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Foreword 1.0
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Foreword 2.0
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction
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The Reality of Starting
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Chapter 1
Flounders (sic) at Work
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Chapter 2
The Inside Story of Entrepreneurship
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Chapter 3
The Art of Intrapreneurship
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Chapter 4
The Art of Commercialization
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Chapter 5
Mantras for Dummies
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The Reality of Raising Money
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Chapter 6
The Investor Wish List
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Chapter 7
The Art of Getting the Attention of Investors
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Chapter 8
The Art of Executive Summary
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Chapter 9
The 10/20/30 Rule of Pitching
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Chapter 10
The Top Ten Lies of Venture Capitalists
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Chapter 11
The Top Eleven Lies of Entrepreneurs
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Chapter 12
The Art of Raising Angel Capital
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Chapter 13
The Inside Scoop on Venture Capital Law
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Chapter 14
The Top Sixteen Lies of Lawyers
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Chapter 15
The Venture Capital Aptitude Test (VCAT)
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The Reality of Planning and Executing
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Chapter 16
The Paradox of Strategy: How Apple Blew It and Microsoft Got Lucky
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Chapter 17
The Zen of Business Plans
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Chapter 18
The Art of Financial Projections
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Chapter 19
Financial Models for Underachievers
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Chapter 20
The Art of Execution
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Chapter 21
After the Honeymoon
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Chapter 22
The Art of Bootstrapping
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Chapter 23
The Art of the Board Meeting
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Chapter 24
How I Built a Web 2.0, User-Generated-Content, Citizen-Journalism, Long-Tail, Social-Media Site for $12,107.09
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The Reality of Innovating
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Chapter 25
The Art of Innovation
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Chapter 26
The Seven Sins of Solutions
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Chapter 27
The Myths of Innovation
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Chapter 28
The Sticking Point
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Chapter 29
The Lies of Engineers
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Chapter 30
How to Kick Silicon Valley's Butt
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Chapter 31
The Purest Form of Engineering: Woz
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The Reality of Marketing
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Chapter 32
Stupid Ways to Hinder Market Adoption
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Chapter 33
The Name Game
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Chapter 34
The Art of Branding
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Chapter 35
Frame or Be Framed
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Chapter 36
Get a Clue: The Global Youth Market
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Chapter 37
The Lesson of Tam's Art Gallery
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The Reality of Selling and Evangelizing
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Chapter 38
The Art of Selling
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Chapter 39
The Art of Distribution
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Chapter 40
The Art of Evangelism
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Chapter 41
DIY PR
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Chapter 42
Straight from the Press's Mouth
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Chapter 43
Forget the Influencers After All?
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The Reality of Communicating
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Chapter 44
The Effective E-mailer
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Chapter 45
The Zen of Presentations
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Chapter 46
How to Get a Standing Ovation
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Chapter 47
As Good as Steve Jobs
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Chapter 48
Speaking as a Performing Art
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Chapter 49
How to Be a DEMO God
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Chapter 50
How to Kick Butt on a Panel
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Chapter 51
How to Be a Great Moderator
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Chapter 52
The Art of Blogging
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The Reality of Beguiling
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Chapter 53
The Psychology of Influencing People
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Chapter 54
The Art of Creating a Community
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Chapter 55
The Art of Customer Service
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Chapter 56
Power 3.0: Kinder, Gentler, and Better
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Chapter 57
The Art of Schmoozing
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Chapter 58
The Art of Sucking Down
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Chapter 59
The Art of Sucking Up
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Chapter 60
How to Suck Up to a Blogger
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Chapter 61
The Art of Partnering
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Chapter 62
The Top Ten Lies of Partners
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Chapter 63
Ten Questions "with" Jackie Onassis
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The Reality of Competing
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Chapter 64
The Art of Defensibility
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Chapter 65
Counterpoint: Patents and Defensibility
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Chapter 66
The Art of Driving Your Competition Crazy
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Chapter 67
How to Remain Sane
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The Reality of Hiring and Firing
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Chapter 68
The Art of Recruiting
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Chapter 69
Real-World Recruiting
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Chapter 70
Thirteen Questions with Libby Sartain, Chief People Yahoo!
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Chapter 71
Career Guidance for This Century
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Chapter 72
Everything You Wanted to Know About Getting a Job in Silicon Valley But Didn't Know Whom to Ask
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Chapter 73
Nine Questions to Ask a Startup
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Chapter 74
How to Get a Job on craigslist
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Chapter 75
How to Not Hire Someone via craigslist
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Chapter 76
The Effort Effect of Carol Dweck
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Chapter 77
The Art of Laying People Off
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Chapter 78
The Art of Firing
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352 |
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The Reality of Working
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Chapter 79
Work as a Prison?
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Chapter 80
How to Not Choke
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Chapter 81
Mavericks in the Workplace
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Chapter 82
Ten or So Things to Learn This School Year
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Chapter 83
"Why Smart People Do Dumb Things"
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Chapter 84
Why Smart Companies Do Dumb Things
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Chapter 85
How to Prevent a Bozo Explosion
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Chapter 86
Are You an Egomaniac?
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Chapter 87
The No-Asshole Rule
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Chapter 88
Is Your Boss an Asshole?
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Chapter 89
The Top Seventeen Lies of CEOs
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412 |
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Timeout. What's Your EQ (Entrepreneurial Quotient)?
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The Reality of Doing Good
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Chapter 90
The Six Lessons of Kiva
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425 |
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Chapter 91
Social Entrepreneurship
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Chapter 92
Making the Transition from the Corporate to Nonprofit World
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Chapter 93
The Art of Surviving
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Chapter 94
My Hindsights in Life
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Conclusion: The Reality Check Checklist
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Index
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