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What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common

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And so it happened that between 2000-2008 I was the biggest buzz kill at dinner parties. For reason number two people pay a higher price & rent in New York than they do in San Antonio, Texas. It is the new cocktail party conversation. We jockey to make sure the press release has our names on it.

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Why Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Is A Thing Of The Past And What You Should Do About It

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In fact, since 2000, more than 10 million Americans have filed personal bankruptcy due to their employers’ failed health insurance plan. It’s overpriced, unreliable — you can lose your coverage if you’re sick and unable to work — and limits you to a certain group of medical providers and facilities, just to name a few.

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

David Teten

I’m excited about the program below on “Investing in Intellectual Capital: Intellectual Capital: Patents, Trademarks, Domain Names, Litigation, Government Rights, and other Intangible Assets” Click here to make a reservation. Mr. Geleerd has been a member of YPO since 2000.

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

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Every one of these events (with names changed) has happened to companies I’ve worked at or closely with. Imagine how Flurry felt when Steve Jobs called them out by name. I remember the New York Times wrote an interesting article about it. If anything it’s the tame version. Most of them in the past 12 months.

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

Both Sides of the Table

Every one of these events (with names changed) has happened to companies I’ve worked at or closely with. Imagine how Flurry felt when Steve Jobs called them out by name. I remember the New York Times wrote an interesting article about it. If anything it’s the tame version. Most of them in the past 12 months.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

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First Name. Loading… New York. that did so in 1999 and 2000, according to an analysis for The Wall Street Journal by Jay R. Scandal Shakes Trading Firm Peregrine Financial Group filed for bankruptcy as regulators scrambled to track down about $215 million of customer money allegedly missing from the firm.

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The Yo-Yo Life of a Tech Entrepreneur – A Cautionary Tale

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We raised a seed round of capital in 1999 and our first venture capital round was the first week of March 2000 (e.g. But this was early 2000 and our US competitors had already closed rounds North of $45 million. We had a $40 million round lined up to close in the Autumn of 2000. We were weeks from bankruptcy.