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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. To give you a sense, for 2002 the entire US online ad market was $6B and had shrunk year over year (it was $25B+ for 2010). Is it a case of just design it, code it, build it, deploy it, trademark it, copywright it and then go for funding? .

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How Reed Hastings’ Facebook Status Update Landed Netflix in SEC’s Crosshairs

Gust

When it goes public, a company must adopt a raft of policies and measures designed to comply with insider trading rules and tightly control disclosure of financial and other material non-public information that, if disclosed, could significantly alter the total mix of information available to those making investment decisions.

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Neuromarketing Ethics: How Far Is Too Far?

ConversionXL

Decades later, in 2002, Dutch marketing professor Ale Smidts coined the term “neuromarketing.” In 2012, Facebook experimented on 700,000 users without their consent when analyzing mood states. Bernays believed that people could be influenced via crowd psychology and psychoanalysis. Questions persist: Who owns brain scans? Conclusion.

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Venture Capital Access Program launches to aid women and diverse entrepreneurs

David Teten

I am very happy to announce today a new program I’ve been working on designed to support women and diverse entrepreneurs, particularly those in the technology sector. Any company that aspires to maintain a leadership position needs to position itself to exploit these two macro trends. According to the U.S. for non-diverse firms.

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Bottoms Up Everyone: A New Economic Revolution Is Upon Us

YoungUpstarts

This is all thanks to websites designed to bring sellers and buyers together in new ways. The US labor force gained over 10 million more working proprietors between 2000 and 2012—with over 21% of working Americans receiving at least part of their income through self-employment. Got a cool product idea?

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20 Most Influential Graphic Design Companies From Around the World

crowdSPRING Blog

Graphic design is a notoriously competitive field and it can be tough for companies to stand out. But, at least twenty graphic design firms from around the world have proven to be the best in their field, with gorgeous portfolios filled with impressive clients and prominent design campaigns. Frog Design. MetaDesign.

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What to Do When You Need a Disaster Loan

Up and Running

According to the National Flood Insurance Program, the average business claim on flood insurance from 2008 to 2012 was $87,000. The European Union created the EU Solidarity Fund in 2002 specifically to respond to natural disaster-afflicted areas in Europe. This can be critical information. Know your finances and keep backup records.

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