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Will Work for Equity - Investing in Clients - Arizona Bay

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Research & Development. Why Arizona Bay started taking stock from its customers instead of cash. Last spring, Dave Graham , founder of software consulting firm Arizona Bay, learned that a major client, Jumpstart Automotive Media, had been acquired for more than $80 million. But that hasnt deterred outfits like Arizona Bay.

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The Screwy Logic of Crowdfunding and Venture Fund Regulation

This is going to be BIG.

Trust me, if you lose all your money on your brother-in-law's Arizona tanning salon, it's not going to hurt any less than if you lose it in his seed fund. Personally, I think it would be pretty awesome if all of the people who subscribe to my weekly newsletter could put $2000 towards supporting the early stage tech ecosystem in NYC.

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How To Predict The Future

Feld Thoughts

In the mid-1990s, a good friend of mine, Gene Kim (founder of Tripwire and author of When IT Fails: A Business Novel ) and I were in graduate school together in the Computer Science program at the University of Arizona. The same spreadsheet also predicted we’d see a music downloading service in 1999 or 2000.

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

Both Sides of the Table

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. He’s focused on that sector (not exclusively but predominantly) and therefore has an amazing network at large financial services firms to help you with business development. I’ve raised seed rounds and A-D rounds.

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5/25-NYC – Investing in Intellectual Capital: Patents, Trademarks, Domain Names, Litigation, Government Rights, and other Intangible Assets

David Teten

Mr. Geleerd has been a member of YPO since 2000. Earlier in his tenure at IV, Mr. Barhydt successfully designed and implemented the targeted patent acquisition program and developed processes and metrics to improve licensing operations. In addition Geleerd was recognized by Crain’s Business Chicago 40 Under 40.

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How I Found a Great CTO

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Dont be afraid of developing a contrarian viewpoint on what type of person is perfect for your company as CTO, and how youre going to find that person. Hiring the best developers is essential because a great developer is easily 3 times as productive as an average developer, yet their salaries are usually similar.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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The results were similar when he examined data for companies funded from 2000 to 2010, he says. DJVentureWire : Clinical Development News, Sept. His findings are based on data from more than 2,000 companies that received venture funding, generally at least $1 million, from 2004 through 2010. BUSINESS REAL ESTATE. - For Lease. -