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An Open Letter to Startup Founders Everywhere in a Time of Crisis

David Cohen

In 1999, we sold that business and I started angel investing. The market sucked until around 2010 when everyone and their sister decided they wanted to create an accelerator too. Other startups will fail, and you can acquire their talent, their IP, their customer bases for cheap. I didn’t really see how it would affect me.

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One More Time: No NDAs

dashes.com

May 7, 2010. May 8, 2010 12:54 AM. May 8, 2010 1:00 AM. However, there is the concept of "mutual" NDA, which should give your IP equal protection if you share any of yours. May 8, 2010 7:55 AM. May 8, 2010 9:55 AM. May 8, 2010 12:06 PM. Anil Dash. A Blog About Making Culture. About Anil Dash.

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In a Strong Wind Even Turkeys Can Fly

Both Sides of the Table

By 1999 we had grown into the largest independent consulting firm in the world. By 1999 it seemed like everybody was growing, though. I left Andersen Consulting in 1999 at the height of the market. And coming to the end of 2010 I feel a sense of reminiscence of some of the trends from a decade ago. Ameet was right.

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Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

SoCal CTO

Some really great stuff in 2010 that aims to help startups around product, technology, business models, etc. 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication?

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

He died unexpectedly in December 2010. The original company name was Scene on TV (going back to 1999), and I expanded into movies, and the name was also confusing to people (Scene instead of Seen). an international voice over IP company, was sold to Yahoo! Thanks to Georgette Blau, On Location Tours ! #20-

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Should You Get Rid of Your Website’s Lead Forms?

ConversionXL

Messenger (1998), and MSN/Windows Live Messenger (1999). Then came the third wave, which included WhatsApp (2010), KakaoTalk (2010), Viber (2010), WeChat (2011), LINE (2011), and Facebook Messenger (2011). The first wave of messaging software arrived with ICQ (launched in 1996), followed by AIM (1997), Yahoo!