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Lessons Learned as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Sachin Rekhi

As many of you know, I spent the better half of 2009 as an Entrepreneur -in- Residence at Trinity Ventures. I thought I would take a moment to share some of the most compelling lessons I learned during my Entrepreneurship-in-Residence. Evaluating Opportunities. Why Hasn't it Existed Before. Disrupt Incumbents.

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Growth is a system, not a bag of tricks – Manifesto Conference Q&A video/transcript

Andrew Chen

We talked about growth, what I has learned from trying different tactics, and how to evaluate the success of growth initiatives. (By By the way, SC Moatti , the co-producer of Manifesto, also a tech entrepreneur and ex-Facebook PM, is writing a book on the business mobile called Mobilized. How Did You Get Started?

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Most startups don’t starve, they drown. Here is why, and how to survive.

The Product Coalition

It was 2010 when I watched the online stream of the Startup Lessons Learned conference, initiated by Eric Ries. Here is why, and how to survive. I went with the cofounder of my first startup, which we used as our own “industry project” for our masters, and a couple of other students to Birmingham.

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Lessons Learned from Connected

Sachin Rekhi

As it’s been over a year since the acquisition of Connected by LinkedIn , I thought I’d take a moment to reflect on the most important lessons I learned as a founder of Connected. The importance of complementary skills amongst founders. People will pay for valuable software. Setup your acquisition dashboard as soon as you launch.

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Silicon Valley network effects, OKRs for your personal life, and more: Podcast Q&A with Product Hunt

Andrew Chen

We talk about you can use them to help manage your exercise, social life and relationship with your SO. Of course, we also chat about some of our favorite products, including an app that lets you pop in to a luxury hotel for a few hours to shower or have a nap, a super cool way to greet visitors to your office, and a new app for emailing yourself.

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Venture capitalist Harry Stebbings on getting into venture

Intercom, Inc.

He read everything he could on VCs and, as an 18-year-old, started The Twenty Minute VC , a podcast that has, for the past eight years, picked the brain of over 200 of the world’s leading venture capitalists and startup founders and has been downloaded over 100 million times. Now, we’re going the other way around. Distribution is key.

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Silicon Valley network effects, OKRs for your personal life, and more: Podcast Q&A with Product Hunt

Andrew Chen

We talk about you can use them to help manage your exercise, social life and relationship with your SO. Of course, we also chat about some of our favorite products, including an app that lets you pop in to a luxury hotel for a few hours to shower or have a nap, a super cool way to greet visitors to your office, and a new app for emailing yourself.