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Excel where your competitors suck â?? The most minute annoyance can drive a customer into the arms of a competitor. Serial entrepreneur Scott Olson discusses how to turn this to your advantage â?? and how to make sure you don’t unintentionally drive your own customers away.

Running a start-up outside of the Valley â?? With the focus of the media (and VCs) on Silicon Valley as the home for start-ups, particularly in the tech field, it’s easy for entrepreneurs in other places to feel left out. Ali Davar, CEO of Vancouver start-up Worio, runs down the advantages of being located elsewhere â?? and ways to stay connected.

4 MORE ways to get automatically rejected by an angel investor â?? Jason Cohen, an angel investor himself, offers up four more surefire ways start-ups screw up their chances of ever getting money for investors.

What boards of directors can learn from the Supreme Court â?? While the topics are vastly different, board meetings could be vastly more productive if they follow the lead of the nation’s top court, says early stage investor Brad Feld. A little preparation and doing away with everyday distractions can go a long way.

Start-ups have no room for VPs â?? Too many start-ups segregate themselves and try to mirror their business model on the IBMs and Googles of the world, says serial entrepreneur Steve Blank in this lecture at Stanford University.