This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Diversification Finance 101 would tell you that, in the public market, you want to be in at least 20-30 names to eliminate a good chunk of the risk (as defined by the standard deviation of return) that you don’t actually get paid for. Option #2 Do 50/50 angel investing and fund investing.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

In 2008, while growing my employee benefits business, my mom took a fall at work that required shoulder surgery. Little did I know that the simple and cathartic act of writing would lead me to become not only an author of several more books, but also a nationally syndicated radio host and patient safety speaker and trainer.

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Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

It enables merchants to sell their products anywhere by syndicating goods to multiple marketplaces. Rypple ( [link] ) raised $7 million in a financing round led by Bridgescale Partners. Rypple makes HR software that helps companies run better. To me, it looks very similar to Basecamp, but focused on HR applications; it seems very cool.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 29, 2017

by Rhonda Adams, president and founder of PlanningShop and author of “ Successful Business Plan: Secrets & Strategies “ Small business owners never seem to have enough hours in the day to complete all the tasks on our to-do lists — developing new products, searching for new customers, training employees, closing the sale.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Let’s take a few minutes to examine the kind of equity financing available to small or early stage businesses. Some can supply more when syndicating with other such groups. If you have a virtual company with your employees working from home locations, as many startups do, it should be the location of the founder.

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mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

He is a serial entrepreneur, internationally syndicated columnist, angel investor, public speaker and author of the best-selling book Never Get a “Real&# Job: How To Dump Your Boss, Build a Business and Not Go Broke. Figure out the best qualities your current employees have and go from there. Ashley Bodi , Business Beware.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 6, 2017

Once you learn about all of your financing options, you could choose the one best suited to help your business grow. SYNDICATES : Syndicates are single-purpose investment funds. Syndicates allow startups to easily access a large amount of capital and to network with other investors. Understand the Tax Code.

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Professor VC

JULY 25, 2013

I''m a strong believer in fairness (although my daughters may not agree) and investors and entrepreneurs working together as a team to create something valuable to all stakeholders (customers, employees, founders, investors). AngelList (which I remain a big fan) also recently launched a syndicate program.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MAY 5, 2011

Now at the age of 29, I own a revenue generating company in New York City, I pay a couple of Manhattan rents, have five full-time, very talented employees whom I care about on payroll, and my firm is currently catching the turning economy, which means more growth, training, management, and whatever may come as well. Buzz and Yahoo!

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 9, 2006

we started to tackle the plant food service where the 2,000 employees had their daily lunch. As I was queuing up for lunch, I realized that the employee in charge of adding the parmesan on each pasta plate was using a normal spoon and was VERY generous - a bit TOO generous for the acute eye of a cost cutting project leader. Raj Kapoor.

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

I’ll focus for now on the business itself, there’s plenty of other info on the web if you care to understand the equity ownership or financing history of Facebook and frankly this has been fairly well known for awhile. ==. Here’s my first look at Facebook viewed through the lens of their IPO filing. Facebook, Inc.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

One of my comments was that we would likely see more institutionalization of angel groups and syndication of deals among groups. He then went on to say that this type of financing was good for the entrepreneur (vs taking VC money) because they got to keep more of the company. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 12, 2019

By making his companies journey, experiments, problems and even finances public I have learnt many lessons. My dad is always accessible to his family, clients and employees. Looking back, I am now realising that all the leaders I have ever admired are people that have put their clients and their employees’ happiness first.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

A new employee is more likely to make a mistake than an experienced one, but everyone makes mistakes. Of course, we wouldnt have a new employee write a huge new feature on their first day - usually wed start with a simple cosmetic change or bug fix. a robust set of defense mechanisms against a bad change making it to production.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 3, 2014

We’ve spoken of financing a young company through friends and family, known as “inside angels.” And even though angel groups syndicate their best deals within their respective associated networks, it is always best to apply to the angel groups nearest your physical location. Raising money'

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SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

But back in 1999, a then very young Netflix based in Los Gatos with less than 20 employees, was on the edge of going bust. Because she understood the potential for IP-based syndicated content technology, Alex started searching for new and useful ways to put this technology to use. NETFLIX – Kate Arnold.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Point Nine Capital uses 15Five for continuous employee feedback. Some notable metrics are revenue growth rates, free cashflow, leverage ratios, historical financing amounts, returns on marketing spend, customer acquisition costs, lifetime value of customers, customer churn rates, and team social scores.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

At the same time, early-stage companies are thinking beyond the high prices of Silicon Valley to put down roots and find financing and growth partners. End of Year Update Opinion | I'm Leaving Seattle for Texas So My Employees Can Be Free Covid-19, Remote Work Make Austin a Magnet for New Jobs Coronavirus Moving Study Shows More Than 15.9

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

million in venture financing. No doubt early-stage companies can be started on a shoestring by low-paid entrepreneurs, but when financing a scalable, sustainable product, a free application server won’t make much of a difference. In fact, it’s barely even the beginning for most companies in their seed stage financings.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Managing employees and tasks remotely can be a recipe for disaster when you’re building a nascent operation. Partners W3 EDGE Concentric Sky Rackspace Intridea Dynect DNS Webtrends Global Syndication Partners ABCNews CNN Metro USAToday Yahoo ©2005-2011 Mashable, Inc. Reproduction without explicit permission is prohibited.

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Scott Edward Walker

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

From a practical perspective, this means getting actively involved in your local tech community, regularly attending industry events and conferences, writing blog posts/articles, integrating yourself into communities on social networks and, of course, doing outstanding work as an employee (to develop a great reputation).

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OnlyOnce

DECEMBER 5, 2014

First we announced a $35mm financing led by Vista Equity Partners, an exceptional private equity firm that I’d never heard of before the middle of the fundraising process a few months ago. A decade and a half with probably over 800 employees in total over time in a dozen locations and several thousand clients worldwide.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 1, 2017

TL;DR: In a market that has historically idolized huge, splashy financings and exits, an increasing number of entrepreneurs are realizing that everyone else’s definition of success — particularly among certain large VCs — isn’t necessarily aligned with their own. And large checks require very large exits to achieve good returns.

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mashable.com

JULY 4, 2012

Carnegie Mellon Has a Robot Employee. Money and Finance Lists. Global Syndication Partners. 56,235 followers. 14,396 followers. 140 followers. Top From Our Partners. MIT Technology Review. Like Tweet. Space Station Crew Headed Back to Earth. Like Tweet. Analyst: Apple Will Release $299 iPad Mini in October. Like Tweet.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

I used that story in the next talk and landed 3 more speaking engagements with companies that wanted their employees to be “RHBs.” How ‘Mad Men’ Could Turn You Into The Worst Employee Ever [INFOGRAPHIC]. Money and Finance Lists. Global Syndication Partners. Like Tweet. Like Tweet. The Jane Dough. Like Tweet.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

How ‘Mad Men’ Could Turn You Into The Worst Employee Ever [INFOGRAPHIC]. Money and Finance Lists. Global Syndication Partners. One Proposal to Cool a Warming Planet: An Umbrella Made of Asteroids. Like Tweet. This Incredible 3D Printer Can Produce Entire Rooms. Like Tweet. The Jane Dough. Like Tweet. Google Lists. Holiday Lists.

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