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A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY MAY 4, 2011 Megatrend Crosscurrents It is an exciting time to be an entrpreneur and an investor in tech startups. The history of tech investing is a series of waves or megatrends that come one after another. Mainframes to minicomputers to PCs to client server to Internet, for example. But right now we are in the midst of a number of these megatrends all happening at the same time. | CHRIS DIXON MAY 4, 2011 Best practices for raising a VC round Having raised a number of VC rounds personally and observed many more as an investor or friend, I’ve come to think there are a set of dominant best practices that entrepreneurs should follow. Valuation: Come up with what minimum valuation you’d be happy with but never share that number with any investor. Get to know the VCs. Timing. | FELD THOUGHTS MAY 4, 2011 I Love Google’s Style Today Google announced that they had now raised the limit on number of contacts to 25,000 (from 10,000) for all Gmail users (including Google Apps users.) Boom – done – deployed for everyone – and announced in a short and to the point blog post. Suddenly, I couldn’t add any new contacts at all. For everyone. Well done Google. | | | | | | | | |
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STARTUPCFO | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011 What to expect from your Angels
I spent last week in the Valley and met a number of entrepreneurs that either recently raised $ or were in the process of raising. won’t comment on the crazy valuations going on out west (that’s been covered already ). The Valley is blessed with a large pool of active angel investors. It’s this latter group I want to focus on. MORE >> -
 Your Toughest Competitor May be Your Best Partner
Companies today are paranoid, afraid that even their friends will steal their business. Yet a creative collaboration with your biggest competitor may be the best opportunity for revenue and survival. But remember that “dancing with the wolves” can also get you eaten for lunch. You have to take the risk, but keep your wits about you. Marty Zwilling. MORE >> -
JEFF HILIMIRE | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011 Never get comfortable OR comfortability is the enemy of innovation
When I look back at my life and see the periods where I wasn’t creating “new&# , its because I became too comfortable. I think its a big reason why I decided a few years ago that I would never have my own office again. I didn’t see problems or opportunities. I stopped creating “new&#. Creating “new&#. Culture Start-up MORE >> -
DUCT TAPE MARKETING | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011  How to Say Thank You :: Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct.
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UP AND RUNNING | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011  Jeff Bezos on Why You Should Have a Plan
Tweet I was happy to pick up this quick piece from Jeff Bezos last month on Business Insider. Jeff, founder of Amazon.com, ought to know. In Business Insider’s Instant MBA series, Jeff says Business Plans Are Important and Necessary. He says it’s not about being right and guessing the future correctly. It will always be different. MORE >>
- Business Owners: Take Care of Yourself First TIM BERRY'S BLOG - PLANNING STARTUPS STORIES | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
- Three things quick 47 HATS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
- Selling Companies: An Interview with Jeff Bowling GROWTHINK BLOG | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
- The Situation Room Photo BEN CASNOCHA: THE BLOG | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
- Decline in Private Equity Deals in Israel for Q1 2011 VC CAFE | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
- A Simple and Underappreciated Way to Show Leadership STARTUP DAILY | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
- More Innovation DEAL ARCHITECT | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
- The Los Angeles Brain Drain: Fact or Fiction? | The Startup Cafe. LOS ANGELES STARTUP NEWS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
- 3 Simple Steps to Increase Customer Retention BLOGTREPRENEUR | ENTREPRENEUR BLOG | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
- Executive Summary Examples FORCE OF GOOD: A BLOG BY LANCE WEATHERBY | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
- Get Busy Doing and Stop Being Busy Reading BABBLING VC | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
- Social Entrepreneurship Business Models CAMPUS ENTREPRENEURSHIP | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
- As the Paradigm Shifts #D: Dignity, Denial and Detachment ACTIVE GARAGE | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
- Entrepreneurial Lessons from 6 Miles Through the Forest GROWTHINK BLOG | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
- Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: High-Octane Energy In Pune READWRITESTART | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
- Information Arbitrage - Thoughts on Data Privacy and the "Penny Gap" INFORMATION ARBITRAGE | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
- Horse Trading ITHACAVC | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
- The Top Five Traps in Health Care M&A Transactions RECENT BUZZES - VC EXPERTS, INC. | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
- What It’s Like To Be An Entrepreneur – Mark Achler CROWDSPRING BLOG | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
- How Helping Newbies Led To Big Profits And A Closing Down Sale (Discount Price Ends Friday) ENTREPRENEURS-JOURNEY.COM BY YARO STARAK | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
- Launching Tech Ventures: Customer Discovery and Survey Research. LAUNCHING TECH VENTURES | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
- May 18: Young Jewish Professionals Private Equity/Hedge Fund Summit DAVID TETEN | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
- Busy Lissy THE PRODUCT GUY | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
- May 26- Capital Roundtable Deal Sourcing Conference DAVID TETEN | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
- Founders House Opens Its Doors To (Some) Startups ARCTICSTARTUP | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
- Don't Underestimate the Impression Your Assistant/Receptionist Makes BABBLING VC | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
- Russian Search Engine Yandex Shared Information With FSB ARCTICSTARTUP | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
- Eyeview Raises $1 Million Round from Innovation Endeavors VC CAFE | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
- Spotify Enables iPod Syncing, Aims To Replace iTunes ARCTICSTARTUP | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
- Rio is Alive and Kickin` A VC IN BRAZIL | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
- Do the Work CHARLIECRYSTLE.COM | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
- Launching Tech Ventures: Mukela.com: Selling the Dream LAUNCHING TECH VENTURES | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
- Launching Tech Ventures: Learnings from Applying “Lean Startup” to. LAUNCHING TECH VENTURES | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
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John Morris