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The Yale Entrepreneurial Institute (YEI) was formed to help undergraduate and graduate Yale students start scalable new ventures. The YEI Podcast series features talks given at the summer institute's leadership lecture series.

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The Yale Entrepreneurial Institute (YEI) was formed to help undergraduate and graduate Yale students start scalable new ventures. The YEI Podcast series features talks given at the summer institute's leadership lecture series.

    Bear Naked Entrepreneurship

    Bear Naked Entrepreneurship

    Brendan Synnott, launching Bear Naked and its flagship granola. He discusses how redefining a category, guerilla marketing, teamwork and a sheer "tolerance for pain" took grandma's granola recipe to nearly every supermarket in America.

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    Scaling the Dumpling, a Restaurant Entrepreneur's Story

    Scaling the Dumpling, a Restaurant Entrepreneur's Story

    David Weber, Yale alum and co-founder of Rickshaw Dumpling Bar in New York, discusses his business from its initial concept through the first few years of expansion. He touches on founder relationships, funding issues, and scalablity challenges.

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    Stuffed Monkeys and Other Tactics of the Streetfighting CEO

    Stuffed Monkeys and Other Tactics of the Streetfighting CEO

    Al Subbloie led two ventures from idea to IPO. He tells the tactics he's learned as a streetfighting CEO, including sales strategies, nontraditional marketing, and running a company outside of a major city.

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    Using Megatrends to Design Strategy

    Using Megatrends to Design Strategy

    Ashok Vasudevan, CEO of Tasty Bite, shares how the company identified and capitalized on several megatrends turning their product into a staple in nearly every super market in America. Ashok also gives strategy lessons helpful for every entrepreneur.

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    How to (Almost) Guarantee Your Startup's Success

    How to (Almost) Guarantee Your Startup's Success

    Eddie Hartman, co-founder of LegalZoom.com explains how his company broke out from a pack of competitors to become the number one provider of online legal services. Along the way, he provides frank advice on what caused his company's success and how your company can drastically improve its chances of success.

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    From Entrepreneur to VC, the Inside Out Perspective

    From Entrepreneur to VC, the Inside Out Perspective

    Lee Hower, co-founder & Partner at NextView Ventures, describes his trek from entrepreneur at PayPal and Linkedin to Venture Capitalist. He explains the many paths startups take and some basics on getting funded by venture capital.

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Customer Reviews

3.6 out of 5
110 Ratings

110 Ratings

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Business plan novice

I am preparing to write my first business plan. This podcast was extremely helpful and I will refer to it many, many times during the writing process.
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It’s who you know../

If you’re not in Yale or Ivy League circles, there’s not much pertinent material here. The show lost me at “I recruited partners for my startup from all my friends in my Yale class”.

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Out takes

Don't think so much. Just do it.
Overconfident liars are often the best hearted and most successful, in the end.
And from a great engineer, on sensitive programmers...
"Don't say that my baby's ugly, just tell me it has a unibrow, that I should tend to."

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