5 qualities every entrepreneur should have

By Jeff Hilimire | March 3, 2010 |

I read this on Fred Wilson’s blog and couldn’t agree more. He lists the 5 characteristics he sees the most in successful entrepreneurs: 1) A stubborn belief in one’s self 2) A confidence bordering on arrogance 3) A desire to accept risk and ambiguity, and the ability to live with them 4) An ability to…

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Action oriented entrepreneurs (via Fred Wilson)

By Jeff Hilimire | December 11, 2009 |

Fred Wilson nails this trait in entrepreneurs.  I want to back someone that is going to try things, try them fast and if they fail, so be it, at least you learned and (hopefully) failed fast enough to not cripple the startup. Indecisiveness and slow-to-action are not things that make a success story, in my…

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Watering sod + listening to Fred Wilson = view of Web 3.0

By Jeff Hilimire | July 6, 2009 |

I recently listened to two interviews that @fredwilson (Fred Wilson: avc.com) did with Robert Scoble and John Battelle.  Each are worth watching (or in my case, listening to) if you feel like learning something.  All three of those guys are pretty savvy when it comes to understanding this thing we call the web.  And I…

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