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The virtues of humility and saying 'No'
Trinity Ventures EIR Mehdi Maghsoodnia’s lessons for entrepreneurs Humility is something everyone has to re-learn time and again. Successful entrepreneurs, particularly young ones, typically learn this lesson, after they go through a period of overweening pride and hubris. That's the case with Mehdi Maghsoodnia, who's left the startup world - for now - to be Executive in Residence at Trinity Ventures. Prior to his role at the Silicon Valley venture firm, Maghsoodnia was vice president of online operations at CafePress, where he helped grow the online business to $130 million from $30 million in four years.In this segment of Lessons for Entrepreneurs, Maghsoodnia shared his three pieces of advice to entrepreneurs, based on his experience.  When Maghsoodnia graduated from Stanford, he founded a company and sold it at ...   [ Read more ]
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Date Found: February 13, 2009
Date Produced: February 13, 2009
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