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Groupon's S-1: From Zero to Like? Billions in 30 Months ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

They face lots of competition and few barriers to entry so the future growth and profitability can legitimately be questioned, but still… what Andrew Mason and the rest of the team have built in such a short time is truly remarkable.

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5 Tactics To Help Invest Before Graduating College

YoungUpstarts

You can also contact a broker or a financial planner to help you figure out what stocks to buy and how. If you work for a company like Starbucks that offers you stock options, take them. By learning how to use the stock market early, you’ll create investment opportunities for yourself for the rest of your life.

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Bob Ackerman of Allegis Capital– America Depends on Entrepreneurs While Current Public Policy Assaults Them

Pascal's View

On June 25th I moderated a panel on the implications of America’s. At precisely the same time that political leaders are calling for expanded innovation to meet our national needs, there appears to be an almost all out assault on entrepreneurship in America – by deed if not by word. Washington, D.C. now go home!”.

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Whose Life are You Going to Change?

Both Sides of the Table

I always encourage people to allocate a few extra stock options to those that join super early when your company is risky and they just believed in you. So while the rest of my Internet-savvy friends were leaving Andersen Consulting to go work for technology startups – I wanted to choose life. Rest in peace.

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Smart Bear Live 8: Edwin from MeetingKing.com

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Jason: For example, like in America, small business is up to 150. Ten million, I think I can be very, very happy for the rest of my life. You may call it employee number one with a really low salary and really generous stock options and as the company grows, you’ll fix their salary. Jason: Okay. Edwin: Yes.

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US VCs Need to Lobby For High Skilled Immigration Reform (and Sacrifice Preferential Tax Treatment If Needed)

Hunter Walker

America First indeed. Or be wary of any pro-immigration legislature becoming ‘soft on borders, browning of America’ rhetoric for their conservative voters in competitive districts. And such is the case with the United States not playing offense on high skilled immigration despite it generally polling as a bipartisan.

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