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How to Get Funding from Billionaire Investor Mark Cuban and Other Stories

Up and Running

How a law firm got funded thanks to partners that wouldn’t give up. In 2003, Ben Luftman, fresh out of law school, started Luftman, Heck & Associates, LLP, with partner, Jeremy Heck. Who could you contact that might be interested in your business, even if you think they’re totally out of your league? Turn to your state.

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[Singapore] Microsoft Wants To Modernize Your Small Business With Get2Modern Contest

YoungUpstarts

They form the backbone of the economy as they contribute significantly to productivity, export and revenues,” says Vincent Wong, Director of Small, Medium Business & Partner Group, Microsoft Singapore. “SMEs make up over 99% of organizations and employ seven out of every 10 workers in Singapore.

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The App is Dead (OK Not Really, But The Browser Is Back)

www.readwriteweb.com

Cloud Computing. A side-by-side comparison; Kindle iPad app is on the left, Kindle Cloud Reader on the right. RWW PARTNERS. ReadWriteWeb | Startups | Small Business | Enterprise | Cloud Computing | Developers | Mobile. © 2003-2012 ReadWriteWeb. ReadWriteWeb. ReadWriteStart. ReadWriteBiz. ReadWriteEnterprise.

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How to Get Superior Returns in Venture Capital

David Teten

a “Bitcoin Fund”, a “Social Media Fund”, a “Nanotech Fund”), you’re going to raise capital from Limited Partners who are very focused on Theme X. The importance of reputation is why, for example, Andreessen Horowitz invested early and heavily in their own PR, adding PR guru Margit Wennmachers as a Partner. . – Network.

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How to Get Superior Returns in Venture Capital

David Teten

a “Bitcoin Fund”, a “Social Media Fund”, a “Nanotech Fund”), you’re going to raise capital from Limited Partners who are very focused on Theme X. The importance of reputation is why, for example, Andreessen Horowitz invested early and heavily in their own PR, adding PR guru Margit Wennmachers as a Partner. . – Network.

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Gaming is Eating the World

VC Cafe

Guest post by Kevin Baxpehler, Managing Partner at Remagine Ventures. Second Life has been around since 2003, has over 30m registered users of which about 500k are active monthly. Yes, the title is “click-bait” but there is some truth to it, bear with me. This is not new either.

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Signed, sealed, delivered: DocuSign hits the Nasdaq

Cracking the Code

What a journey it has been since the genesis of the company in 2003, when it’s visionary team set out to automate the agreement process and solve many pain points from speed to cost and accuracy. Partners network Keith Krach, who joined the board of the company in January 2010, was appointed CEO the following year.

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