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  2. A lot of it has been copied by our competitors, so I think we’re doing a good job.

    Larry Page

    I tell this to entrepreneurs all the time. It doesn’t take the sting out but it is true.

    (via Fred Wilson)

  3. Don’t worry, be crappy. Revolutionary means you ship and then test… Lots of things made the first Mac in 1984 a piece of crap - but it was a revolutionary piece of crap.

    Guy Kawasaki

    (Source: wilkinsky.us)

  4. http://www.google.com/entrepreneurs/

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  5. I actually have an intern where part of their job is to track our portfolio of companies and how many times they’re mentioned in TechCrunch, because the more times a company gets mentioned in TechCrunch, the worse the company is.

    (Source: wilkinsky.us)

  6. Will today’s young startup folks abandon the city and head to the burbs?

    Today’s young professionals appreciate the benefits of cities that, if not new, have become more obvious. First, there’s a baked in economic advantage to living in dense urban areas. Second, for creative, open-minded people (like entrepreneurs) cities are drawn to the cultural and intellectual stimulation therein. Third, cities are more environmentally sustainable than suburbs, a fact younger folks tend to appreciate. [read]

    (Source: wilkinsky.us)

  7. Average student loan debt is now more than $25,000 - 34 Depressing Facts About The Job Market For College Grads

    1. 1 out of 2 college grads — about 1.5 million, or about 53.6 percent, of all bachelor’s degree holders age 25 or younger — were unemployed or underemployed in 2011

    5. Only 18 percent of American teens say they’ll be financially independent when they turn 20 — compared to 44 percent in 2011.

    14.  24 percent of young Americans aged 18 to 34 said they took an unpaid job for work experience.


    21. Credit card debt has risen 81 percent among young Americans aged 25-34 since 1989.

    22. The student loan default rate rose 31 percent over just two years.

    28. Although 92 percent of young Americans aged 21-24 said they felt entrepreneurship education was vital given the realities of the new economy and job market, more than half (56 percent) were never offered entrepreneurship classes at all.*

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  8. To allow myself to be driven by ambition alone would be the ultimate failure. I strive for happiness. Not happiness when I am sixty, but happiness now, and tomorrow, and the day after. And although ambition and happiness can coexist, I have found that the first much more readily thrives without the other.

    (Source: TechCrunch)

  9. This is the disillusionment of the entrepreneur. There is no such thing as success. It is a moving target. A mirage. By the time you attain what you thought was your wildest dream, reality has moved on and left your dreams in the dust. And the desire for success grows stronger still.

    Disillusionment of an Entrepreneur

    (Source: wilkinsky.us)

  10. Obama signs bill to boost business startups

    The bill will make it easier for companies to solicit private investors and relaxes filing requirements associated with initial public offerings.

    It also allows startup companies to engage in crowdfunding, in which investors take small stakes in companies over the Internet.