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CRETECH August 17, 2017

Lindsay Baker is a rockstar! Really!!! She is the type of person you want to invest in, work with and hang out with :). I have been incredibly impressed with her and her company, Comfy. They are really building something special. Not only are they led by quality peop...

CRETECH August 15, 2017

Man, the money was good! (I can say that because I started with zero:) We were on top of our game at the PR firm I founded almost 30 years ago. Most people I know thought I was nuts. They still think I am :) And they were probably right.

But when you have the "starter’s mentality" in your blood, you gotta follow your instincts. And that's exactly what I did. I had to. I needed to “scr...

CRETECH August 10, 2017

One of the greatest parts of my job is that I get to meet amazing people every single day. People that inspire me, teach me, motivate me and who help advance our industry in so many important ways. Sandhya Espitia is one of those amazing people. After an amazing track record of accomplishments at

CRETECH August 09, 2017

CONTACT

Noah Isaacs, Co-Founder, Bowery

John Meadows, Co-Found...

CRETECH August 08, 2017

Most of the people reading this blog probably don’t remember that great song by Randy Newman so I will add it here…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcADqxnQA_4

But I really do love L.A. The city has exploded in recent years as a hub of tech, arts and of course, real estate. Three things that I am personall...

CRETECH August 08, 2017

CONTACT

Anton Yakubenko, Co-Founder and CEO, GeoCV

THE SCOOP

I had the chance to stop by the booth of

CRETECH August 07, 2017

In case you missed it, Ten-X sold a controlling stake to private equity powerhouse Thomas H. Lee Partners for more than $1billion last week! Holy shit, that’s a big friggin number. I wasn’t surprised actually. Not that I had any advance knowledge or that I am some kinda guru or anything, j...

CRETECH August 07, 2017

CONTACT

Mike Mullin, President, Integrated Business Systems (IBS)

THE SCOOP

Mike and his team at

CRETECH August 05, 2017

As someone who consumes a lot of content, and I mean A LOT, I often get asked by friends and colleagues to recommend stuff to consume. And I love doing just that. If fact, my entire professional life is devoted to helping people discover great content with my sites like The News Funnel.

I know that a lot of what I consume is some ...

CRETECH August 03, 2017

Building a startup from scratch is hard work. Really hard work. Most don’t make it. I think like 90% fail.

As a founder myself, I know how there a million things you have to do to right just to survive. People think it’s about how much money you raise, and while that is indeed important, that really only ensures some time. It doesn’t have anything to do with ultimate success.

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