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		<title>Getting into an (our) accelerator</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m writing this post after the tough process of making decisions for Launch Pad Ignition and communicating the good and bad news to the companies that applied.  It was a very competitive process and we had a lot of great applicants, which made the decisions hard.  This year we added an advisory board to Ignition [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chrisschultz.net/2012/02/01/getting-into-an-our-accelerator/</link>
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		<title>How to find a technical co-founder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I frequently get emails that say something like:
I have an idea for a product that I want to build, and I need to hire a web developer or find a technical co-founder. Where should I start?
I&#8217;m going to try to give helpful guidance that I give to people who approach me with this.  First, I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chrisschultz.net/2011/11/29/how-to-find-a-technical-co-founder/</link>
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		<title>Doing too much? Do what&#8217;s important</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My friend Kenny Nguyen asked me for some tips on where to focus his time, because he, like many of us, feels like he&#8217;s doing too much.  Since I&#8217;m trying to do the same thing, I thought about what I am doing to focus. Here goes:
Decide what is urgent, what is important. Separate the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chrisschultz.net/2011/11/04/doing-too-much-do-whats-important/</link>
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		<title>What TribeCon means to me</title>
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TribeCon is about the community I love, the tech community in New Orleans.  Two things have inspired TribeCon for me more than anything else: First, the emergence of the grass-roots New Orleans tech community that picked itself up by its bootstraps on the heels of Katrina and realized that we had the both the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chrisschultz.net/2011/10/20/what-tribecon-means-to-me/</link>
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		<title>Ignition in Kazan</title>
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Peter and I had the privilege of visiting a new startup incubator in Kazan while we were visiting our office in Russia this week.  They invited us to do a presentation and we did a talk called &#8220;How to compete with Silicon Valley from Russia&#8221; with a focus on early stage startups and perspective from the incubator/accelerator [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chrisschultz.net/2011/10/14/ignition-in-kazan/</link>
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		<title>What the Louisiana Angel Tax Credit means for you</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday HB 597, the Angel Investor Credit Program was signed into law by Gov. Jindal.   I fully expect this incentive to have a major impact on the flow of early-stage risk capital in Louisiana, but its important that you understand it and get an early jump in it to be best positioned to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chrisschultz.net/2011/07/11/angel-investor-tax-credit/</link>
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		<title>The Facts about Tulane Computer Science &#8211; an Interview with Dean Nicholas Altiero</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We all know the talent pipeline is critical to the success of the tech community in New Orleans. After the storm Tulane was forced to cut their Computer Science program.  They are now working to bring it back online.  I reached out to Nicolas Altiero, Dean of the School of Science and Engineering to get [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chrisschultz.net/2011/06/23/the-facts-about-tulane-computer-science/</link>
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		<title>Brad Feld&#8217;s 5 Components of a Sustainable Startup Ecosystem</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had the pleasure of hearing Brad Feld speak several times in the last year, most recently at Launch Fest.   One of the things driving our work right now is building a sustainable startup ecosystem in New Orleans and Louisiana.  Brad set forth his premise about the five components required for a successful, sustainable [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chrisschultz.net/2011/06/19/brad-felds-5-components-of-a-sustainable-startup-ecosystem/</link>
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		<title>How to reach busy people</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a simple formula: the higher level the person you are trying to reach, the busier they are.
Meaning they will have less time for lunch, coffee, phone calls, and to respond to your email.
Many entrepreneurs I work with get frustrated because they aren&#8217;t getting emails back from investors, or upset because I don&#8217;t have time to meet [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chrisschultz.net/2011/06/15/how-to-reach-busy-people/</link>
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		<title>What to do between Jazz Fest weekends? The Work Week.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you headed to Jazz Fest this weekend?  Um&#8230; YES! It&#8217;s my favorite time of year.
And this year, it&#8217;s getting even better with the inaugural Work Week Conference Series.  Using the world-class music festival of New Orleans Jazz &#38; Heritage Festival as a building block, we&#8217;re filling up the entire week with incredible speakers and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chrisschultz.net/2011/04/27/jazz-fest-the-work-week/</link>
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