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The Long-Term Value of Loyalty

Both Sides of the Table

Most of what I learned about operating startups I learned from the really tough years at my first company from 2001-2003. My company had raised venture capital in April 2001 but we were told that there may never be any more coming. I learned how to better run a product management process.

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Strategy Roundtable: Professional Investors Do Not Invest In $20 Million Markets

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He should then bootstrap his product development by using the consulting fees. David should use his credibility in capacity planning and convince a dozen customers to pay him consulting fees to solve their capacity planning problems.

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Strategy Roundtable: Professional Investors Do Not Invest In $20 Million Markets

www.readwriteweb.com

He should then bootstrap his product development by using the consulting fees. David should use his credibility in capacity planning and convince a dozen customers to pay him consulting fees to solve their capacity planning problems.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

The timing is perfect, there is more than a little overlap with Vivek Wadhwa’s guest post on venture capital earlier today. also, just to clarify, the first idea we worked on that we called “meebo&# back in 2003 was my idea. As Seth said, the first meebo idea he came up with was in 2003. Johnny Good post.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter January 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

Israel’s Koor Industries, an investment company with holdings in Israeli telecom, defense electronics, agro-chemicals and venture capital markets, will retain 40% of the maker of fungicides, pesticides and herbicides. INTEL-ISRAEL TO HIRE 1000 NEW WORKERS TO DEVELOP 22NM. in Haifa in 1974.