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Hidden Knowledge: Chess & Tech

Posted by davidblerner on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @01:34PM
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http://www.davelerner.com/david_b_lerner/2013/08/chess_tech_hidden_knowledge.html

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When in startup hell, keep walking

Posted by davidblerner on Friday July 05, 2013 @03:57PM
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http://www.davidblerner.com/david_b_lerner/2010/03/when-in-startup-hell-keep-walking-1.html

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Be A Fuckin' Pro

Posted by davidblerner on Wednesday June 26, 2013 @06:10PM
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http://www.davidblerner.com/david_b_lerner/2013/06/be-a-f-in-pro.html

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What's this mythical "painpoint" in market anyway?

Posted by davidblerner on Friday February 08, 2013 @11:26AM
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http://www.davidblerner.com/david_b_lerner/2013/02/what-is-a-pain-point-in-the-market.html

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How a Harvard Dropout Raised $24 Million in a Recession [video]

Posted by davidblerner on Tuesday November 22, 2011 @09:01PM
from the mashable.com dept.

http://mashable.com/2011/11/22/learnvest-ceo-video/

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On getting product-market fit: My talk w/ Sachin Kamdar CEO of Parse.ly

Posted by davidblerner on Wednesday November 16, 2011 @09:41AM
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http://www.davidblerner.com/david_b_lerner/2011/11/venture-studio-27-sachin-kamdar-ceo-parsely.html

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Student Entrepreneurship Series cont'd

Posted by davidblerner on Sunday November 06, 2011 @09:45PM
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http://www.davidblerner.com/david_b_lerner/2011/11/what-every-student-entrepreneur-needs-to-know-4-social-media.html

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On Learning from Entrepreneurs: John Frankel, Partner ff Venture Capital

Posted by davidblerner on Tuesday October 25, 2011 @12:44PM
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http://www.davidblerner.com/david_b_lerner/2011/10/venture-studio-26-john-frankel-founding-partner-ff-venture-capital.html

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What Every Student Entrepreneur Needs to Know to Succeed (3) Know Something

Posted by davidblerner on Tuesday October 18, 2011 @10:30PM
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http://www.davidblerner.com/david_b_lerner/2011/10/what-every-student-entrepreneur-needs-to-know-to-succeed-3-know-something.html

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What Every Student Entrepreneur Needs to Know to Succeed (2) Get Connected

Posted by davidblerner on Thursday October 13, 2011 @09:44PM
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http://www.davidblerner.com/david_b_lerner/2011/10/what-every-student-entrepreneur-needs-to-know-to-succeed-2-get-connected.html

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What Every Student Entrepreneur Needs to Know to Succeed (1) Just Win, Baby

Posted by davidblerner on Sunday October 09, 2011 @07:57PM
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http://www.davidblerner.com/david_b_lerner/2011/10/what-every-student-entrepreneur-needs-to-do-to-succeed.html

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Neil Capel, hacker/entrepreneur on building Sailthru

Posted by davidblerner on Sunday October 09, 2011 @12:06PM
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http://www.davidblerner.com/david_b_lerner/2011/09/venture-studio-23-neil-capel-ceo-of-sailtrhu.html

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Voxy's CEO on his approach to language learning

Posted by davidblerner on Sunday October 09, 2011 @12:01PM
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http://www.davidblerner.com/david_b_lerner/2011/10/venture-studio-24-paul-gollash-ceo-of-voxy.html

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Neil Capel, CEO Sailthru: "You need to go full force"

Posted by davidblerner on Monday September 26, 2011 @10:55AM
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http://www.davidblerner.com/david_b_lerner/2011/09/venture-studio-23-neil-capel-ceo-of-sailtrhu.html

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So, You Think You Have to Deal With A**holes? Think Again

Posted by davidblerner on Wednesday July 20, 2011 @04:03PM
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http://www.davidblerner.com/david_b_lerner/2011/07/so-you-think-you-have-to-deal-with-assholes-think-again.html

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AOL Ventures' Mike Brown: What we're looking for

Posted by davidblerner on Thursday July 14, 2011 @12:16PM
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http://www.davidblerner.com/david_b_lerner/2011/07/venture-studio-18-mike-brown-jr-partner-founder-aol-ventures.html

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On Teeing-Up Your 4th Startup w/your 3rd.. CEO RedRover on VentureStudio

Posted by davidblerner on Tuesday June 21, 2011 @04:21PM
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http://www.davidblerner.com/david_b_lerner/2011/06/venture-studio-17-kevin-prentiss-ceo-redrover.html

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Arrington Channels Colonel Kurtz & Says of his Detractors: "#&$% Them All"

Posted by davidblerner on Tuesday June 07, 2011 @09:55AM
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http://www.davidblerner.com/david_b_lerner/2011/06/arrington-in-kurtz-redux-them-all.html

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Jordy Leiser, CEO STELLAService on Steve Nash's investment & his biz model

Posted by davidblerner on Tuesday April 05, 2011 @09:35AM
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http://www.davidblerner.com/david_b_lerner/2011/04/venture-studio-7-jordy-leiser-ceo-stella-service.html

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Why Lean Startup Machine's Trevor Owens left NYU to launch 2 startups

Posted by davidblerner on Tuesday March 29, 2011 @10:15AM
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http://www.davidblerner.com/david_b_lerner/2011/03/venture-studio-6-trevor-owens-entrepreneur-super-connector.html

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HackNY's Evan Korth on student hackers, startups & mentorship

Posted by davidblerner on Monday March 28, 2011 @09:22AM
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http://www.davidblerner.com/david_b_lerner/2011/02/venture-studio-2-professor-evan-korth-of-hackny-.html

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Vinny Vacanti (Part II) on "Traction is King", learning to code, and more

Posted by davidblerner on Tuesday March 22, 2011 @08:48AM
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http://www.davidblerner.com/david_b_lerner/2011/03/venture-studio-5-vinicius-vacanti-ceo-of-yipit-part-ii.html

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Re:CEO of Yipit on how he learned to code & changed the trajectory of ... on Wednesday March 16, 2011 @06:31PM (#2334253)

yup, one of the best blogs for a tech entrepreneur out there...

CEO of Yipit on how he learned to code & changed the trajectory of Yipit

Posted by davidblerner on Wednesday March 16, 2011 @08:29AM
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http://www.davidblerner.com/david_b_lerner/2011/03/venture-studio-4-vinicius-vacanti-ceo-of-yipit-part-1.html

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Angry Birds raise $42M?

Posted by davidblerner on Thursday March 10, 2011 @08:06AM
from the gigaom.com dept.

http://gigaom.com/2011/03/10/skype-founder-others-invest-42-million-in-angry-birds/

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What the heck is a venture bank? My convo w/ Mark Loranger

Posted by davidblerner on Wednesday March 09, 2011 @10:21PM
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http://www.davidblerner.com/david_b_lerner/2011/03/venture-studio-3-mark-loranger-of-square-one-bank.html

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Primate Makes Daring Escape From Cage, Becomes Entrepreneur: Society Uneasy

Posted by davidblerner on Thursday March 03, 2011 @09:26AM
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http://www.davidblerner.com/david_b_lerner/2011/03/entrepreneur-makes-daring-escape-officials-still-baffled.html

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My Conversation on Venture Studio w/ Prof. Evan Korth of HackNY

Posted by davidblerner on Tuesday March 01, 2011 @07:48AM
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http://www.davidblerner.com/david_b_lerner/2011/02/venture-studio-2-professor-evan-korth-of-hackny-.html

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Re:Ask HN: Startup scene in Washington D.C/Northern VA. Does it exist? on Saturday February 26, 2011 @06:44PM (#2266862)

there are a bunch of venture funds there as well, Novak Biddle, NEA, Valhalla, Arpex (new), and others....

Re:Ask HN: Can someone explain the Yuri/Conway-YC Deal? on Saturday February 26, 2011 @06:43PM (#2266855)

apparently it's $150k per startup in a convertible note with no dividend and no cap... sweet deal for any entrepreneur....