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Hubris: A Startup’s Worst Mistake

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The following guest post is by Frederic Kerrest, co-founder and COO of Okta. Many startups experienced successful exits in 2013. Others crumbled to the ground. A common cause for those failures?...
    






Innovation In Legacy Media Companies — Not!

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I had dinner this week with a dear friend who is a Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist. One of the dinner guests is the former head of one of the nation’s leading newspaper’s digital division. When the...
    






The 5 Reasons Big Companies Struggle With Innovation

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As I have been doing startup consulting at Red Rocket, I have also had many executive conversations with several big companies.  These companies were anywhere from $150MM to $25BN in revenues in size...
    






Honest Tea: A $100 Million Brand 15 Years In The Making

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Seth Goldman was born to do this As Co-Founder and CEO of Honest Tea, his picture is in the dictionary next to the word tenacity. With Co-Founder Barry Nalebuff, their brainchild just finished the...
    






How To Get The References You Need To Land The Job You Want

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How To Get the References You Need For the Job You Really Want What others say about you is often far more important than what you say about yourself. And that’s especially true for job seekers. “...
    






Jim Cramer: How To Make Fewer Financial Mistakes And Get Rich

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Jim Cramer is one of the most prolific and recognized men in the financial world. Very few people can boast his media resume and his investment acumen. He is also the founder of TheStreet.com, one...