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App Ranch – Episode #31

Jonas — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:00:53 +0000

Jonas talks with Jei Gaither, Founder and CEO of Austin Texas based App Ranch. App Ranch is focused on building mobile apps for long-tail business customers.

QOTD: What App would you like to have available that doesn’t yet exist?

Yigdigs, and a new feature: QOTD – Episode #30

Jonas — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:00:51 +0000

Jonas sits down with Andy Salo, founder and CEO of Yigdigs. Yigdigs is a Real Estate For Sale by Owner webservice. Andy discusses his journey from executive to entrepreneur. Also this episode introduces a new feature – Question of the Day! Add your thoughts for the QOTD to the comment’s field below.

QOTD : What was your best or worst real estate buying or selling experience?

First Look Forum – Episode #28

Jonas — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:00:43 +0000

Jonas talks with Hall Martin – founder of The Austin Entrepreneur Network. In part 2 of their discussion, they discuss the First Look Forum. The First Look Forum is a regular event put on by AEN and hosted by Tech Ranch that matches Entrepreneurs with potential mentors and investors. Think of it as Speed Dating for startups.

Selling the Wheel – Episode #25

Jonas — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:00:55 +0000

Kevin and Jonas review Selling the Wheel. This book scored 4 cow patties out of 5 on our best books for entrepreneurs rating scale. You can buy it below.

The 12 Step Program

Jonas — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:12:11 +0000

Employee 2 Entrepreneur

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I took a few minutes to write down the main steps I went through in my transition from corporate executive to venture founder. I presented the two slides here at the ProductCamp in Austin last spring and walked away with the best presentation award. Clearly, it’s not about the graphics

Many of the concepts on this list have found their way into the Venture Forth program that we teach at Tech Ranch.

The Valuation Veil – Episode #22

Jonas — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:00:47 +0000

In which Jonas and G discuss G’s recent article about different challenges for entrepreneurs as they try to value their ventures. G points out term sheet gotchas that can trip up entrepreneurs and encourages startups to not just look at the proposed term sheet value.

The Enterprise Tribe – Episode #19

Jonas — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:53:28 +0000

So what is an Enterprise Tribe anyway? We talk about enterprise teaming and the enterprise tribe that we are curating in Central Texas. In this video, Kevin and Jonas break it down.

Barn Builders – Episode #18

Jonas — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:00:33 +0000

Jonas Lamis sits down with Austin Gunter – ENFP – and Proprietor of the Tech Ranch Barn Builder Program. They discuss the launch of BarnBuilders, speed dating for entrepreneurs and how a little idea will change the way 5000 people get their next job in Austin.

The Importance of Wine for Entrepreneurs – Episode #17

Jonas — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:38:52 +0000

“Wine is the most civilized thing in the world.”
-Ernest Hemingway.

Kevin and Jonas from Tech Ranch Austin discuss the merits of a good glass of Vino.

The Art of The Start – Episode #15

Jonas — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:39:31 +0000

Jonas and Kevin discuss on of the most cited books around Tech Ranch – Guy Kawasaki’s The Art of The Start. In particular, we discuss Page 51 and 52 – building the investor pitch. Jonas scores this book 4 1/2 stars out of 5.

Buy the book now!