Nathan Lustig

Note: I wrote this post back in May 2010 for a guest post on a large tech blog, but it never got used.  I found it today while going through my inbox and decided it was too good to not post.  This is my entrepreneurial journey from 2004 until May 2010. As I made my [...]

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When people come to our office for the first time, they almost always comment on our desks and tables.    Ever since we moved in two years ago, we covered all of the available surfaces in white boards.  I love being able to sit at our big table and just write things down on the [...]

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It’s been two years since I started Capital Entrepreneurs, an organization to help Madison entrepreneurs connect. I’ve been blown away by how fast CE has grown and how quickly time has gone by.  On our two year anniversary, here’s the story of how we got to where we are today. In April 2009, I was [...]

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At the end of the segment on NPR’s Forum yesterday, the host asked me if my life or worldview has changed at all since starting a death-focused company.  I deal with death on a regular basis.  It’s forced me to confront many issues of mortality and the unpleasantness that goes along with thinking about my [...]

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I’ve been planning to write this post like this ever since getting accepted into Startup Chile, but it all came together the past few days. I have stayed in a hostel in Santiago for the last nine days until I found an apartment yesterday.  When I went to take a shower the first day, it [...]

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I’ve been in Santiago for the past five days for Startup Chile and finally had a chance to write down some initial impressions.  Jesse and I have been really busy getting our IDs, a bank account and searching for an apartment.  The Startup Chile program has helped us cut through all of the red tape [...]

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