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Fifteen Personal Finance Tips For Making Sure You Are Better Off Four Years From Now

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by Eric Tyson, author of “ Personal Finance For Dummies “ Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few months, you know that the presidential election is just around the corner. Resist the lure of 0-percent-down financing and credit cards that make too-good-to-be-true offers to get you to sign up.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter September 2010 Edition

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See the March 2010 edition after the jump. Israel’s ranking in the’s Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011 increased to 24th place from 27th the year before. Leading financial magazine Global Finance named Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer among the top ten World’s Best Central Bankers for the year 2010.

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Google VP: Here's How to Get Bought By Us

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When it comes to the most famous company that got away, Groupon — which was offered and turned down $6 billion in 2010, and recently fell below that market cap — Lawee refuses to speculate about whether it would have fared better inside the Googleplex.). company Slide.com in August 2010 for $182 million. On2 Technologies.

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

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It was filed in 2005 and issued in 2010 which means there was a good deal of prior art around SNS before Yahoo filed. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Regarding social networking, Yahoo! Read More ».

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5 Myths About Building A Successful Brand And Business

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Explore content syndication opportunities to expand the reach of your blog posts. When I started my business in 2010, I thought I could tough it out and handle everything, but I quickly learned that’s the fast track to burnout and missed opportunities. Expect to encounter ebb and flow.

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How Can Israeli Startups Raise Funding in Silicon Valley?

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When we (seed stage funds or angels) invest, it is always through a syndicate involving multiple investors and behind a lead – the lead is negotiating the terms of the deal with founders and is “first in line&# for supporting the team post-investment. link] is another great one to apply. They take international Founders.

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6 Important Startup Trends that Defined 2011

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Brightkite , the company that pioneered the place checkin, pivoted from checkins to group messaging in late 2010. Birchbox didn’t discover the subscription product model when it launched in 2010, but it did make subscription service sexy. Money and Finance Lists. Global Syndication Partners. Birchbox for Everything.