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5 July 2010

Fred Wilson on 10 Ways to Be Your Own Boss

By Keir Whitaker

I am really enjoying the videos from the recent 99% conference in New York, including the one by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey.

In this video Fred Wilson talks about ten ways to be your own boss. Fred’s a New York based VC and has invested in numerous game-changing tech companies, including Twitter, del.icio.us, Etsy, and FeedBurner. He also runs a very active and influential blog at AVC.

(via Behance)

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Keir Whitaker

After a number of years working on web projects for the NHS Keir spent a few years freelancing before joining Carsonified in February 2008. Having helped out across all areas of the company he now focuses on Think Vitamin. You can follow him on Twitter

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  Thom Parkin

  # July 6, 2010 - 3:41 pm

  So many businesses simply “happen”. This is a great presentation that brings to light the idea of actually planning your business and its growth (something that seems to be the exception rather than the rule).

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  Jae Xavier

  # July 6, 2010 - 5:38 pm

  Thanks for sharing. RT!

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  Niubi

  # July 7, 2010 - 11:31 am

  This was an excellent talk. Wilson did neglect to mention DubLi, however.

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  Cherry Rahtu

  # July 15, 2010 - 2:07 pm

  I like this video, basic salary is the obstacle that stops many people being a real entrepreneur, stepping out of comfort zone doesn’t bring comfort at beginning but definitely will bring something we cannot imagine from a J.O.B. Nowadays internet gives so many chances for people to start business and make a profit,grab it and be your own boss, no fear.

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  Garage Doors Madison

  # July 20, 2010 - 7:01 pm

  This is a great inspirational talk for people who would like to go into a business but for some reason are held back. There are a lot of options that don’t need big capitalization.

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  Ricky

  # July 27, 2010 - 1:41 pm

  Shame Vimeo doesn’t have transcriptions / Closed Captions! I’m sure it’s great, of course…

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