Author: CJ Cornell
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Winning the Venture Capital Lottery?
The Salami Scam: It’s easy money, like becoming a lottery millionaire. It’s a fleeting fantasy of every armchair hacker. You’ve probably heard about it from a movie or TV show. A techie secretly installs software at a bank or big company that skims 1/100 of a penny from billions of financial transactions. Each amount…
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The Secret VC Decision Process — Exposed
For entrepreneurs, securing venture capital is a grueling and frustrating process. Even if you have the most promising venture in history, the likelihood of being offered a term sheet is determined by a mysterious series of steps. Until now. Here’s your guide to what happens behind the scenes, when venture capitalists decide whether to invest:…
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The Age of Metapreneurship Reaches #1 on Amazon !
As of today, Amazon says it’s a #1 bestseller ! (and I proudly can wear the badge) – Few feelings are better! Thank you all !! My next book is due out end of summer, and I hope it is even more useful to #entrepreneurs and #startups http://ow.ly/j0NZ30l25jv #entrepreneurship
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Bottom Line Virtues (Infographic)
“Don’t be evil” Google’s iconic corporate credo was long derided as charming idealism invented by naive young founders unconcerned with profits. They were just a little ahead of the curve. Today, successful companies operate with a different set of rules. An entire generation of companies are using business and technology- not just for generate products…
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CJ Cornell talks about Modern Day Entrepreneurship on Chicago’s WVON Radio
https://soundcloud.com/thegreenpreneur/modern-day-entrepreneurship
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Surviving the Startup Marathon
Running the D.C. Marathon last March was supposed to be a glorious experience: cherry blossom week, the first day of spring, sunshine and smiles. Instead, we were greeted by ice, slush, and 12 degree wind-chill — a shocking contrast to my usual running experience in Phoenix’s 103-degree desert sun. From the sidelines, marathoning must look pretty simple:…
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Interview with CJ Cornell, Author of The Age of Metapreneurship
(From Book-Buy.com) The Age of Metapreneurship is definitely not your typical “How to start a business book,” or success book. What kind of a book is it? Well, it is indeed a book on entrepreneurship, but it takes you on a journey, from the recent past into the future, using stories and examples, instead of checklists…
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T-Ball Entrepreneurship
How Your Community Discourages Great Startups The Lone-Wolf Startup? Entrepreneurship evokes images of Steve Jobs, Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos – but the reality is that the lone-wolf genius with the change-the-world idea is rare. Today, it’s almost impossible to build a startup alone. It takes a community of shared knowledge and of shared resources. A…
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The Cargo Cult of Entrepreneurship
During World War Two, American and European military forces used tiny, remote islands in the South Pacific as safe stopover points. Here, provisions could be cached to supply soldiers and ships fighting the war in the Pacific.. Some of the islands’ residents were tribes living in bamboo huts, fishing with spears, and had spiritual beliefs…