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Andre is the Co-founder of Viewpointr, a community of people helping people. Prior to Viewpointr, Andre was an Investment Banking Analyst at Wachovia Securities (A Wells Fargo Company) in the M&A and European Debt Capital Markets Group. Andre earned a B.A. of Economics from University of Toronto. Andre's interests include: tech, startups, VC, design, UX, biz dev, and social media. Feel free to contact me anytime at andre [at] viewpointr.com or be one of my helpers at http://viewpointr.com/acharoo

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Have a great idea, but need a tech co-founder?

By Andre Charoo on October 19th 2010 in Entrepreneurship 4 comments

It seems like everyone these days has a great idea, but don’t have the exact skills to implement it. Several people have recently asked me — “How do I find a tech co-founder? I’ve got a great idea, but I need someone to help me implement it.” Since I was in a similar position a [...]

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How to Make It in America

By Andre Charoo on June 25th 2010 in Entrepreneurship 6 comments

I’ve taken a short break from my series “8 Ways to Avoid Mediocrity” to write a post about HBO’s new show “How to Make It in America”, pitched as Entourage meets NYC’s Fashion scene. I must say, there’s something very genuine and inspirational about the show. I think it’s a great show for entrepreneurs to [...]

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Learn How to Be Confident

By Andre Charoo on May 25th 2010 in Self Improvement 10 comments

As part of my series from my first post on Untemplater entitled “8 Ways to Avoid Mediocrity”, here’s #3: Be Confident. Similar to #1 — take risks and #2 — think big, it also sounds fairly trivial to just “be confident”. However, I think there are some important considerations in working towards increasing your level of confidence. Here are 5 ways that have helped me to be more confident:

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Learn How to Think Big

By Andre Charoo on May 10th 2010 in Self Improvement 7 comments

As part of my series in explaining each point I made in my first post on Untemplater entitled “8 Ways to Avoid Mediocrity”, here’s #2. Similar to “take risks”, it sounds fairly trivial to just “think big”, however, I think there are some important considerations to train your mind in beginning to think big. Here are 5 ways that have helped me to think big.

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Learn How to Take Risks

By Andre Charoo on March 1st 2010 in Self Improvement 10 comments

It may sound trivial when someone says “you’re so young, you should take more risks”, but, what does that really mean? Each of us have a risk tolerance and unique circumstances associated with the risks we can take. However, I thought it may be interesting to share some of the ways I’ve adopted in helping me to learn how to take risks.

Here are 5 ways to be a better risk taker:

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Are you the ideal candidate?

By Andre Charoo on February 9th 2010 in Career 19 comments

Have you ever thought to yourself: “I would love to go that school, but they wouldn’t accept me”; or “I would love to apply to that position, but, I don’t fit their requirements”; or “I would love to start a company, but I don’t know if I have the skills necessary to do it”? At [...]

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Why should you veer off the paved path?

By Andre Charoo on January 29th 2010 in Self Improvement 32 comments

“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead, where there is no path and leave a trail.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson When I graduated college, I was on a path that was pretty much set for me. As an analyst in investment banking, I was going to climb up the food chain (described [...]

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8 Ways To Avoid Mediocrity

By Andre Charoo on January 14th 2010 in Career 17 comments

You’re 22, just about to graduate in a few more months and you’re thinking of what you should do after college. Your focus is to make some money, since you’ve been deprived of it for the last 4 years, and get started with “living life”. You’re open to whatever comes at you so long as [...]

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