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Upfront Ventures Raised New $280 Million Fund

Both Sides of the Table

The speaks to the continued confidence in the venture capital markets and as I had predicted some time ago the VC markets right now are a great place to invest – especially relative to other places to put one’s money. VCs need to go to 20 cities and pitch one firm in each location!”

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Seth Sternberg – Meebo

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He grew up in Connecticut attended Yale undergrad and worked for IBM after graduation doing M&A, strategy and venture capital. Although both parents are educators, his father a professor and his mother the Commissioner of Education in Connecticut, they did not teach him business. Meebo’s current focus is US market.&#.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Incubators Are Reaching Out To 1M/1M

ReadWriteStart

Satya is evaluating various go-to-market models such as franchising, and I advised him to focus on direct selling to major builders and working with industry value-added resellers (VARs) that already operate in the smart home segment in India. We can derive GeoInvenio's business model and pricing model based on that.

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America’s Farmstand, The Online Farmer’s Market

YoungUpstarts

Many of us love farmers’ markets – it’s often the only way to get access to all those organic, natural, artisanal produce fresh and direct from independently-run family farms. But the trouble is that they don’t get organized often enough, and even if they do, traveling to find them can be quite a hassle.

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How Universities Can Help Students and Alumni Work in the Tech Industry

David Teten

Marketing of tech community : Yale Tech News , Yale Entrepreneurship Magazine. It’s been popular recently to challenge those studying the humanities, like English or History majors, for their apparent lack of employability in an increasingly tech-focused job market; yet tech is in dire need of humanities majors in a number of roles.

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How To Start A Startup – For Busy People

YoungUpstarts

If you want to avoid a $500k bill (like that paid by one Connecticut startup) to later move your company to Delaware, incorporate in Delaware from day one. Lecture 19: Part One: Sales and Marketing. 2) How big is the market? (3) Avoid investor double dipping by not giving them paid advisor or board roles.

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An SEO Crash Course For Entrepreneurs

YoungUpstarts

A robust group of marketing and search-news websites will keep you even more in tune with SEO. SearchEngineWatch.com is a leading reporter on search-engine news, as well as overall digital marketing. He usually announces major algorithm updates and other changes. Industry Websites.

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