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Twitter Link Roundup #182 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

7 Tips On How Your Small Business Or Startup Can Hire A Good Lawyer And Control Legal Costs – [link]. 7 Tips On How Your Small Business Or Startup Can Hire A Good Lawyer And Control Legal Costs – [link]. 7 Tips On How Your Small Business Or Startup Can Hire A Good Lawyer And Control Legal Costs – [link].

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How VCs Spend Their Time. Err, How This VC Spends His Time.

Hunter Walker

Turns out the best way to explain was to share how I spend my days at Homebrew , the seed fund Satya and I founded in 2013. Because it’s the balance sheet for the most important resource I have: my time. Oh, your top priority right now is a marketing hire? Why is my calendar the window into my soul?

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As Populist as it May Feel, 98% of VCs Aren’t Dumb

Both Sides of the Table

In 2013 it is expected to be around $35 billion. Compare the state of play in 2013 versus 15 years ago. 2013 = $25 billion of which Apples stage is more than $8 billion at > 90% gross margin. It led to hiring Eric Schmidt. By 2009 had reduced to around $15 billion in capital from LPs. hours / day. And Coach Campbell.

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The Truth About Convertible Debt at Startups and The Hidden Terms You Didn’t Understand

Both Sides of the Table

I can’t say it much simpler than this: “What if I took some of the worst, most egregious terms in a standard term sheet and made them the defacto standard in most convertible debt deals? Let me explain it more clearly in equity terms. What happens in a sale or acqui-hire? That’s right.

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The Pre-Seed FAQ

K9 Ventures

I’ve been an avid reader of Dan’s Term Sheet while he was at Fortune , and now Pro Rata at Axios. It is what Seed used to be from 2009-2013, until the Seed rounds got fat and bloated and the bar for raising a Seed round became a lot higher. Where did the term Pre-Seed come from? Q: Define Pre-Seed? Or What is Pre-Seed?

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Bottom Up Market Sizing - Startups and angels: Along the way to.

Tim Keane

« Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations | Main. |   If we time these cash flows correctly, we can hire 5 new reps per month.    If we time these cash flows correctly, we can hire 5 new reps per month.  April 2013. January 2013. Do we really need this help?

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LinkedIn's Series B Pitch to Greylock: Pitch Advice for Entrepreneurs

reidhoffman.org

Today in 2013, the majority of LinkedIn’s revenue comes from an enterprise version of our subscriptions product. In 2013, it’s whether you can break through the noise. The difference between a great, a good, a mediocre and a bad hire are enormously disastrous in term of potential impact on your business.