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Thinking big and doing stuff properly

The Equity Kicker

Good examples include Zappos’s legendary customer service, Steve Jobs’s almost maniacal obsession with great product design, and, as many of us were saying in Dublin at the weekend, the way Paddy and his team worked hard to make every element of the F.ounders experience top notch.

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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

Both Sides of the Table

Your contractor wrote a great V1 of the product and it helped you get angel funding. I know he’s smart but you wouldn’t hire a Javascript developer to do your database design – would you? But as with consulting, PR, web design and even VC – it’s not just the firm it’s also the individual.

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Twitter Link Roundup #215 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Good read for entrepreneurs & startup employees on liquidation preferences – crowdspring.co/1neVvzy. 30 Examples of Packaging Designs that Scream “Buy Me!

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Bootstrapping vs. Raising Money

Spencer Fry

It’s a great conference with about 150 attendees for the “Starter Edition” -- lots of online course creators, info product folks, SaaS people, and others. I would have continued to scrape by with a product that was conceptually on point, but didn’t have the bells and whistles that customers expect nowadays. Competition is everywhere.

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Should you raise traditional VC or Revenue-Based Investing VC?

David Teten

Borchers notes, “There are tons of good, short-term working capital products in the market already (factoring solutions, MRR loans, AR financing, etc.), but RBI is really designed to be an equity-replacement solution. But this is the same for a VC round with a liquidation preference.

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Twitter Link Roundup #216 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Good read for entrepreneurs & startup employees on liquidation preferences – crowdspring.co/1neVvzy. 30 Wonderfully Bright Web Designs – crowdspring.co/1ncLNhn.

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Acquihires 101: Tips for Founders

Scott Edward Walker

An acquihire is essentially the acquisition of a startup for its talent/team (rather than for its products or services). Accordingly, the deal may be a mere fiction designed to get funds into the startup to be distributed to its investors. What is an Acquihire?

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