Nathan Lustig

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Entries from April 2010

Entrepreneur 101 Additions

April 30th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Entrepreneurship

I wrote my Entrepreneur 101 post back in February and added Entrepreneur 101 as a stand alone page around the same time.  I wanted to create a page where I could share all of the little things, services and time savers that I’ve learned in five years of entrepreneurship with anyone else who’s thinking about [...]

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Burrill Business Plan Competition 2010 and a Look Back

April 24th, 2010 · 13 Comments · Entrepreneurship

4WF7X8NSTHFD The 2010 Burrill business plan competition was held yesterday at UW.  One year ago today, Jesse and I won the students choice award for Entrustet.  Writing the plan, talking to the judges and presenting at the competition helped us launch the company.  Almost one exactly year later, we had our launch party in Madison [...]

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Brilliant Idea: Let’s Make It Harder For Startups to Raise Money!

April 18th, 2010 · 16 Comments · Entrepreneurship

According to John Maudlin, startups and new small businesses are “the job-creation engine of the US.” He is right.  In a report by the Kauffman Foundation using US Census Data, start-ups and businesses less than five years old created all of the net new jobs over the last 25 years. It is incredibly easy to [...]

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Do You Value Experiences Or Things?

April 4th, 2010 · 18 Comments · Personal Thoughts, Travel

I just booked my flight to South Africa for World Cup 2010.  I’m going with my friends Andy and Katie and we have tickets for all three USA group stage games, plus a the Spain vs. Switzerland group stage match.  Everyone I talk to says something along the lines of “oh wow, you must be [...]

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