night’s Mixergy Drinks 2.0 event. It was shot by a guest on a little camera, while Tech Zulu filmed using their professional equipment. The audio and video on this version are pretty bad. When Tech Zulu posts the official version, I’ll add it [...]
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