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Dan Simpkins Discusses Failure, Learning And Recovery

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  • Date Added : 4/17/2009
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Daniel Simpkins

  • Founder, CEO and President, Castile Ventures
  • male
  • Caucasian
  • 1958 (Age: 66 years old)
  • Entrepreneurship at Cornell Celebration 2009 - Panel - Separating Success From Failure: A Reality Check
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Biography

Dan Simpkins founded Hillcrest Labs in 2001 with a team of experienced technical and business professionals to create a revolution in entertainment.

Prior to founding Hillcrest, Simpkins was vice president and general manager of the SALIX Switching Division of Tellabs, Inc., which was established in 2000 when he sold Voice over IP leader SALIX Technologies to Tellabs for $300 million. Simpkins founded SALIX in 1990 and continued as president and CEO through the sale.

Dan Simpkins received undergraduate and Master's degrees in engineering from Cornell University.

What I've learned about failing is it's a process and it's not over 'til it's over and when you see the problems are up, and is maybe my biggest failure here, you know, in October, when things started to go south, I said, No, I've raised money. I always raise money. It is not going to be a problem...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).

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Video 1 of 9 Skip Besthoff Discusses Success Or Failure In Business
  • Entrepreneurship at Cornell Celebration 2009 - Panel - Separating Success From Failure: A Reality Check
  • 4/17/2009
  • Skip Besthoff
  • 4 min. 22 sec.
Video 2 of 9 Skip Besthoff Discusses Importance Of Finding Entrepreneurs Who Are Success-Oriented
  • Entrepreneurship at Cornell Celebration 2009 - Panel - Separating Success From Failure: A Reality Check
  • 4/17/2009
  • Skip Besthoff
  • 2 min. 24 sec.
Video 3 of 9 Skip Besthoff States Venture Capitalists Need To Mitigate Risk
  • Entrepreneurship at Cornell Celebration 2009 - Panel - Separating Success From Failure: A Reality Check
  • 4/17/2009
  • Skip Besthoff
  • 2 min. 50 sec.
Video 4 of 9 Skip Besthoff Explains Differences Between Entrepreneurs And Venture Capitalists
  • Entrepreneurship at Cornell Celebration 2009 - Panel - Separating Success From Failure: A Reality Check
  • 4/17/2009
  • Skip Besthoff
  • 1 min. 28 sec.
Video 5 of 9 Thatcher Bell States Reality That It Is A Great Time To Pursue Entrepreneurship
  • Entrepreneurship at Cornell Celebration 2009 - Panel - Separating Success From Failure: A Reality Check
  • 4/17/2009
  • Thatcher Bell
  • 3 min. 42 sec.
Video 6 of 9 Thatcher Bell States Importance of Paying Attention and Learning From Experience
  • Entrepreneurship at Cornell Celebration 2009 - Panel - Separating Success From Failure: A Reality Check
  • 4/17/2009
  • Thatcher Bell
  • 1 min. 35 sec.
Video 7 of 9 Dan Simpkins Discusses Failure, Learning And Recovery
  • Entrepreneurship at Cornell Celebration 2009 - Panel - Separating Success From Failure: A Reality Check
  • 4/17/2009
  • Daniel Simpkins
  • 1 min. 20 sec.
Video 8 of 9 Dan Simpkins Explains Success Is Measured By How Your Recover From Your Failures
  • Entrepreneurship at Cornell Celebration 2009 - Panel - Separating Success From Failure: A Reality Check
  • 4/17/2009
  • Daniel Simpkins
  • 2 min. 59 sec.
Video 9 of 9 Skip Besthoff Explains It Is All About The People
  • Entrepreneurship at Cornell Celebration 2009 - Panel - Separating Success From Failure: A Reality Check
  • 4/17/2009
  • Skip Besthoff
  • 2 min. 6 sec.

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