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Go Into Sales

Let’s say you’re a college student who wants to be an entrepreneur. Let’s also say — for one reason or another — you don’t want to jump in and dedicate all your time to an idea right now. Maybe it’s money, maybe it’s confidence, maybe it’s the lack of available co-founders or some combination of [ READ MORE ]

The Next Generation of Game Mechanics

I’ve already had a few things to say on the coming explosion of game mechanisms in non-game apps, but listening to Gabe Zichermann talk at last week’s New York Gaming Meetup raised some new questions. I agree with Gabe on a lot of things. We’re absolutely seeing a proliferation of game mechanics throughout the internet, [ READ MORE ]

Why They Don’t Answer Your Emails

Occasionally, people don’t answer my emails. Realizing that this is a fact of life — and an inevitable part of being an entrepreneur — has been one of the toughest things to wrap my mind around. When I was getting started, it was an insult. I came straight from a world (college) where people received [ READ MORE ]

Diaspora: Think about Brand

Charlie O’Donnell had an interesting post this morning on what Diaspora should do with their Kickstarter riches. One thing he didn’t mention? Figure out your market positioning and brand. Let’s think of this in terms of the possible likely outcomes of Diaspora’s work: Low: The team / product / initiative falls apart for some reason [ READ MORE ]

NY Gaming Meetup: A Study in Iteration and Hockey Sticks

The more time I spend working with startups, the more I find useful lessons for growing companies in random places. Take my gaming (industry) meetup, for instance. I’ve been running it for over a year, but only recently has it begun to “hockey stick”, in industry parlance. The Opportunity: After running a gaming company in [ READ MORE ]

What Kind of Business Are You Starting, Really?

I meet a lot of entrepreneurs and hear a lot of ideas and business plans from all across the board. Most have — at the very least — a kernel of a good idea in them. But many don’t know what kind of business they are. There are an unbelievable number of entrepreneurs focused on [ READ MORE ]

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I'm Brad Hargreaves, an entrepreneur in residence at Tipping Point Partners. Read more about me here or check out some of the things I'm working on below.

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