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What Entrepreneurs Should do about Price Fixing

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We discuss deal structures. Corporations need startups. Tags: Startup Advice. We discuss things like what the general prices in the market are but not in a price fixing way but in a general commentary way, like “I can’t believe that guy paid 40 pre!&# kind of way. Entrepreneurs need angels. Angels need VCs.

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How VCs Think About Adding New Partners

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Startup CEO experience (Founded P.S. XO along with my good friend Soleil Moon Frye. We believe it’s important to have our partners all based in one location so our starting point is wanting our partners to be based in LA and be committed to making this city a vibrant startup community that is now the third largest in the country.

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The Corrosive Downside of Acquihires

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For the past 5 years or so Google, Facebook and a handful of tech industry giants have been quietly buying scores of early-stage startups for their talent. I’m supposed to believe that my best innovation can only come from scores of startup founders who just made millions and have now become CVOs at my company? Go do a startup.