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What Happened When We Killed Timekeeping and Attendance
One of the great perks of being an entrepreneur is having complete control over time. From the time we founded STORM, Pao and I have always worked with a completely flexible schedule. Actual sms...
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Listening Is The New Reading
I rarely have time to read books anymore. I used to accumulate sizeable bills on my Kindle doing a book a week, now I don’t even remember the last book I read in print form. My babies, both actual and...
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Introducing Thursdays Unplugged – And Why I’m Limiting It to 4 People
While I like organizing events like Startups Unplugged or Open Coffee, where I really get my kick is when I go on one-on-one coffee-talks. In the bigger events or in some of the speaking events I’ve...
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The ONE book you need to read this year
I’m a big fan of Reid Hoffman, Linkedin Founder and Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist. When he released Startup of You, a few years ago, I gobbled it up and came away quite impressed. He recently...
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Nine Book Reviews for the First Half of 2013
Haven’t done a book review in awhile! I have plowed through more than a couple of good books (and some meh ones) over the course of the last few months. Here’s are some quick recommendations: 1. The...
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July 2013 Open Coffee Postscript
JGL’s July Open Coffee There was a moment during the actual pitching proper last Saturday’s Open Coffee event that I looked at Matt and AR of JGL and said, “I love this…I love it!” It was one of the...
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Why TURBO is (surprisingly) the most entrepreneurial movie you’ll see in years
The most entrepreneurial animated film you’ll ever see! I watched TURBO last night with my family. The wifey liked it. The kids LOVED it. Unbeknownst to them, I was loving it a little more than I...
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5 Must-ask Questions for Your Co-Founder Interviews
If you’ve been reading this blog for awhile now, you already know how much emphasis I put at the process of finding the right partner. Actually, wrong partner selection is THE single reason I’ve failed...
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COME AND JOIN JGL’S JUNE OPEN COFFEE ON THE 22ND!
WHAT: OPEN COFFEE (JUNE EDITION) WHEN: June 22, 2013 9:30 am WHERE: 47 East Compound, 47 Esteban Abada Street, Loyola Heights, QC (Right in front of the MCDC school) It’s that time of the month again!...
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How To Assemble Your Startup Entourage
(the following is a guest post by multi-awarded entrepreneur Maoi Arroyo) As a junkie of all things startup, I’ve always loved shows like Bloomberg’s TechStars. Whichever season you watch, these...
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Last Two Days for Early Bird Rates for Pitchcraft!
Hey people! At midnight tomorrow, May 15, the early bird rate for Pitchcraft: How To Develop a Killer Pitch for Raising Capital and Recruiting will expire. For the content it provides (great speakers,...
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How to take your consulting/freelancing gig to the next level
I know quite a number of freelancers and consultants, engaged in a variety of services: design, HR Consulting, programming, writing, training, fitness, and so on. These guys are cool - they are able...
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Is There a Superman Your Clark Kent Can Become?
In this early 2005 interview with Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook founder described Facebook as: “I mean, I just really want to see everyone focus on college and make a really cool college directory...
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JGL OPEN COFFEE AT 47 EAST
It’s OPEN COFFEE TIME again this March 23, 930 am at the 47 East Facility at Loyola Heights. We’re inviting all startup-minded folk – veterans, startup newbies, and especially those who wish to take...
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Startups Unplugged. Wow.
In a lot of ways, it was like launching a startup. The concept (sorta-kinda-like group speed dating) had never been done before and it was either going to be AMAZING or a complete, fiery DISASTER. No...
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The Starstruck Guide to Startups Unplugged
I’m starstruck. Looking at our line-up for Saturday, I am humbled, excited, giddy, honored, and super-thankful all at the same time. I cannot over-emphasize the fact: Saturday will be a TREMENDOUS...
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JGL@THEBOBBERY PODCAST IS OUT!
I had a grand time chatting up a storm with Franky and Jay at theBobberycast last night! With a Battlestar Galactica backdrop, we talked about Juan Great Leap, the role of the academe in the startup...
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Only 100 Seats Left For STARTUPS UNPLUGGED, Register NOW!
100 Seats Remaining With eight days left till the March 2 event, only around 1oo seats remain. From experience, these seats tend to get gobbled up fast a few days before the actual event – so we...
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Juan Great Leap Presents: Startups Unplugged – Get Personal With 20 Awesome...
On March 2, we’re having a MAMMOTH Juan Great Leap event! We’ve invited a who’s who of 20 young startup movers and shakers across a variety of industries. Our objective? We want you to be able to learn...
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Are You an Entrepreneur? Check Out Homegrown.ph Now!
I’ve written a couple of times recently that the amount of startup support that has locally sprouted over the course of just the last 12 months has been amazing. One recent development has been the...
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