Category: Entrepreneuria
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Building a Winning Team: Attracting Human and Financial Capital
Joseph Piper, Managing Partner of Integra Ventures, and Janis Machala, Managing Partner of Paladin Partners, gave a great presentation on "Building a Winning Team" at the MIT Enterprise Forum Venture Lab forum tonight. As with the last Venture Lab I attended — on the entrepreneurial passion and discipline required to "Build a Valuable Business" —…
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Entrepreneurial Passion and Discipline: Dan Rosen and Russ Stockdale @ MIT Enterprise Forum
Dan Rosen (co-founder and general partner of Frazier Technology Ventures and chair of the Alliance of Angels) and Russ Stockdale (Vice President of Marketing and Strategy for Clearsight Systems) gave a clear, concise and compelling presentation at the MIT Enterprise Forum in Seattle tonight on the importance — and necessity — for passion and discipline…
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NWEN Pub Night: Beer, Pizza and Passion
I attended my first Northwest Entrepreneur Network Pub Night at Hales Ales on Thursday. Highlights include the Red Menace Big Amber (a very hoppy ale with an interesting combination of Caramel, Carastan and a handful of Black Malts), the best pizzas I’ve had since moving away from Chicagoland, and a lineup of short, passionate and…
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Socially Responsible Investing: Making Money vs. Making Meaning
Paul Hawken, founder of the Natural Capital Institute, recently asked “Is Your Money Where Your Heart Is? (The Truth about SRI Funds)” in an Evergreen Monthly article criticizing many of the so-called "socially responsible investment" (SRI) mutual funds for a lack of standards, definitions and [social] accountability. Investors who want to put their money where…
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Entrepreneur University 2004
I attended Entrepreneur University 2004 today, a daylong workshop at the University of Washington sponsored by the Northwest Entrepreneurial Network (NWEN). Lots of interesting and inspiring presentations and discussion, much of it emphasizing the importance and value of passion and emotion in the success of a venture.