Someone call Richard.  We need more stories about previously successful entrepreneurs like Bill Southworth who left retirement to risk his hard-earned capital to start a new dot tv venture, www.SomethingCooking.tv.  This dot tv site is a “Web video show” distributed on the Internet, “primarily via podcasts on Apple iTunes.  The show....highlights food events and interesting chefs preparing unique dishes in a variety of locales....In each city, a local foodie or well-known chef is hired to host the videos and turn on the Southworths to the area’s offerings.” Bill is quoted as saying, “Video on the Internet is going to be a huge thing and we’re at the beginning…

When I left a career that virtually guaranteed my future on June 2nd, 2006, my friends, colleagues, and family thought I was crazy to jump ship, giving up my current income, to pursue something risky, unproven, and requiring lots of labor and capital.  My partner and I had started the company a full 9 months before I left that career to put all my effort and hard work into a company that was expected to generate income for my pockets not some guy I worked for.  The wrinkle was that the company was not currently profitable, required more capital infusions from us, and LACKED A WRITTEN BUSINESS PLAN…

Vator.tv is a unique video-centric environment for entrepreneurs to meet funders, strategic partners and vendors.  I stumbled upon this Vator.tv video and thought some AllThings.tv readers would enjoy it.

Being an entrepreneur is exciting, but also challenging. Advice from other entrepreneurs and innovators who have experienced the ups and downs of building an organization or developing an idea into a product can be helpful and inspiring for one’s own venture. Thus, Vator TV decided to put the spotlight on some of the innovators who shared their lessons with the Vator community. In video that follows after the jump, Peter Thiel discusses the challenges he faced as he was pitching and building PayPal. Other famous entrepreneurs and investors in the Vator community, including Vinod Koshla, Mark Cuban, Tim Draper, Trip Hawkins, Chris Larson, Vivek Ranadive and Blake Krikorian share their views on what makes or breaks a company. Finally, Peter talks about how the late economist Milton Friedman has inspired him as an entrepreneur.

Video after the jump!