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Just in case you dont have time to listen to all of them the Reid Hoffman of LinkedIn was pretty interesting. Can anyone recommends others that are especially good?


Above and beyond - Fabrice Grinda! This man is a true european serial entrepreneur and legend. 3 big startups by age 33. See Fabrice's blog www.fabricegrinda.com

Joe Kraus' one rocked too. Also premal shah from kiva was really smart to listen to.


I'd second the Fabrice Grinda recommendation. It's obvious just minutes into the interview that he's a straight-up A-player entrepreneur. It's especially interesting because he ISN'T an ideas guy -- rather, he's a master executor -- but does a great job of playing to his strengths. He takes proven, innovative ideas and executes the sh*t out of them in new markets (e.g. the eBay of Europe, ringtones in the US, and, currently, Craigslist international).

Premal Shah (Kiva) was incredibly, incredibly inspiring. His interview transforms microfinance from an abstract concept ("oh, that Nobel Prize thing...?") into something tangible. Did you know that you can be an angel investor for $25??

The Jason Calcanis interview gives you a much more nuanced sense of his character than you get from his blogosphere presence.

And though you'll probably avoid Sharelle Klaus -- what self-respecting tech entrepreneur would care about a SODA company, right? -- I'd urge you to listen, because it was totally fascinating. It's refreshing to get outside of the internet-startup echo chamber and realize that, well, entrepreneurship is entrepreneurship. In other words, there are business fundamentals that apply to any startup, whether it's on the web or in meatspace.




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