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Must Go Faster

January 3, 2018 by Eric Friedman

The only startup analogy I like to make is to the real life Tyrannosaurus Rex – a giant carnivore, awesomely represented in Jurassic Park running after Jeff Goldblum and co. In the movie, Dr. Ian Malcolm utters the semi infamous phrase “Must go faster” and I love it. For those playing at home, this line is …

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Tags: Jurassic Park, startups

On Being Positive

September 18, 2017 by Eric Friedman

At the beginning of last year I jokingly said that one of my resolutions was to try to always be positive with startups I hear about. Fast forward to a year+ later and I am still sticking with this resolution – staying positive in a sea of what can sometimes seem like endless negativity. It …

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Tags: coaching, positivity, startups

Putting out the biggest fires

April 17, 2016 by Eric Friedman

I am usually a very regimented person, and crave process and structure. Some would even say too black and white, as I need to allow for some grey areas and unknowns. I agree with this feedback and take it to heart. It wasn’t until I started to build the inside sales team at Foursquare that I …

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Tags: Sales, startups, strategy

The startup accelerator application process

December 5, 2014 by Eric Friedman

One piece of advice I have found helpful to new founders is going through the application process for startup programs.  Whether an accelerator, incubator, launch, or other flavor of program helpful to early stage startups – almost all of the application processes are incredibly helpful.  The goal of course is to have ready and willing …

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Tags: Advising, startups

YouNoodle YouFailed

August 7, 2008 by Eric Friedman

I signed up for yet another service today called YouNoodle. It has been in development for awhile, but recently came back on my radar via TechCrunch Coverage. Unfortunately they sent my invitation tonight to their service CC’ing over 100 other people. Yes, seriously. I have a pretty good sense of humor about these types of …

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Tags: startups, younoodle

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