Saturday, October 30, 2010

Life and times of a Dragon



James Caan (Bio)

Recording of an interesting lecture at the LSE by the UK-based, Pakistan-born Recruitment Consultant-turned-PE investor. Caan provides several humorous episodes from the TV business plan show, Dragons' Den, in which he is one of the "dragons" (judges). He also has some great advise for job seekers.

The audio can be listened to from
here (mp3) - 58 Minutes, 7MB
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The Video

Fail fast and other Silicon Valley Enterpreneurial Myths



Mark Suster (Bio)

In this Stanford's Entrepreneurship Corner interaction, Los Angeles-based serial entrepreneur-turned-VC breaks several myths prevalent in Silicon Valley.

The audio can be downloaded from here (mp3) - 58 Minutes, 7MB
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The Video: