Tag Archives: Entrepreneur

Belated Notes on the April 2010 NYTechmeetup

By Shana | Published: April 21, 2010
Image via Wikipedia So why is this so late, you may ask? I didn’t go to the NY Tech Meetup, it was last day of Passover, which in Orthodox circles is kept as Yom Tov.  I stayed at home and took a much needed chill break, considering I’m applying for jobs, blogging, commenting, and handing [...]
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It appears that Business Schools need a Liberal Arts Curriculum

By Shana | Published: August 24, 2009
Image via Wikipedia So this week Fred Wilson‘s a post went up about which books entrepreneurs should read.  The comments are now being turned into a wiki. The original post was in response the following question “What should a budding Entrepreneur Read?” by a regular reader, which inspired the writing of post.  A well thought [...]
Posted in Business, Ideas, Knowledge, Responding, Starting Out | Also tagged , , , , , | 55 Comments

Aggregators, The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly

By Shana | Published: August 16, 2009
Image by Dead Air via Flickr Another post that is imperative to write about. *sigh* I hate feeling like I can’t keep a good idea a secret.  I feel bad that this company didn’t realize a good idea in their own product when it was staring them in the face. So when I was at [...]
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The Atypical Customer-Venture Capitalists

By Shana | Published: July 7, 2009
I follow Fred Wilson‘s blog, avc.com, regularly.  It is my must read every day, alongside some sort of news, if I can get it. Both the posts and the comment section are worth it. Under the post, “The VC’s Customers (Continued),” there is a comment by Chance Barnett, who writes: That entrepreneurs are the VC’s [...]
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Great Art is Stealing

By Shana | Published: July 6, 2009
Image via Wikipedia Why is it that the most successful work out there seem to be refinements of what already is? It seems mysteriously difficult to come up with something unique. Defining ones uniqueness in a market of competitors is among the most difficult tasks placed on anyone who is an entrepreneur.  It doesn’t matter [...]
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