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If You Don’t Define Your Personal Brand the Market Will

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This started as a post in which I was going to write out tips to personal branding and became in stead an essay of my own branding journey. I was graduated with a double degree in economics & political science from UCSD in 1991. My colleagues that graduated with engineering degrees from UCSD were paid $31,000 – 15% more.

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StartupSD: Mark Suster

SoCal Tech Calendar

Mark is a UCSD graduate and writes one of the best startup blogs on the Internet. He joined GRP Partners in 2007 as a General Partner after selling his company to Salesforce.com. He focuses on early-stage technology companies. Come hear him talk about about SoCal startups, entrepreneurship and the investment scene.

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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

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I was reading Chris Dixon’s blog tonight. He writes with a great perspective and is well worth reading. I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. I had to laugh a bit reading it.

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How to Know if You Have ADD and What to Do About It

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And actually if you have ADD you may just want to watch the videos I’ve embedded below because it’s easier to concentrate on that than reading a blog post. I have checked Twitter at least 10 times during the writing of this post so far and Facebook 3 times. I can’t write a blog post and then wait 3 days to publish.

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The Next Internet: Usability Guru Don Norman Calls for Starting Over

Xconomy

On top of writing the best-selling 1988 book The Design of Everyday Things , which popularized the concept of human-centered. Join Xconomy and World Frontiers Forum on July 16 for Net@50 , an event exploring the internet’s past and future. ] Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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What Most People Don’t Understand About How Startup Companies are Valued

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When I started blogging it was because I was inspired by Brad Feld. Brad was openly writing about this and it felt like he was giving the VC playbook away for free! I always wanted to work with Brad for this reason so I started blogging because I figured if transparency worked for Brad I would try the same approach.

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On Leadership, Teams, Success & Happiness

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“Imagine you were a Phd wireless chip designer out of UCSD and then Qualcomm. I’ll write that post one day – it is a very interesting story. If you click on no other links in this blog please read this one by David Brooks about why Amy Chua is a wimp and not a hard ass mom.

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