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Brian Nolan reposted thisBrian Nolan reposted thisIdealab's latest company just launched: Idealab.ai, and it is here to help you start yours. For 50 years, Bill Gross has made a practice of finding important problems and building companies to solve them. Idealab.ai puts that experience in everyone's hands. Using AI, it spots the opportunities, enablers, and shifts that new businesses are built on, drawing on 17M+ sources. AI finds the patterns. People decide what's worth building. Follow @Idealab.ai for updates, and search ideas and make one your own: https://idealab.ai. For the full video, watch it at https://lnkd.in/gj957KPk. #Entrepreneurship #AI #Startups #Idealab
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Brian Nolan shared thisCan we all just agree to stop using OnTrac for any kind of delivery? Holy hell, they are the WORST! I don't think I've had even one successful delivery from them and they essentially have no customer support. All phone numbers are disconnected. They are seriously a borderline scam and need to be investigated. If we all just STOP USING THEM, they will go away naturally. Michael Brown, what is going on?
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Brian Nolan reposted thisBrian Nolan reposted thisWhat was I thinking? 30 years ago this week I started a “1-year experiment” to build a startup factory based loosely on Thomas Edison’s laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. It was early 1996 and the Internet was growing like crazy after the Netscape IPO, with a whopping 30 million global users (which seems hysterically tiny now). But I felt that this was a disruptive event that with the potential for many new businesses. I wanted to make a lab where I could take my favorite 12 ideas, try one a month for a year, and see if we could make a go of dreaming up, starting, and growing companies. After a year, 5 of those 12 had failed, 7 were able to get additional funding beyond the seed capital we provided, and eventually 5 of our earliest companies went public. We learned so many lessons living through the dot com boom and crash, the 2007 boom and 2008 crash, more recently the CleanTech boom and crash, and now the Ai boom. With a great deal of good timing, good luck and an amazing team of people I worked with over the years, we were able to start more than 150 companies in the last 30 years. I believe that entrepreneurship unlocks human potential and provides so much personal growth. I love helping other entrepreneurs be successful, and hope to give back as much as I can from the joys and challenges of the last 30 years of Idealab (here is a link to my top lessons learned: https://lnkd.in/gUrW2eVf ). I am so grateful for the tens of thousands of people who came into our orbit to help make the dreams of each of our companies come true.. Thank you so much, and Happy Birthday Idealab! Sincerely, Bill
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Brian Nolan shared thisYesterday, my company, Darren & Phillip , kicked off our 9th annual Blueboys Christmas Appeal, our biggest fundraiser of the year benefiting several dog rescue organizations around the world. Over the past nine years, what started as a small initiative has grown into a global community effort. Together, we’ve raised over $1.2 million to support rescue organizations doing life-saving work for dogs who need it most. This mission is one of the main reasons I decided to purchase this brand over a year ago. It reflects the heart of our community and the belief that businesses can, and should, have a positive impact beyond profit. If you’d like to follow along or support the appeal, I’d be grateful. Even small contributions like $5 add up to meaningful change. Donate at https://lnkd.in/gHQaQSES Thank you to everyone who has helped make this possible year after year.
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Brian Nolan shared thisThanks to Startup to Storefront for having me on the pod (a second time) to give an update and talk about Darren & Phillip!Brian Nolan shared this🐶 Discover how one company’s million dollar donations are rescuing puppies around the world. Their annual Christmas fundraiser amplifies these efforts and is a huge part of their mission to give back and make an impact. 💙 Don’t forget, our $100 gift card giveaway with Darren & Phillip is live! Head to yesterday’s Instagram post to enter before the winner is announced on Friday. 🎉 #PuppyRescue #CharityDonation #AnimalWelfare #Fundraiser #DogRescue #StartupToStorefront #DarrenAndPhillip #DogsofInstagram #PetCommunity #PetStyle #PetLovers #DogMomLife #DogDadLife #RescueDogs #AdoptDontShop #DogLovers #PetGiveaway #PodcastCommunity #StartupLife #EntrepreneurLife #PodcastGiveaway #AnimalRescue Brian Nolan
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Brian Nolan shared thisAwesome new venture by my good friend, Gene Hong.Brian Nolan shared thisThis is the start of something I’ve been quietly building. Aperture North is more than a name. It’s a mindset. A direction. A way of seeing differently and building what comes next. Over the years, I’ve worked across the intersection of design, leadership, innovation, and culture—inside startups, at scale with Fortune 40s, and alongside founders shaping what’s possible. Now, I’m opening the aperture. Alongside my current leadership role in corporate, this space is a home for ideas, insights, experiments, and conversations around how we lead and design with clarity and vision in a rapidly changing world. I’ll be taking on select opportunities to partner on: 🔹 Strategic and creative advisory 🔹 Speaking engagements and keynotes 🔹 Board & startup advisory (with values-aligned organizations) If you’re building something meaningful and want a creative partner who can help connect vision to execution—I’d love to talk. 🟢 DM me for speaking or advisory inquiries—or just to say hello. Let’s think wider. Lead better. And build the future from a different angle. Welcome to Aperture North. #ApertureNorth #StrategicAdvisor #CreativeLeadership #DesignThinking #Innovation #KeynoteSpeaker #ExecutiveLeadership #DesignLeadership #StartupMentor #FutureOfWork
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Brian Nolan shared thisThis clever and entertaining video points out the harsh truth… these insane tariffs *will* negatively impact small businesses in our country (mine included) that cannot bear the burden of a massive import tax.Brian Nolan shared thisThank you all so much for the incredible outpouring of support on my last post re: Pashion Footwear's SBA loan fallout & incoming duty hikes (which we've now learned could skyrocket as high as 99% on our textile line - effectively doubling product costs). Your kind words about our business have meant the world. In addition to the outpouring of support, I've also realized that many people outside of CPG are not aware of the extent of this situation and it's impact on small businesses, but are very eager to learn. The news coverage has widely chosen to discuss this matter as an "attack on Temu and Shein" - which could not be further from the truth (a truth that, sadly, will destroy small businesses much faster than large corporations like the aforementioned). To keep the convo going, I threw together a narrative representation of the situation. #tradewar #smallbusiness #tarriffs #manufacturing #USbusiness #startup #government
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Brian Nolan shared thisWant to work with one of the best (and kindest and most genuine) in the business? Then join William Harris at Elumynt.Brian Nolan shared thisWe want to hire a new Senior Ecommerce Growth Strategist... and I'd love for it to be someone in our network! 😍 We've got an A+ team that's wonderful to work with and we've been listed as an Inc. Magazine Best Places to Work 2 years in a row. Our HQ is in Minnesota, but our entire team is remote - so we'd love to have you no matter where in the US you live.
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Brian Nolan shared thisBrian Nolan shared thisYour dog is family—so why not match for Easter? 🐣🐾 Introducing our limited-edition Easter Play Date Collection! Featuring ultra-soft fabric, an exclusive Easter print, and matching PJs for moms, kids, and dogs! 💛 Stock is limited, so shop early. 💛🐰 #matchyourdog #matchingpjs https://lnkd.in/g77Y-4xK
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Craig Turner Ontrac doesn’t even have a customer support number.
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Brian Nolan liked thisBrian Nolan liked thisThis weekend, at 0-dark-thirty, I pulled up to our training center to see 80 smiling faces in green vests, eager to hone their skills and help others, all volunteering their own dime & time. And behind them is an incredibly talented, passionate group of firefighter instructors! Honoured to be a part of this incredible crew! 🙌 https://lnkd.in/g-ni4x2SWelcome Captain Scott, new LAFD Disaster Preparedness OfficerWelcome Captain Scott, new LAFD Disaster Preparedness Officer
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Brian Nolan liked thisBrian Nolan liked thisIdealab's latest company just launched: Idealab.ai, and it is here to help you start yours. For 50 years, Bill Gross has made a practice of finding important problems and building companies to solve them. Idealab.ai puts that experience in everyone's hands. Using AI, it spots the opportunities, enablers, and shifts that new businesses are built on, drawing on 17M+ sources. AI finds the patterns. People decide what's worth building. Follow @Idealab.ai for updates, and search ideas and make one your own: https://idealab.ai. For the full video, watch it at https://lnkd.in/gj957KPk. #Entrepreneurship #AI #Startups #Idealab
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Brian Nolan liked thisBrian Nolan liked thisIt's fun to see how far Graffeo has come in a year. Last holiday, our "corporate gifting" was held together with duct tape and glue. This year, we have these beautiful boxes, inspired by the doors of our North Beach roastery, and the ability to customize gifts at scale, right down to handwritten notes for every recipient: https://lnkd.in/gJpi26GV Proud of the folks at Graffeo who brought this to life, particularly Arielle Danan, Bethany Ren, and Odding Wang, who did the design. It's always amazing what a small, motivated team can accomplish. And of course, if I can help with holiday gifts for your team or clients, feel free to email me directly. I'd be pretty stoked to get one of these myself! 👏 ☕ 🩷
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Brian Nolan liked thisBrian Nolan liked thisBig day yesterday with the ribbon cutting at Hollywood Burbank Airport.The Replacement Passenger Terminal project (RPT) has been decades in the making focused on addressing the overly tight adjacency of the terminal to an active runway. Safety will always be job one at the Hollywood Burbank Airport! Once all the clearance were place, it was an incredibly well executed project going from concept design to an a fully operating Airport in 3.5 years. A true rarity to have a project of the size $1.3 billion to be done on time and on budget! Credit goes to many including our incredible staff & fellow Commissioners at the Airport plus Jacobs engineering, Holder Construction, Pankow Construction plus the many other trades and hundreds of skilled craft people - all inspired by the beautiful silver screen retro concept by Corgan! Congrats on a job well done. I am particularly grateful to my colleagues on the finance committee and Ricondo & Associates, Inc. and Public Resources Advisory Group for helping masterfully lineup, the complex financing in a difficult market at the lowest cost without any taxpayer dollars! Now we can say not only is Hollywood Burbank Airport the most convenient airport in Southern California but now will be the nicest airport in Southern California - come check it out!
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Brian Nolan liked thisLooking to connect with anyone that manages micro influencers located in LA or NY that focus on fitness and beauty.
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Brian Nolan liked thisThe more I’ve gotten to know Amir Harpaz, the more I realize: A. Amir’s the type of person everyone WANTS to “work for” / have as a customer. B. Amir’s a stellar example of the type customer whom the more you know, the more you want to see be wildly successful. And the more we can add to their success, the HUNGRIER the entire team gets to drive even more successes! Feel so lucky to be reminded that the WHY we do what we do is so heavily driven by the WHO we get to do it for!
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