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Mental toughness lessons from Venture Capitalist| Interview with Author Mike Smerklo – Mr. Monkey and Me
2000 Books - Book Summaries for Entrepreneurs Podcast March 29, 2021 Venture Capitalist teaches Mental toughness for Entrepreneurs. Summaries of the 50 Greatest Entrepreneurship Books: https://www.2000books.com/startup Listen to the full interview here.
The future of work evolves and food delivery thrives while entertainment/travel suffer
By Reporter Sophia Kunthara Crunchbase March 18, 2021 Companies that fall into the “future of work” category were clear winners and saw their businesses accelerate in the past year as companies had to rethink everything about work — how we do it, where we do it from,...
Optimal Startup Daily: Five Lessons About Entrepreneurship That I Learned in 2020 by Mike Smerklo
March 9, 2021 Optimal Startup Daily Podcast Mike Smerklo is an experienced entrepreneur, investor and business leader driven by the desire to turn ideas into reality. Having bought and scaled a small business into a publicly-traded company worth nearly a billion...
Giving in to the Monkey in His Head: Mike Smerklo
March 8, 2021 My Favorite Mistake Podcast My guest for Episode #47 is Mike Smerklo. He is an entrepreneur, an investor, he’s the co-founder and managing director of Next Coast Ventures. He was one of the first employees at Loudcloud, recruited there by Marc...
Why the Greatest Entrepreneurship Hurdle is in Your Mind
Episode #238: Mike Smerklo Hosted by Ryan Tansom On today’s show, Mike Smerklo, Managing Director of Next Coast Ventures, talks about his journey scaling a small business into a publicly-traded company worth nearly a billion dollars. He shares how imposter syndrome...
Investor Connect: Mike Smerklo reviews his new book, “Mr. Monkey and Me”
In this episode, Hall welcomes back Mike Smerklo, Co-Founder and Managing Director at Next Coast Ventures and author of “Mr. Monkey and Me”. “In Mr. Monkey and Me, Smerklo draws on his broad range of experiences and mistakes as an entrepreneur and venture capitalist....