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This post is the fourth in a series of ten posts about the 10 key reasons your consumer startup will succeed. I speak with hundreds of aspiring consumer entrepreneurs and review thousands of executive summaries and pitches each year. From all this activity, certain patterns emerge that remain consistent with successful

This post is the third in a series of ten posts about the 10 key reasons your consumer startup will succeed. I speak with hundreds of aspiring consumer entrepreneurs and review thousands of executive summaries and pitches each year. From all this activity, certain patterns emerge that remain consistent with successful

This post is the second in a series of ten posts about the 10 key reasons your consumer startup will succeed. I speak with hundreds of aspiring consumer entrepreneurs and review thousands of executive summaries and pitches each year. From all this activity, certain patterns emerge that remain consistent with

This post is the first in a series of ten posts about the 10 key reasons your consumer startup will succeed. I speak with hundreds of aspiring consumer entrepreneurs and review thousands of executive summaries and pitches each year. From all this activity, certain patterns emerge that remain consistent with

I am excited to announce the official launch of my personal blog for Maven.  I’ve been writing and blogging informally for many years and look forward to building a community of engaged readers curious about consumer startups and investing.  This first post is a brief synopsis of my career along

I originally wrote this post in 2012 because many entrepreneurs asked me about my experience at Friendster.  Although a few years old now, the lessons still remain true today. The abridged version is shown below but to see the full text, be sure to read the original post. Focus.  It’s critical for

This interview was originally published by the Duke Global Entrepreneurship Network on August 28, 2012. Jim Scheinman T ’88 is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, and advisor to start-up companies in Silicon Valley. He is a pioneer in social networking and engagement marketing, a relatively new form of marketing and

This interview was originally published in VentureBeat on November 13, 2007.   Jim Scheinman, one of three founders of Bebo, is leaving the company he helped start to become an Entrepreneur in Residence at the VC firm, Charles River Ventures. We talked with him to discuss that decision, his days at