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by langer 18y ago
2 things: help with enterprise sales to Fortune 500s plus Cisco are a potential acquirer.
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by langer 18y ago
Taking money from Cisco is a very smart move. Congrats on the round guys!
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by langer 18y ago
11. Know your US-based competition inside out. One of the first questions you get asked will be about it.
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Trutap decimates headcount, keeps skeleton staff, looks for sale(uk.techcrunch.com)
2 points by langer 18y ago|0 comments
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by langer 18y ago
What SpaceX, Virgin Galactic etc. are doing with space tourism is great, but I reckon a lot of people would pay good money to see one of those up close (safely!).
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Responsible Tweeting: Mumbai Provides Teachable Moment(poynter.org)
1 points by langer 18y ago|0 comments
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2004-8 VC Web investment ranking list(wallen.typepad.com)
10 points by langer 18y ago|0 comments
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by langer 18y ago
http://intruders.tv is the best source of recent videos of startups on the web. It's broken down into countries: UK, US etc. Front page of US ( http://us.intruders.tv ) has interviews with Mark Zuckerberg, Reid Hoffman, Evan Williams amon
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Xobni Adds Yahoo Mail, Facebook, Skype, Hoovers, And The Kitchen Sink(techcrunch.com)
3 points by langer 18y ago|1 comments
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Evolutionary entrepreneur drug proposed(telegraph.co.uk)
1 points by langer 18y ago|1 comments
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by langer 18y ago
The MBA is an investment opportunity - costing 2 years and ~$100k. Surely any would-be entrepreneur is better off investing 2 years and $100k in starting a company?
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by langer 18y ago
And what about Auctomatic? Surely their $5M exit to Live Current counts more than some angel dollars and early signs of traction.
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Two schools of thought on how to gain early traction for consumer-focused startups(framethink.wordpress.com)
13 points by langer 18y ago|2 comments
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Creative destruction in the digital value chain(theequitykicker.com)
1 points by langer 18y ago|0 comments
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by langer 18y ago
"Hack #1: Accept a lower valuation [...] If you want to close your funding sooner, take your valuation down a notch and give your investors 'a great deal.' This means selling me one-third of your company for $500,000, which is still a smar
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Energy Management is More Important for Creative Work(scotthyoung.com)
1 points by langer 18y ago|0 comments
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by langer 18y ago
Was this really worth writing a blog post about?
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Your Metabolic Bank Account(lifehack.org)
2 points by langer 18y ago|0 comments
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by langer 18y ago
Is there any data available on the avg no. hrs/week [insert type of user here] puts in? I've been surprised at some of the readings as well.
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by langer 18y ago
This reminds me of the Greg McAdoo vs David Heinemeier Hansson debate at Startup School. It totally polarises 'the VC approach' and 'bootstrapping' and talks in very general terms. I don't believe there's a right answer to this. Surely the
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Why Twitter cut SMS in Europe: Interview with Evan Williams(uk.techcrunch.com)
3 points by langer 18y ago|0 comments
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by langer 18y ago
AdRocket appears to be a more automated version of (the not amazingly successful) Amigo ( http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/05/carson-systems-launches... ). Has anyone used any of these in-email text advertising networks? If so, what scenar
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The "Feedization" Of The Web(avc.com)
19 points by langer 18y ago|2 comments
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Secretive Storage Company Dropbox (YC Summer 07) Took Sequoia Funding in 2007(techcrunch.com)
31 points by langer 18y ago|15 comments
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How Compete.com kicked everyones Ass(okdork.com)
2 points by langer 18y ago|1 comments
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Socialcast is Friendfeed for your business(news.cnet.com)
1 points by langer 18y ago|0 comments
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by langer 18y ago
"No charismatic figurehead leader, but leadership that focuses on building the organization instead of investing their time in extensive PR work." I find it interesting that a company's leadership appears to be valued just like this by pe
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Seth Godin: Learning from a summer intern program(sethgodin.typepad.com)
2 points by langer 18y ago|0 comments
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7 Reasons Why The Gym is Better Than Therapy(scotthyoung.com)
22 points by langer 18y ago|12 comments
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by langer 18y ago
I've seen Nivi from VentureHacks mention "Bargaining for Advantage" a couple of times - more notable occasion was as this book review: http://venturehacks.com/articles/bargaining-for-advantage It's quite high up on my current list of "Boo

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