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7 lessons we learned from the bankruptcy of Whatser

The Next Web

Although we got some early traction, we were unable to prevent a bankruptcy from happening in October 2011. In November 2010 we launched Whatser : an application that made it easy to get personal suggestions on where to go such as bars, restaurants, galleries, shops and other spots based on your location, interest and social graph.

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21 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Saturn, Pontiac, and Hummer were all shuttered due to GM's bankruptcy, which occurred on June 1, 2009. He envisioned a means for long-distance partners and team members to stay in touch when he founded the audio-visual cloud conferencing platform Zoom in 2011. Eventually, the company was led to global dominance by Alfred P.

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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

Both Sides of the Table

I recently sat down with Matt Coffin , the founder of LowerMyBills, which sold for $400 million but was very nearly a bankruptcy only a few years early, and talked “startups.&#. Matt was one of my inspirations behind Launchpad LA (yes, we’re going to have a program in 2011 – news very, very soon).

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5 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

She was a visionary who was undeterred and in 2011 she sold to AOL for more than $300 million. Which led me to feel somewhat confident purchasing a much larger niche regulatory print newsletter company out of bankruptcy. She found her audience and her business model and focused on scaling her concept and she made it work.

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

Lehman Brothers had filed for bankruptcy. 2010 was the year of the “super angel&# and 2011 has to date been the year of unbelievably highly priced B,C & D rounds of venture capital. August 2011. And just when I thought I had the deal that was worthy of bringing to investment committee the world changed. We did not.

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Twitter Link Roundup #81 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Consider participating in Google’s Summer of Code 2011 – [link]. Puzzled about Dish Network’s purchase of Bluckbuster bankruptcy assets – [link]. Phenomenal video of Q&A with Garry Kasparov at Google earlier this year – [link]. Are you a student & love hacking software?

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Convertible Equity, A Better Alternative To Convertible Debt?

techcrunch.com

If the startup can’t repay the loan, it will be in default under the note; in which case, the noteholders may force the company into bankruptcy (if the startup can’t renegotiate with investors to extend the loan). 2011 Holiday. Your guide for the best gadget gifts of 2011. Disrupt SF Hackathon 2012. Crunch With Us.

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