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Remind Me Why I Love You? (Why “In Person” is Everything)

Both Sides of the Table

You race back to the office to tell everybody how well it went and you wait for the follow-up call to have a partners’ meeting or talk about term sheets or at least dip into due diligence. New York, Chicago, Boston, etc. What do I do now? We hop on the call and walk through the spreadsheet and get lost in the weeds. I remember.

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The Legal Side of Entrepreneurship

YoungUpstarts

Craig Schmitz, a partner in the Technology Companies Group at law firm Godwin Proctor LLP who works on corporate, governance, board and fundraising issues, and Erika Fisher, an associate in the firm’s Business Law Department who deals with IP, fielded questions about the legal issues startups face. Debt or convertible securities (e.g.,

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Smart Bear Live 7: More from AZ Disruptors

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Welcome back to Smart Bear Live, the call-in show with Jason Cohen, sponsored by Software Promotions. And please tweet your thanks to Software Promotions for sponsoring Smart Bear Live! Dan: Member Desk is a hosted membership site software. In this episode, we share three more interviews from our AZ Disruptors meeting last fall.

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The Advanced Guide to Transactional Emails That Convert

ConversionXL

Obviously, that makes them a great place to cross-promote, upsell, encourage sharing / reviews / referrals, etc. When asking for a review or asking someone to complete a survey, you should… Remind customers of the value you provided either via an image or text. Set expectations about how long the review or survey will take.

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Smart Bear Live 6: Jared from Padseeker.com

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Welcome back to Smart Bear Live, the call-in show with Jason Cohen, sponsored by Software Promotions. Don’t forget to sign up for the wonderful Business of Software conference to hear Jason speak in person. So it’s property management software? Our software will do that. I don’t get this.

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

Both Sides of the Table

It has the dual technology patrons and yet the consistent story I get is that they’re not actively out embracing the startup community, helping local successes emerge, getting comfortable with the symbiotic benefits of some employees going to startups that innovate at a different pace and then buying up local teams, talent & IP.

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Twitter Link Roundup #71 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

How to Hire in Chicago – [link]. Entrepreneurs Unpluggd: Puts the Emphasis on Chicago Entrepreneurs’ Stories – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. How Chicago’s clout culture stifles innovation – [link].