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		<title>The Number 1 Trait of A Successful Internet Startup Is&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to the StartUp Genome report, the top factor to make an Internet startup successful is: 1. Founders that learn are more successful: Startups that have helpful mentors, track metrics effectively, and learn from startup thought leaders raise 7x more money and have 3.5x better user growth. &#160; I agree that flexibility, agility and humility [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markfriedler.com/2011/06/14/the-number-1-trait-of-a-successful-internet-startup-is/</link>
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		<title>Why Is Innovating in the $20 Billion Games Industry So Hard?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The video game industry is &#8211; paradoxically &#8211; very traditional and resistant to change. That&#39;s odd when you consider the history of video games and its the first 100% digital industry ever &#8211; All content has always been created and consumed on a screen. Yet for years, the business has been about putting this digital [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markfriedler.com/2011/06/02/why-is-innovating-in-the-20-billion-games-industry-so-hard/</link>
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		<title>How To Evaluate A CEO from Starbucks CEO and a Top Silicon Valley VC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is no more important role in any company than the CEO. So much has been written about what it takes to be a leader and there are different kinds of CEOs &#8211; big company, start up, technology, services and many more. (You can see an interesting Wharton study of Founding v Professional CEO analysis [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markfriedler.com/2011/05/25/how-to-evaluate-a-ceo-from-starbucks-ceo-and-a-top-silicon-valley-vc/</link>
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		<title>Entrepreneur and CEO trap: What You Don&#8217;t Know YOU Don&#8217;t Know</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had conversation last week with a client who considering options to solve a pressing management issue. He had spent a lot of time researching and outlined a clear SWOT analysis of the issue. After carefully considering his 2 choices, he decided on his 2nd option. I asked, &#34;what about option 3 &#8211; it&#39;s a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markfriedler.com/2011/05/16/entrepreneur-and-ceo-trap-what-you-dont-know-you-dont-know/</link>
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		<title>What Drives A Serial Entrepreneur? (And how do you compare?)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you want to know what makes Serial Entrepreneurs tick? See this interesting report and see how you compare http://bit.ly/gM0siC&#160;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markfriedler.com/2011/03/29/what-drives-a-serial-entrepreneur-and-how-do-you-compare/</link>
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		<title>Happy Holidays and a Great 2011!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To all my friends, clients and colleagues, I wish you happiness, health, success and a great 2011. See my message here]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markfriedler.com/2010/12/27/happy-holidays-and-a-great-2011/</link>
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		<title>Make Black Friday Every Week &#8211; 200 Million Hours, an Entrepreneurial Plan To Boost Our Economy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Black Friday - Annual shopping bonanza. What if we turn the 200 million hours we spend shopping building businesses and opportunity, and make it a weekly event. Think of how we all could profit and drive our economy into "the black".]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markfriedler.com/2010/11/26/make-black-friday-every-week-200-million-hours-an-entrepreneurial-plan-to-boost-our-economy/</link>
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		<title>The Cost of Bad Hires &#8211; $100 million for Zappos &#8211; and how to avoid it</title>
		<description><![CDATA[People are the most valuable resource for a business. Many of us who build and run companies have had bad experiences hiring wrong.&#160; Many leaders I know have 3 things that emerge often: 1) I wish I had known that person would not perform as we had expected 2) I have wasted a lot of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markfriedler.com/2010/10/29/the-cost-of-bad-hires-100-million-for-zappos-and-how-to-avoid-it/</link>
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		<title>Winning the Acquisition Game &#8211; Five Steps to a Successful Deal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many entrepreneurs dream of selling their companies to a large acquirer; it&#8217;s one of the most exciting aspects of building a business from the ground up. I had previously built and sold 2 companies and was negotiating the sale of my third business to TimeWarner, the world&#8217;s largest media company. I learned a lot in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markfriedler.com/2010/09/14/winning-the-acquisition-game-five-steps-to-a-successful-deal/</link>
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		<title>Tips on How to Pitch a VC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A lot of people ask me what it was like to be VC backed by JPMorganChase Capital Partners, at the time the world&#39;s largest VC, to invest. They ask: 1) Should I get VC money? 2) How much should I go for? 3) What valuation is important and what should I try to retain in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markfriedler.com/2010/05/27/tips-on-how-to-pitch-a-vc/</link>
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