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Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed: Jeff Weiner
by Scott Edward Walker on July 5th, 2012To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series “Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week, we post a brief clip of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics. This week, we present Jeff Weiner, the CEO of LinkedIn and a very impressive leader.
In this interesting, two-minute podcast (courtesy of Bloomberg), Jeff shares some words of wisdom with respect to the role of senior leadership. I hope you enjoy it. Thanks, Scott
Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed: Reid Hoffman
by Scott Edward Walker on March 14th, 2012
To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series “Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week, we post a short video presentation or interview of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics to help entrepreneurs succeed. This week, we again present Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, a partner at Greylock and a brilliant entrepreneur.
Raising Capital? 3 Tips for Entrepreneurs (Part 3)
by Scott Edward Walker on October 20th, 2011I’ve been helping entrepreneurs raise capital as a corporate lawyer for 17+ years, and there are certain fundamental legal mistakes that I’ve seen entrepreneurs repeatedly make. Accordingly, I thought it would be helpful to share three tips for entrepreneurs in connection with raising capital. This is part three of a three-part series, which was originally published on The Huffington Post.
Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed: Reid Hoffman
by Scott Edward Walker on September 25th, 2011To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series “Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week, we post a short video presentation or interview of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics.
This week, we again present Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, a partner at Greylock and a brilliant entrepreneur (courtesy of The Wall Street Journal). In this interesting clip, Reid provides five solid tips for startups:
- focus on “network intelligence”
- understand doing “flexible persistence”
- always aim big
- pay attention to the “real dynamics of competition”
- define your unique strategy
I hope you enjoy it. Thanks, Scott
Can I Raise Funds via Facebook or LinkedIn?
by Scott Edward Walker on March 17th, 2011As a corporate lawyer for entrepreneurs, I am frequently asked: “Hey Scott, can I raise funds for my new company via Facebook or LinkedIn? I have lots of friends and connections, and I know some of them would be interested in investing.” The short answer is no (except in rare circumstances) because it would violate securities laws.
Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed: Reid Hoffman
by Scott Edward Walker on July 12th, 2010To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series entitled “Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week, we post a short video presentation or interview of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics to help entrepreneurs succeed.
This week, we present Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, a partner at Greylock and a brilliant entrepreneur (courtesy of Stanford University’s Entrepreneurship Corner). In this interesting, six-minute excerpt (from February 2007), Reid discusses certain fundamental principles of entrepreneurship, including the importance of (i) measuring your failing points as early as possible, (ii) time cycles (and luck), and (iii) taking controlled risk.
I hope you enjoy it. Thanks, Scott