I interviewed 3 startups that Paul Graham helped launch through Y Combinator. Each told me about a specific piece of advice that he gave them that turned their business around. How does he do it? That's what I asked in this interview.

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 1, 2007 Entreprenuer Network Great post by Ben Kuo - The Importance of the “Network&# to Entrepreneurs - the informal connections between people in the technology industry here who have a vested interest in helping entrepreneurs take their companies to the next level. and Ph.D.

Because we’re just trying to help people. Do you know people who too much time on the details of their ideas instead of just launching? Show them this Mixergy program with Premal Shah, President of Kiva.org. Kiva is a microfinancing non-profit that allows you to lend money to entrepreneurs in developing countries. And here we are 3.5

If you've watched my past interviews, you know that I'm obsessed with interviewing companies that are actually charging their users (as opposed to hoping to profit from ads). want to learn how they do it. Don't you? And, in fact, if users do pay for them, we can give them a better experience.".

I’m sick of the usual interviews with Tim Ferriss , which waste time arguing over whether it’s possible to work four hours a week. What I want to know is how Tim got so many people to talk about him and his book, The Four Hour Work Week , and how he made his book into a New York Times Best Seller. Here’s what I learned.

If you read the recent announcement that UserVoice riased, $800,000 this program will help you learn the small changes that allowed them to do it. Marcus Nelson, the company’s co-founder, came to Mixergy to talk about the changes so his experience could help you if decide to raise money. What else helps companies raise money?

San Diego-based KidZui, a venture-backed startup which develops a kid-safe Internet browser, said Monday that it has added new social networking features and homework help to the firm's suite of services. In addition, KidZui rolled out a homework help tool which allows kids to find information about subjects they are studying at school.

Mixergy Interviews Events Etc Upcoming About Contact How Blogs Helped The Four Hour Work Week Become a Best Seller – The Timothy Ferriss Interview Posted on Oct 21, 2008 - 4:00 PM PST The full program This is an audio program. David Dede , of Sucuri.net , for helping to keep Mixergy virus-free. Download the latest version here.

I've got Jessica Livingston, she is a founding partner of Y Combinator, the seed funding firm that helped launch over 200 startups and the author of “Founders at Work,” a book of biographical interviews with 32 founders including the founders of PayPal, craigslists, Hotmail, and TiVo. So, we said, “Let's just learn by helping a whole group.”

At Search and Social Summit, I was chatting with Dave Snyder and we decided to make it happen along with the help of Chris Winfield and 10e20. pushed really hard and made sure that it happened with the help of everyone else involved. BlueGlass LA is a unique conference experience that is coming to Los Angeles this July. Details.