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How to Get World Class Experts to Support Your Company

David Teten

I was excited to see that GLG (formerly Gerson Lehrman Group), the industry leader, is now offering a professional network service geared to the needs of the startup community: GLG Share. We’re backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Silver Lake Partners, and individual investors like Ron Conway, among others.

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Dallas Startup Happy Hour Tomorrow

The Startup Lawyer

Blake is the founder of CoHabitat, a startup community and hacker co-working space that’s become a hub for startup entrepreneurs, developers, and creatives. Dynamo Labs was the first recipient of fbFund, a grant fund operated by the Founders Fund, Accel Partners, and Facebook. Gabriella Draney, Tech Wildcatters.

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20 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

background I wanted to serve our community with I.T. In 1998, The On-Purpose Business Person was released and also become a best-seller. Clients for our consulting, coaching, training and speaking service were confused by US Partners, Inc. McCarthy, On-Purpose Partners ! #17- Photo Credit: Mazdak Mohammadi. Be On-Purpose!

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Another personal story: Timing is everything in a sale.

Berkonomics

The year was 1998. I’ve been offered $15 million for my company and my partner is suing me for all I am worth. And yes, his partner had a valid suit, having been locked out of the web-design business and denied access to decisions and accounting information. The company made little effort to charge for the software or community.

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19 Psychological Tactics for Successful Crowdfunding Campaigns

ConversionXL

But indirect reciprocity plays a powerful role in online communities, such as open-source development. Crowdfunding communities are no different. For example, potential donors in the Kickstarter community are more likely to fund your project if you’ve donated to other Kickstarter projects. Strategy: Trigger Their Self-Awareness.

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Datablindness

Startup Lessons Learned

I got a powerful taste of datablindness recently, as I’ve started to work with various large companies as partners in setting up events, speeches, and other products to sell around the Lean Startup concept. There are lots of good reasons why I can’t have instantaneous access to this data, and each partner has their own.

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Timing is everything in a sale of a business.

Berkonomics

The year was 1998. I’ve been offered $15 million for my company and my partner is suing me for all I am worth. And yes, the partner had a valid suit, having been locked out of the business and denied access to decisions and accounting information. The company made little effort to charge for the software or community.