mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

He is a serial entrepreneur, internationally syndicated columnist, angel investor, public speaker and author of the best-selling book Never Get a “Real&# Job: How To Dump Your Boss, Build a Business and Not Go Broke. Experience with Startups! Interested in more Startup resources? Have an account?

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Four ways to get automatically rejected by an Angel investor. Advice on pitching Angel investors who often have different criteria than the typical VC. Why your startup shouldn't copy 37signals or FogCreek. How to get hired at a startup and. VentureBeat). Also see my follow-up article: Four more ways.

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www.mint.com

MARCH 9, 2010

If you are considering working at a startup, you should ask these questions. If you’re told that “investors are ready to put in more” or “we have a line of credit,” beware because a promise of money isn’t the same as money. The right answer is, “We’re a startup. No customers no sales, no startup. Live your life.

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www.scottporad.com

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

If I were in Mike’s shoes, I would start by talking to people in the Philadelphia Startup community. For example, we have a mailing list in Seattle called “Seattle Tech Startups&# which is a great place to find a co-founder or developer-type. In addition, I would seek out angel investors and VCs in Philly.

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www.mattbartus.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Perspectives on issues affecting founders, startups and investors from a veteran startup lawyer in Silicon Valley. Sometimes the consultant has a reasonable basis to think this, since lean startups are programmed to get things for free and may call on the consultant from time to time for free advice. Angel Investors.

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www.readwriteweb.com

APRIL 23, 2012

Startup Hiring: The 10% Solution. How can your startup compete with that? Pinterest can hire, Square can hire, Dropbox can hire - these companies have a clear demand for their products and are becoming market leaders," explains Naval Ravikant, founder of startup advice site Venture Hacks. Forget Med School - Be a Startup Doctor.

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Scott Edward Walker

JANUARY 28, 2013

I’m using Twitter as a form of micro-blogging to share interesting blog posts, articles and podcasts relating to entrepreneurship and startups, M&A and legal issues. If you’d like to see all of my tweets (or an RSS feed of them), you can do so here. Cheers, Scott. . Top 5 Tweets. ” - @ wadhwa [link]. ” [link].

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www.inc.com

JULY 9, 2010

Every type of business has their own meetings," says Martin Zwilling , founder and CEO of consulting group Startup Professionals. In the era of social networking, there are tons of sites dedicated to matching qualified applicants with the right employers, including Startupers , VentureLoop and Startuply. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc.

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onstartups.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

A full RSS feed to the articles is available. Subscribe to the OnStartups.com RSS feed. 23 Tweetable Insights From "The Lean Startup" (5 days ago). How To Pick The Right Idea For Your Startup (3 weeks ago). From Nashville to Boston: How A Startup Accelerator Changed Our Lives (1 month ago). About This Blog.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

After all these years, I’m still a heavy RSS user. I’d categorize it as the collision between optimist and pessimist, startup and already started up, and offense vs. defense. I’m an investor in Danielle’s company Mattermark and was parters with Heidi at Mobius Venture Capital.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Unfortunately in early stage startups the drive for financing hijacks the corporate DNA and becomes the raison d’etre of the company. Chasing funding versus chasing customers and a repeatable and scalable business model, is one reason startups fail. The goal of their startup in this stage becomes “getting funded.”

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www.drowningamerican.com

JUNE 22, 2012

We’ve consulted and implemented projects for companies from Fortune 100 firms to small (successful) startups. We currently work for a top financial services firm while we focus the majority of our efforts on our startup. We are a startup and this is essential (and non-negotiable). We are implementing the innovative web 2.0

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Most VCs and angel investors are looking to invest in individuals that have a proven track record of prior success. So, if you’re anything like me, your first startup will need to be self-funded and operated with a very lean budget. Keeping this in mind, I launched a startup with virtually zero marketing budget.

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rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

Twelve months into my startup journey I had four half-built websites that had been built by my four ex-technical co-founders. What makes software engineers different in the startup world is that they have the requisite skills to hack together an idea on their own if they so choose.

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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

But a new angel fund is hoping that they’ll do the same in exchange for engineering talent. “Most of that money [from venture capitalists and angels] is used to build a product,&# explains Haig Kayserian, the CEO of Kayweb Angels. “Once that product is built, you will probably have given away a lot of equity.&#

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thestartuplawyer.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Contact The Startup Lawyer: Home Page About Contact FAQs Glossary Ryan Roberts Law: Home Page Social Networks: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flickr Delicious Digg Last.FM He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder. He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

If you’re a startup entrepreneur, you risk facing a competitive disadvantage if you wait too long to expand your operations. Clearly Define Your Business Model While this may sound like a trivial task, young startups often have an exciting and innovative product, but no real plan for monetizing it. in place before you expand.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Facebook Co-Founder’s Startup Asana Launches Publicly. Facebook Co-Founder’s Startup Asana Launches Publicly. 9 Tips for Raising Startup Funds on AngelList. Joshua Baer is the co-founder and CEO of Otherinbox , a prolific angel investor and the director of Capital Factory , Austin’s seed-stage incubator.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

But you have, perhaps, heard less specific discussions on what angel investors are looking for. Well, some angel investors are looking for exactly the same thing as what VCs are looking for. In other words, these are angels looking for billion dollar opportunities as well.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

But you have, perhaps, heard less specific discussions on what angel investors are looking for. Well, some angel investors are looking for exactly the same thing as what VCs are looking for. In other words, these are angels looking for billion dollar opportunities as well.

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venturehacks.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Venture Hacks Good advice for startups. For the average startup, that would be an extraordinary bargain. It would improve the average startup’s prospects by more than 43% just to be able to say they were funded by Sequoia, even if they never actually got the money.” 4 responses so far · Comments RSS. #.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind. 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind. Written By Dan Martell on February 2nd, 2012 | Category: Hiring LeanStartup Marketing Metrics Startup Life | 6 Comments. I love startups. Raising Angel Investment ? Philosophical] I have the idea.

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venturebeat.com

JULY 12, 2012

Groupon’s last private-round investors now in the red. Microsoft’s Bing Fund will give online startups cash, advice, and discounts. Recent Stories: Microsoft’s Bing Fund will give online startups cash, advice, and discounts. MobileBeat. Singularity University. Primary Menu. Skip to primary content. 2012 Events.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

One of the things we hear a lot about in Silicon Valley is how cheap and easy it is to launch a startup these days. SEE ALSO: 8 Crucial Elements of Startup Success Many first-time entrepreneurs envision getting in the door with the right venture capitalists (VCs), financial deities who will nurture their ideas and lavish cash upon them.

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www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

Startup Quote: Wendy Tan White on Building a Successful Startup » FounderDating: How I Found My Co-Founder. I chose a former boss who is very successful and thus credible himself and a colleague from a previous startup. She has consulted for a number of startups in the mobile, Saas, and consumer health spaces.

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venturehacks.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Venture Hacks Good advice for startups. SUPPORTED BY Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS How to pick a co-founder by Naval Ravikant on November 12th, 2009 Update : Also see our 40-minute interview on this topic. It’s more important than your product, market, and investors.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Web Startup Lessons Advice from a CTO and Entrepreneur Home About Finding a Technical Partner for Your Startup Today I received an inquiry from a student at an Ivy League university who wants to launch a web startup. I found your suggestions in the article “Startup Mistakes: The Partnership Gone Sour&# especially useful.

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www.inc.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

); Login or signup Welcome | Logout Member Login Login using: Use your Inc.com account: Forgot login ? Create an Inc.com account: Home Magazine Blogs Ask Inc. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The Investors In researching this post, we solicited the advice of a number of investors. Here’s an overview: Mitch Kapor: Kapor is founding partner of Kapor Capital , a firm that invests in seed and early stage startups. Qualcomm Ventures is invested in a number of startups including Livescribe, Obopay , Arieso and Zeebo.

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davetroy.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Startup Digest (which I co-curate here in Baltimore) is a great way to find out what events are going on in your area that might be relevant to startups. In a sense, you’re engineering the kind of workplace context that occurs when “friends from Facebook and Google&# leave to form a startup. Don’t be boring.

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onstartups.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

A full RSS feed to the articles is available. Subscribe to the OnStartups.com RSS feed. 23 Tweetable Insights From "The Lean Startup" (5 days ago). How To Pick The Right Idea For Your Startup (3 weeks ago). From Nashville to Boston: How A Startup Accelerator Changed Our Lives (1 month ago). About This Blog.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2009

The motivation in the mid 1950’s for these new startups was a crisis – we were in the midst of the cold war and the United States military and intelligence agencies were rearming as fast as they could. These technology startups had no risk capital – just customers/purchase orders from government/military/intelligence agencies.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Five years later Dennis and a small group of angel investors who called themselves “The Group” started investing in new electronics companies being formed in the valley south of San Francisco.

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www.quicksprout.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Although I have made a decent amount of investments, I don’t consider myself an “angel investor” because I don’t search for companies to invest in, I don’t lead financing rounds, and I don’t know how to read term sheets. However, like I mentioned, the person is who makes the difference. Very inspiring!

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techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

There has been no shortage of controversy and criticism around the convertible note, a popular investing vehicle that’s used by seed stage and angel investors. Ressi estimates that the debt note now accounts for over 50% of all angel and early stage deals. Enterprise. Smartphones. Digital Cameras. Headphones. CrunchBase.

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www.businessinsider.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Top Startup Advisor Paul Graham Just Warned Against Taking Googles Money. Paul Graham is warning startups against "lowball offers.". What Its Really Like To Go Through Y Combinator, The Most Important Startup School In The World. What Its Really Like To Go Through Y Combinator, The Most Important Startup School In The World.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

You become so steeped in tools and techniques that have absolutely no relevance outside of.NET that you are actually less valuable to a startup than had you just taken a long nap. Two things: If you ever want to work in a startup, avoid.NET. But what they do is very, very rarely startups. Subscribe to comments with RSS.

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