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7 Startup Costs That You Assume With Outside Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

In fact, Michael Dell privatized his company again in 2013 for a few years, in his words to “unleash again the passion of our team members.” Investors want board seats and a vote on key decisions. Of course, this can be positive if you really need the help and experience in making key decisions.

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7 Startup Risks That Come With Other People’s Money

Startup Professionals Musings

In fact, Michael Dell privatized his company again in 2013 for a few years, in his words to “unleash again the passion of our team members.” Investors want board seats and a vote on key decisions. Of course, this can be positive if you really need the help and experience in making key decisions.

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[Interview] Hitachi Data Systems’ Hu Yoshida On Startups And Storage Virtualization

YoungUpstarts

We managed to speak to Hubert Yoshida of Hitachi Data Systems when he was in Singapore recently to share his top ten predictions on storage virtualization in the IT industry in 2013. We took the opportunity ask him to how storage virtualization and its trends would affect technology startups.

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Best of Breed

thebarefootvc

Fast forward to 2013. Or at least get some of them on your advisory board. Client-server has moved to the cloud (dramatically decreasing the cost of software development and deployment), and mobile apps are everywhere. Best of breed solutions have exponentially multiplied, in both the enterprise and consumer sectors.

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Announcing my new venture: Purpose Group

Jeff Hilimire

Since 2013 I’ve been running a bit of an experiment, trying to build a purpose-driven (for profit) business that truly believes in business as a force for good. Dragon Army is a purpose-driven digital engagement agency, and I’m so proud of what we’ve built.

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The Next Generation Of Funding For The Next Generation Of Entrepreneurs

YoungUpstarts

And the JOBS (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) Act, which should go into full effect by the end of 2013, will make it even more of a game-changer by opening the door for businesses to market ownership stakes in their ventures to people over the internet. Despite this, crowdfunding has a pretty big gap to fill.

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #16: The importance of reference checking

Austin Startup

This lesson was first shared at Lucky7 on November 13, 2013. I made very few edits to the original post, mostly in the area of readability and grammar (not in substance of content): I’m shocked that more startups, including their Boards and investors, don’t thoroughly check references. especially in the area of sales?