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   by shedd 17y ago

   Considering that most of the startups on Shark Tank (and the original, BBC's Dragons Den) seem to not get much room for negotiation from the Sharks/Dragons and end up taking funding for 40-51% of their company, the deal that NoteHall got wa
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   by shedd 17y ago

   Matt, I am one of the founders. Great to hear from you! My co-founder has sent you an email about getting in touch.
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   by shedd 17y ago

   Since it's not immediately clear from the link, just wanted to point out that FanGamb is a DreamIt Ventures startup from Philadelphia -- for more details, check out: http://technicallyphilly.com/2009/09/15/fangamb-fantasy-spor...
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   by shedd 17y ago

   Thanks for the comments! The video was made by iStrategyLabs in Washington, DC - they are an awesome design team!
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   by shedd 17y ago

   The way the Philadelphia startup community has rallied around Indy Hall, Philadelphia Startup Leaders, and DreamIt is extremely impressive and the nucleus of something bigger.
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   by shedd 18y ago

   PSU alum ('07)
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   by shedd 18y ago

   Great overview of two ideas that wouldn't have gone anywhere unless the founders got started somewhere. Good motiviation!
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   by shedd 18y ago

   Yep, finding a business model that generates revenue quickly seems to be the emphasis across the board. The get users, find cash later, models of the past are certainly out for the most part as long as this economic cycle is with us. Back
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   by shedd 18y ago

   Good overview of the motivations behind the DreamIt program as it ran this past summer, but it does cover any of the apparent upcoming changes to the DreamIt model which were mentioned ( http://www.psustartups.com/content/2008/09/25/ignitep
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    by shedd 18y ago

    Not having someone to call and Google's poor reputation for responding to Gmail issues (plus data loss) is why I try and stick with domains under my control for (at least important) email. Even if my email provider goes under, I can repoin
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    by shedd 18y ago

    I certainly agree that it doesn't need to be one or the other. Many universities have great resources that you can tap, to help grow your business. The larger state schools are, in many cases, aligned with a small business development cen
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    by shedd 18y ago

    It is surprising that this can be profitable, but if you value your time at anything above $20/hr and this saves you a few hours a week, this is certainly worth it to you if the work done is at a high enough quality level.
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    by shedd 18y ago

    For specific articles, the Google cache is a good place to turn to, to see historical information that might have been removed/changed. Not quite what you're looking for, though. There are screenshot capturing services out there, too, but
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    by shedd 18y ago

    I agree, because both benefit from expanding their userbases, in terms of increasing exposure for ads (as well as those on the receiving end of LinkedIn's paid InMails, etc.). Both companies are only touching the surface of generating reven
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    by shedd 18y ago

    Certainly - for the long term, this is a buyer's market. Since it's too hard to predict when the bottom will hit, dollar cost averaging is a good strategy.
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    by shedd 18y ago

    Using individual accounts, joint accounts, CDs, and IRAs, it's possible to structure ~$900,000 in FDIC protection (see table: http://home.ingdirect.com/faqs/faqs.asp?s=FDIC )
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    by shedd 18y ago

    Given that they try to market themselves as an easy gateway to get your web address, this is true. However, given how many supplementary products they try and market as you checkout, this isn't surprising. If someone isn't familiar with w
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    by shedd 18y ago

    Co-working spaces are a good suggestion. They seem to be used by fairly entrepreneurial people and might be a good way to meet potential co-founders in areas that are still growing in terms of startups.