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| | | | UNION SQUARE VENTURES JUNE 23, 2011 The PROTECT IP Act Will Slow Start-up Innovation As venture capitalists, we believe deeply in the value of decentralized, emergent, start-up innovation. The Internet has been an unusually fertile ground for this type of innovation largely because, for the first time in history, it has been possible to get directly to consumers without negotiating with entrenched intermediaries. They found that 2.4 | | | | | | | |
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DUCT TAPE MARKETING | THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2011  Content As a Total Body of Work :: Small Business Marketing Blog.
When I talk with small business owners about the need to create content, and lots of it, I often try to get them to think about the creation of a stra MORE >> -
FELD THOUGHTS | THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2011 Abolish Board Meeting Update Calls
I had a board update call recently that inspired me to write the first of my Reinventing the Board Meeting posts. The call was for a company that is doing great, is extremely well managed, and extraordinarily transparent. Two days before the call a very detailed update package was sent around to the board. It was clear and unambiguous. Expensive. MORE >> -
 Bombarding Investors With Your Deal Is a Terrible Idea
Tweet Subtitle : The deals chase the money. The money doesn’t chase the deals. Two days ago in Angels vs. VCs on Business Pitches I said our angel investment group looks at all submissions. Anthony, I completely agree with what you’ve been telling your clients. That is, exactly as you suggest, a complete waste of time. Things do change. MORE >> - 5 Big-Money Questions to Ask Every Customer
Sadly, fear stands in the way of a lot of business owners’ success. They fail to ask their customers for their honest opinions of the service they’re offering due to a fear of negative feedback. By not gaining a good understanding of the flaws of your business, your potential will suffer. Does it feel as MORE >> -
K9 VENTURES | THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2011  card.io: Like Square, but without the square
It’s been a busy week folks! I’m pleased to announce the developer launch of K9 Ventures’ portfolio company, card.io (pronounced card-I-O). As the name suggests, card.io is the simple and secure way to accept credit cards in mobile applications. Here is just some of the coverage on card.io’s launch: TechCrunch: Card.io’s MORE >>
- Product Marketing WILL PRICE | THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2011
- Take Control Of Your Publicity (Or End Up Like Bill Clinton) ENTREPRENEURS-JOURNEY.COM BY YARO STARAK | THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2011
- Remake NYC, one app at a time THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG. | THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2011
- Flexible Focus #58: The Principle of Objectivity ACTIVE GARAGE | THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2011
- Time for a Technology Apalachin? DEAL ARCHITECT | THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2011
- Stop Making All the Sales STARTUP DAILY | THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2011
- BlogFrog – From Blogs To Communities YOUNGUPSTARTS | THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2011
- Call For Tech Startups To Demo @UnPluggd Event [Application Deadline:June 26th] VENTUREWOODS | THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2011
- Pop culture knowledge START UP BLOG | THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2011
- Growth Companies Accounted For Half Of Employment Effect In Finland Between 2006-2009 ARCTICSTARTUP | THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2011
- Mini Saga #97 – Intuition LIFE BEYOND CODE | THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2011
- Staff Leasing Companies ITHACAVC | THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2011
- Where I get my news JEFF HILIMIRE | THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2011
- Going Green Is The Next Black YOUNGUPSTARTS | THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2011
- Camera Geeks FELD THOUGHTS | THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2011
- CC is Evil VENTUREWOODS | THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2011
- Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: New Assessment Tool For Entrepreneurs READWRITESTART | THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2011
- Shadow Cities Hit Europe ARCTICSTARTUP | THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2011
- Heisenberg Raises Money BRAD HARGREAVES | THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2011
- 2011 is the year entrepreneurship went global ADVENTURISTA | THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2011
- Start-up SpareFoot Makes Self-Storage Fun AUSTIN STARTUP | THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2011
- Triple Book Short: For Parents ONLYONCE | THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2011
- Vkontakte.ru To Become A Simple Vk.com ARCTICSTARTUP | THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2011
- NaturallyCurly.com Raises $1.2M Series C AUSTIN STARTUP | THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2011
- AS Discussions: Can you bootstrap your midsummer eve? (just for fun) ARCTICSTARTUP | THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2011
- SolarWinds Agrees to Acquire TriGeo AUSTIN STARTUP | THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2011
- Deal Hunting On The Move With Shooger YOUNGUPSTARTS | THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2011
- The Humility Imperative: CEOs, Keep Your Arrogance in Check ROB GO | THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2011
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