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Entrepreneurshit. The Blog Post on What It’s Really Like. It’s 4.50am.

Entrepreneurshit. The Blog Post on What It’s Really Like.

Sunday morning. And I couldn’t sleep. I have much on my mind since I just returned from a week on the road. 5 days. 3 cities. Late night Mexican food. Startup Mantra: Hire Fast, Fire Fast. This post originally appeared on TechCrunch.

Startup Mantra: Hire Fast, Fire Fast

I have often said that what separates real entrepreneurs from pundits and bystanders is a bias towards getting things done versus over analyzing things. My credo has always been JFDI. It’s the hardest thing to teach people who come out of big companies, out of conservative jobs. At the big consulting firms, investment banks and established large technology companies we’re taught to produce long reports, make sure that every document is perfect quality and that every possible bit of diligence has been done.

Good enough isn’t. Startup Mantra: Hire Fast, Fire Fast. Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Mark Suster (@msuster), a 2x entrepreneur, now VC at GRP Partners.

Startup Mantra: Hire Fast, Fire Fast

Read more about Suster at his Startup Blog, BothSidesoftheTable. I have often said that what separates real entrepreneurs from pundits and bystanders is a bias towards getting things done versus over analyzing things. My credo has always been JFDI. It’s the hardest thing to teach people who come out of big companies, out of conservative jobs. At the big consulting firms, investment banks and established large technology companies we’re taught to produce long reports, make sure that every document is perfect quality and that every possible bit of diligence has been done.

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Google Maps Icons, Map Markers, Free POI Icons, GIS Symbols. Chosen - a JavaScript plugin for jQuery and Prototype - makes select boxes better. Chosen is a jQuery plugin that makes long, unwieldy select boxes much more user-friendly.

Chosen - a JavaScript plugin for jQuery and Prototype - makes select boxes better

Downloads Project Source Contribute Standard Select Turns This Into This Multiple Select <optgroup> Support Single Select with Groups Multiple Select with Groups Selected and Disabled Support Chosen automatically highlights selected options and removes disabled options. Single Select Multiple Select Hide Search on Single Select The disable_search_threshold option can be specified to hide the search input on single selects if there are n or fewer options. Default Text Support Chosen automatically sets the default field text ("Choose a country... ") by reading the select element's data-placeholder value. Note: on single selects, the first element is assumed to be selected by the browser.

No Results Text Support Setting the "No results" search text is as easy as passing an option when you create Chosen: Limit Selected Options in Multiselect You can easily limit how many options the user can select: Next layer in real estate search: cell phone coverage. Nothing worse than bad cell phone coverage As a native Texan, I can tell you first hand that not all cell phone carriers are created equal, and driving in and out of the hill country will result in dropped calls, even today. Try getting any carrier to work inside of a stucco house surrounded by hills – it’s impossible. Homes for Sale, Real Estate, Luxury Homes and Commercial Real Estate - Keller Williams Realty. Eagle Realty Discount Flat Fee MLS. At Eagle Realty Group - Houston's #1 For Sale By Owner Flat Fee Listing Service, we quite literally wrote the book on how to sell your home yourself.

Eagle Realty Discount Flat Fee MLS

That's because after years of helping Houstonians sell their homes themselves, Cheryl Jones, Broker/Owner of Eagle Realty Group, sat down and really did write the book. The "For Sale By Owner Success Handbook" is available for the Kindle, at Amazon.com. Due to contractual limitations, we have temporarily removed it from the Barnes & Noble Nook store, in order to offer it to Amazon Prime members.

Startups: Are there any examples of a new business model disrupting the real estate industry through technology. Apartments for Sale in NYC between $100,000 and $200,000 with 1 bedroom. Entrepreneurs rush into NYC real estate market. Citi Habitats founder Andrew Heiberger’s well-funded new brokerage, Town Residential, made a splash when it debuted late last year.

Entrepreneurs rush into NYC real estate market

But the brokerage is far from the only new business in the city. The start of 2011 ushered in a flurry of new start-ups, many with innovative new business models related to New York City real estate. Ironically, many of these models don’t involve actually doing deals. With prices down and fewer sales, entrepreneurs are looking for other ways to profit from the business of selling property. In addition, lower start-up costs and the shuttering of older firms have made conditions ripe for new businesses, especially now that the market has started to bounce back, according to Greg Young, the former director of sales at Citi Habitats, who launched the Manhattan-based real estate training and consulting company Broker Heaven in June.

8 dicas para dar adeus ao chefe e montar sua startup - Carreira. Cansado de seu chefe e da rotina na empresa?

8 dicas para dar adeus ao chefe e montar sua startup - Carreira

Que tal seguir o exemplo americano e partir para uma startup? Elas crescem rápido e têm na tecnologia a base de seus negócios. As startups se popularizaram nos Estados Unidos durante o boom da internet, no final da década de 1990, e agora começam a marcar presença no Brasil de forma mais intensa. Hoje já são mais de 6 mil no país, ou quase 1 000% mais do que nos anos 2000, segundo a Associação Brasileira de Startups. Real-Time Geolocation Service with Node.js.