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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

Both Sides of the Table

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. We want money to make some acquisitions (investors would prefer to fund M&A if they know specific deals – not to encourage bad behavior.

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Yahoo! vs Facebook: Lame Lawsuit, Good Timing ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

CEO Scott Thompson alluded to their plan a couple weeks ago but the IP lawsuit itself was only official late afternoon yesterday (and now public). ’s claims of IP infringement or offer a litigator’s perspective of Yahoo! Thompson reportedly dealt with this IP lawsuit personally along with Yahoo!’s

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Is Click Fraud Devouring Your Ad Budget?

ConversionXL

Click fraud first came to light in 2005, when several major cases were taken to court. Some networks are highly sophisticated, and organisers disguise their IP addresses. If you conduct some intricate research (detailed below), you may be able to identify the IP address of competing businesses. Block sketchy IP addresses.

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

David Teten

Kevin Barhydt, Head of Acquisitions, RPX. Geleerd acquired the stadium out of highly publicized bankruptcy and turned around its financial position and ultimately engineered the sale back to the Toronto Blue Jays in 2005. Kevin Barhydt, Head of Acquisitions, RPX. Panelists: Jeff Kupietzky MBA 98, CEO, Oversee.net.

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How to Start a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

March 2005 (This essay is derived from a talk at the Harvard ComputerSociety.) So the acquisition came toa screeching halt while we tried to sort this out. But its hard to raise money with an IP cloud over your head, becauseinvestors cant judge how serious it is. Want to start a startup? Get funded by Y Combinator.

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Oracle Buys Pitango-Backed Convergin

VC Cafe

I n its 52 M&A deal since 2005 and its third acquisition announced in the past week, Oracle acquires Israel-based Convergin , developer of a real-time service brokering applications for the telecom industry. Convergin has raised around $10 million in VC funding from Pitango Venture Capital and Rich Investment in November 2008.

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Channel your Inner VC to Understand Startup Valuations

www.currentlyobsessed.com

Snapvine was my first experience being in the driver’s seat of the fund-raising process, and in the 3 years prior to our acquisition we raised over $10mm in venture capital. Valuation is an important aspect of VC deal terms, and a major determinant of your ultimate outcome.