187: Fighting Global Poverty by Breaking Entrepreneurial Rules, With Jacqueline Novogratz of Acumen

This is a short episode of around 20 minutes. In this episode I answer your top 5 most popular questions. As I'm hearing from so many of you in our community, I'm finding a lot of commonalities in the...

28 Jan 201526min

“What's the relationship-minded way that we can make cool stuff happen on the web?” “How do we use all these digital tools to be human at a distance?” “How do we make people feel like they're cared fo...

26 Jan 201535min

Eight years ago, Charlie Hoehn had no job. He submitted application after application to no avail. Only two companies offered him employment. His choices? “Back-breaking labor and a pyramid scheme,” h...

20 Jan 201547min

Meet Kevin and Julia Hartz. In 2003, Kevin and Julia were sat next to each other at the Santa Barbara wedding of mutual friends. They hit it off, and the rest, as they say, is history. In 2006, they c...

16 Jan 201553min

Forget social media. When it comes to marketing techniques, newer isn’t always better, according to marketing wunderkind Derek Halpern.    You just started your blog. And now you’re ready to set the f...

13 Jan 201545min

Forget everything you know, and everything you think you know, about starting a startup. If Andy Sheats' success with health.com.au tells us anything — and let's be clear, when you're bringing in $100...

8 Jan 201549min

AJ Leon walks backs to his corner office on the 28th floor. He closes the door behind him and walks past his $8,200 mahogany desk to his window. He surveys the stark Manhattan skyline in the winter mo...

6 Jan 201557min

This is a story not to be missed.   So often in the startup world, we only hear about the successes, the acquisitions, and how much money this person is making.   But how about the real story of entre...

4 Jan 201548min