wwt 2010: launching your own startup

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Have a good start-up idea but don't have a clue on what steps you need to take to launch it and be successful? What makes a sound business plan? Should you go out for VC money or apply for a small business loan? How do you choose the right business partners? What happens if you fail? Do these questions sound familiar? Check out this soup to nuts panel featuring an all-star lineup of entrepreneurs who have successfully launched their own startups and have lots of wisdom and advice to share. Come prepared with your questions too! Panelists: Lisa Gansky, Meshing, Geoff Livingston, Zoetica, Rashmi Sinha, SlideShare, and Amra Tareen, AllVoices.com

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Launching Your Own Startup

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PANELISTS:

Lisa Gansky, Rashmi Sinha, and Amra Tareen

MODERATOR:

Geoff Livingston

Experiences and Tips from Four Startup Executives

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Lisa Gansky, Investor, Author of The Mesh

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Rashmi Sinha, CEO, SlideShare

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Amra Tamreen, CEO, AllVoices.Com

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Geoff Livingston, Co-Founder & CMO, Zoetica

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Starter Topics

1) Taking risks –  What’s a good risk?  How do you decide? How do you endure that first year when clients/customers are still feeling you out?

2) Valuing your services and saying no to bad opportunities. Experiences and tips.

3) Bad hires can kill a company out the gate.  How do you determine employees/consultants to bring on?

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