Posts Tagged ‘helping entrepreneurs succeed’

Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed: Dick Costolo

by Scott Edward Walker on May 10th, 2013

Dick Costolo

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Congrats Zuck!

by Scott Edward Walker on May 17th, 2012

To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series “Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.”  Each week, we post a short video clip of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics.

This week, in celebration of Facebook’s initial public offering tomorrow, we again present Mark Zuckerberg, an amazing, inspirational entrepreneur.  Congrats Zuck!  All the hard work and perseverance has paid-off.

Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed: Sean Parker

by Scott Edward Walker on December 21st, 2011

To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series entitled “Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.”  Each week, we share a favorite video of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics.  This week, we again present Sean Parker, a brilliant entrepreneur and visionary; the co-founder of Napster and Plaxo; and the former President of  Facebook.

In this interesting, four-minute video, Sean shares some solid advice with a couple of Indian entrepreneurs, including the importance of:

  • building “a complete team around what you’re doing”;
  • not being “stingy” with equity grants;
  • convincing investors and others that “you’re not crazy and can pull this off”; and
  • following Steve Jobs’s advice: “I’m succeeding because I have a great team.”

I hope you enjoy it.  Many thanks, Scott

 

Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed: Steve Jobs

by Scott Edward Walker on December 9th, 2011

To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series entitled “Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.”  Each week, we post a short video clip of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics.  This week, we again present Steve Jobs, arguably the greatest entrepreneur who ever lived.  Indeed, I just finished reading his biography by Walter Isaacson (which I highly recommend for all entrepreneurs), and I found this old video to share with you.  I hope you enjoy it.  Many thanks, Scott

 

Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed: Phil Libin

by Scott Edward Walker on November 23rd, 2011

To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series “Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.”  Each week, we share a favorite video clip of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics.  This week, we present Phil Libin, co-founder and CEO of Evernote, and a very intelligent and engaging entrepreneur.

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Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed: Brad Feld

by Scott Edward Walker on November 16th, 2011

To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series “Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.”  Each week, we share a favorite video clip of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics.  This week, we present Brad Feld, the managing director at Foundry Group, and a very smart investor (and indeed impressive guy).

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Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed: Joe Gebbia

by Scott Edward Walker on October 14th, 2011

To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series “Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.”  Each week, we share a favorite video of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics.  This week, we present Joe Gebbia, the Co-Founder of AirBnB.

In this very interesting 20-minute video, Joe discusses the history of AirBnB and how it was created and scaled; it’s an amazing, inspirational story.   You should also check out this extraordinary email exchange between Paul Graham (the Co-Founder of Y Combinator) and uber-VC Fred Wilson with respect to a possible investment in AirBnB.  Many thanks, Scott

Joe Gebbia: The Airbnb Story from Piers Fawkes on Vimeo.

Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed: Fred Wilson

by Scott Edward Walker on February 23rd, 2011

To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series entitled “Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.”  Each week, we post a short video of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics.  This week, we present Fred Wilson, a very smart investor and the Managing Partner of two venture capital firms, Flatiron Partners and Union Square Ventures.  In this interesting speech, Fred discusses entrepreneurship and the various structures and approaches to running your own business.  I hope you enjoy it.  Thanks, Scott