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16 years ago @ Venture Level - Where To Start A Startup? · 0 replies · +1 points

Should work now!

17 years ago @ Venture Level - Your Business Card · 0 replies · +1 points

You definitely can have an effective business card under $4 per card. But business cards are important, especially at conferences when everyone is giving/getting hundreds...and if they want to stick out from the rest of the crowd.

17 years ago @ Venture Level - Your Business Card · 0 replies · +1 points

Nope, not kidding. I don't think that anyone needs to put a ton of money into their business cards, but at the same time they need to make it different so it stands out. Imagine getting a few hundred business cards at conferences, people only save the ones that are the ones that stand out.

On another note, the video also shows a good point where he "tells what he does," and not just his title." So his business has to have value.

17 years ago @ Venture Level - Can An Entrepreneur Ta... · 0 replies · +1 points

There will always be companies trying to reinvent what has already been invented, but I would say there are probably 1 in every 10 that are doing something different, so those are the ones that will probably succeed with their venture...but that's just my opinion.

17 years ago @ Venture Level - My Friends Have Deep P... · 0 replies · +2 points

To be honest. Most people think like that. Even if they look like they are interested, they are still thinking about what is in it for them.

I always say everyone should be open minded when networking, but make the people that you can really work with and succeed with, your closer friends.

17 years ago @ Venture Level - My Lawyer, My Banker, ... · 0 replies · +1 points

Sounds like your father taught you some really valuable lessons. Great to hear his story. I've learned a lot from my father also. As far as education, I think that people learn 2%-if that- from school. Everything else is "self-education" - where people have taken the initiation and found the information they should teach themselves. And that education is what counts. I've spent time with countless companies, where some recent graduated MBA student is telling me how to run my business...sometimes they have good thoughts, but no experience.

17 years ago @ Venture Level - My Friends Have Deep P... · 0 replies · +1 points

I'm just referring to friends. Not so much general networking. I've stated many times previously that you need to hear out everyone's thoughts.

Read this: http://www.venturelevel.com/2009/04/from-clean-up...

17 years ago @ Venture Level - My Friends Have Deep P... · 1 reply · +1 points

Philip,

Thanks for writing.

I definitely agree that it is necessary to network within your industry. But I stress the point that people should start networking outside of their own industries, referring to their 'comfort' level. Both are important.

As far as being a soldier or having someone else be your soldier, I think that in a friendship which leads to business, is more in the lines of two generals working together. The example above states that one of my friends could be a physician and I could be good at something else. Putting our knowledge together provides the best of both worlds and we can both invest capital equally- or close to it.

The overall message I want to portray by this post is that people who I network with who become close friends, are the most valuable contacts I have. And having diversity in those contacts is also important.

I totally get what you are saying also and you have extremely valid points. However, I think you are referring to just contacts who you do business with, instead of close friends...who are your friends first and your business partners second. Because honestly, friends would spread the word in the community regardless, since they know you well enough- to refer you to other successful people.

17 years ago @ Venture Level - Marketing Mindset · 0 replies · +1 points

Simple ideas are good- most of the time, but there are also complex ideas that prosper. I would definitely agree with you though, it is all about how they catch on and are viewed in the consumers eyes.

17 years ago @ Venture Level - Passion Outstands Desire · 0 replies · +1 points

I would say that he was passionate about the oil industry- or at least his company because he did run it until he retired. I wouldn't disagree that people enter an industry for desire and end up being passionate about it- that can happen.

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