Matt Dorf is a consultant for the Democratic National Committee, who specializes in Jewish outreach.
David Dorf, senior director of technology strategy, Oracle Retail, picked up on the theme.
Dorf encouraged participants to focus on customer development in the first phase of their business.
Dorf also answered questions from participants, such as ways to find customers and get initial funding.
Users were able to continue trades, Dorf said, by using a different address that took them to other ISPs.
Dorf advised every start-up team to have members that fall into three categories: the hacker, the hustler and the artist.
Fran Dorf, the advice columnist at The Daily Muse, gives some great pointers for dealing with this tough workplace scenario.
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During his four decades in the start-up world, Bob Dorf has founded seven start-ups, invested and coached more than 20 start-ups.
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Michael Dorf.
Iglu-Dorf Zugspitze is open from 31 December to mid-April, weather conditions permitting.
Michael Dorf of Cornell University Law School offers a few tips.
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Over the course of his more than forty-year career, Dorf has founded and invested in nearly 30 startups, seven of which went public.
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In the afternoon session, Bob Dorf offered more insights on developing venture ideas after the initial stage of getting out and talking to customers.
Every company has three things to do: find their customers, keep them, and grow them, said Bob Dorf to participants at the Boot Camp.
The three-hour morning session by Bob Dorf was intense and thought-provoking.
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For those that were willing, Dorf still would offer no consolation.
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Mr. MATT DORF (Consultant, Democratic National Committee): During this last election cycle, there was an orchestrated Republican campaign to turn support for Israel into a wedge issue among Jewish voters.
There was only one type of start-up and one type of entrepreneur in the old days, but today there are many types of start-up, according to Dorf.
Some people have a hard time seeing the difference between preventing innkeepers from discriminating and locking up people for carrying guns near schools, Dorf said, but it exists.
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Paint cans by Kelley Walker and Wade Guyton line the floor, a chocolate disco ball by Walker hangs in one room, canvases by Neo Rauch and Imen Dorf cram the walls.
And while he knows that many recent college graduates decide to start a company out of frustration with the current job market, Dorf says that a desperate founder is rarely a successful one.
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While it's true that Israel's backers in the U.S. go far beyond the Jewish community, and while it's also true that many American Jews all but ignore Israel in the voting booth, Dorf is pretty pleased with how the election went.
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