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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

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Venture Capital Funding and the Sexism You Can’t Quite Prove

Up and Running

To draw titular inspiration from a New York Magazine article entitled Ellen Pao and the Sexism You Can’t Quite Prove (we’ll talk more about Pao later on), I entered into this topic less with the desire to try to “prove” a specific point, but rather to explore an issue that continues to rise to the top of conversation in the entrepreneurial space.

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30 Entrepreneur Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

Since my co-founders and I haven't agreed on the company name yet, we decided to post in one of the Business Naming Facebook groups that we joined. My wife and I co-founded our Web development and digital marketing agency atCommunications, LLC in 1999. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. 10- From a naming contest.

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Brand-Owned Terms: The Power—and Process—of Naming a Movement

ConversionXL

by That realization coincided with his observation that Dharmesh Shah, Halligan’s future co-founder, was earning visibility with a personal blog: We started describing the way companies were traditionally marketing as “outbound marketing” and the way Dharmesh marketed OnStartups.com as “inbound marketing.” It’s conversational marketing.”

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How and Why To Be an Angel Investor

David Teten

Dave Kerpen, founder and CEO of Likeable Local , just published an interview with me on Linkedin, which I’ve included below. approx 1999-07. John Frankel started as an individual angel investor in New York in 1999. Angel investing Contributed Articles' It’s also a fast way to lose all your money. 1961- 1996.

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Where are the Deals? How VCs Identify the Next Generation of Startups

David Teten

You’ve probably read dozens of articles about how to raise capital from venture capitalists. We published the full report in the Journal of Private Equity ; it’s now the #2-most viewed article in the Journal’s history. Out of over 70 companies that we have invested in since 1999, about 20 are in our home city, New York.

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Link Blog: Run Away When a VC Wants to ‘Preempt Your Next Round,’ How Barbie Got Made, Air Jordan Fraud, and More

Hunter Walker

. “ Right now, we are in a moment where many founders find themselves confronting problems they didn’t create but must tackle. “ What makes this worth reading is that Charles has empathy for founders (he’s been one), and will continue to show up as one of their investors in a supportive manner.

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