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Rare event in Palo Alto today: fireside chat with Lifograph and Microsoft

The Startup Magazine

Due to his great ability for engaging communication, Mendlen was chosen as a speechwriter for Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, composing landmark speeches featured in the media, including Bill Gates’ last speech and Ballmer’s first speech as CEO of Microsoft. Dave Mendlen with Steve Ballmer. Dea Wilson, CEO at Lifograph.

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

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Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! San Diego, California) Jobs Comentum is a dynamic and cutting edge company.Be Jeremy Campbell This is pretty sweet because more investor competition for deals is great for entrepreneurs!

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

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Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! View more jobs » Len Williams Angels, super-angels, venture capitalists and micro-VCs - they all have their advantages and disadvantages.

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Should Early Stage Startups Move to Austin because of Capital?

Austin Startup

Tim O’Reilly, Founder at O’Reilly Media and promoter of open source and Web 2.0 Paying 0% in state income tax in Texas versus up to ~10% in California or ~6.5% The exodus of Silicon Valley techies to Austin has largely been fuelled by a quality of life that compares to California, but comes at half the cost of living.

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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

Both Sides of the Table

They get together with a few buddies, bounce around ideas, build some code (sometimes internally, sometimes through contractors), start talking to potential angel investors and then register their company. Founded it as a California LLC but your potential VC wants a Delaware C-Corp? He mostly covers Southern California.

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Zachary Bogue And Matt Ocko Launch Data Collective, An Early Stage Fund For Big Data Startups

techcrunch.com

She attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA, majoring in Writing and Art, and moved to New York City shortly after graduation to work in the Media industry. After four years of living in New York and attending courses at New York University, she returned to Los Angeles in. → Learn More.

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Learn your Austin ABC’s and become a local super-connector

Austin Startup

the Connectors, Angels, Venture Capitalists, Founders, Professors, Hackers, Press… and the Legends. I used to meet a high profile entrepreneur or investor moving here every month and now it seems it’s one or two a week. An angel investor and board member, he spends most of his time these days teaching at St.

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