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March 2010

Board of Directors — My Secret to Getting Things Done

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by Eric | Mar 31, 2010, 7:29am EST

Board of Directors –I’ve worked as the CEO with some of the worlds best board members including John Doerr, Ram Shriram and Ray Lane.  In late February I penned an article about how to create a board entitled “CEO Guide to Creating An Effective Board of Directors.”  The piece discussed the various considerations a leader [...]

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Pr Plan Done in 5 Easy Steps

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by Eric | Mar 30, 2010, 4:19am EST

PR or Public Relations has been at the forefront of marketing success since the beginning of business. In many ways, the very influence of social media is to take what was in the past a manufactured process and make it main stream. Having thousands or millions of customers trumpeting your companies virtues is invaluable. Still, [...]

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Are Business Plans a Waste of Time?

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by Eric | Mar 26, 2010, 10:50am EST

Business plan production seems to always create more questions than one could possibly answer.  The first of those questions should involve the very decision to create one.  Rosalind Resnick weighs in on the issue, and as much as I’d like to say I disagree with her findings, I do not.  I feel it far more [...]

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The Founder Institute – A Graduate’s Firsthand Account

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by Cameron | Mar 17, 2010, 6:15am EST

A few weeks ago we were contacted by Chirag Pancholi, a Roach Post follower and fellow tech entrepreneur. One of the things Chirag mentioned in his email to us was that his company (which is currently in stealth mode) had gone through the Founder Institute program. In fact, they were a member of the inaugural [...]

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Awesome Startup Offer? Here’s the Right Way to Change Jobs

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by Eric | Mar 14, 2010, 5:58am EST

Just got that awesome startup job offer?  Now what?  Changing a job is one of the most strategic, career altering experiences one can have.  Clearly there are right ways to do it, and conversely, some really horrendous ways.  One time in my life I left a job and actually spoke very candidly as to why. [...]

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Meeting a Venture Capitalist Takes Persistence

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by Eric | Mar 9, 2010, 8:24am EST

Turns out that getting a meeting with a Venture Capitalist is not that  different than what my father told me long ago about getting a sales job.  One summer when I was working at his brokerage office, I asked how he went about hiring new brokers.  As I recall, here is what he said: 1) [...]

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