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Five Sites Reputation Management Experts Fear

YoungUpstarts

Negative SEC filings are bad enough, but having one show up on the first page of a Google search for your brand when someone is deciding whether or not to do business with you is much worse. Kent Campbell is Chief Strategist for Internet Reputation Management , and has a nuanced understanding of SEO and online reputation strategies.

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Forget Presidential Politics: Here’s How We Create Jobs — And How You Can Help

Gust

As a native of Silicon Valley , I’ve witnessed the creative destruction of wave after wave of innovation as nearby corporate campuses repopulated themselves : From defense contractors to data centers , computer mainframe manufacturers to Internet search engines. Intellectual Property. Free Speech.

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Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot

Startup Lessons Learned

In the early fall of 2009, as kaChing prepared for its marketplace launch, the management team showed the app—which included real time market data, SEC-grade accounting, analytics, compliance and customer management tools—to a number of investment pros to get feedback and endorsements.

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Looking Back On Tech, Startups, And VC In 2018

Haystack

Next door in China, too, we see the government being careful with information sharing online within its own borders and restricting access to much of the Internet. Consider the above paragraph versus how this year started. Russia has evolved in a different direction, with tight information controls and state-run media.

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Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S

www.geekwire.com

Meanwhile, SEC filings indicate that Frazier Healthcare and Voyager Capital — both of Seattle — are on the prowl for more money. But Seattle entrepreneur Aaron Roberts, a former engineer… Read More. Senior Software Engineer - Web-based Applications. Front-end UI Software Engineer. QThru lands $3.5M Featured Jobs.

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Video update on the Startup Visa Act

Startup Lessons Learned

<30 sec) Write your local newspaper & tell them you support the Startup Visa Act Call your senators & let them know you support Startup Visa legislation Add the Startup Visa Widget to your blog or website Follow the #startupvisa hash tag on Twitter and voice your support Contribute to Startup Visa so we can spread the word!

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Developer Funding – How to Build Your Team and Raise Money (Google I/O Panel)

VC Cafe

Kevin – consumer Internet plays, often times they don’t have a business model. I had people come up to me and say hey, I need 30 secs of your time. Rick – I first see if I like the team, how are they going to start targeting the market they think they can address. Even if there’s no backend associated with it.

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