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Finance Fridays

Feld Thoughts

They suggested we call this “Finance Fridays&# to bookend Fred’s MBA Monday’s – I checked with Fred to see if he was ok with this and his response was “Hell yes. At this point we are planning to use a consumer Internet company as an example, but we are also considering using a SaaS-based software company.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

” It’s the most common refrain I hear from investors and even entrepreneurs these days. billion 2013 figure) have been massive financings at Honest Company ($70mm), JustFab ($85mm), ZipRecruiter ($63mm) and lord only knows how much SnapChat has actually accumulated. “There’s something going on in LA.”

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 39: Jeremy Johnson and Michael Eidsaune

Steve Blank

I don’t recommend anyone become an entrepreneur. The tools and temperament needed to get from startup idea to startup success were the focus of the guests on today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show. The existence of a problem doesn’t mean there’s a solution to that problem. Wanting to create impact is great.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 39: Jeremy Johnson and Michael Eidsaune

Steve Blank

I don’t recommend anyone become an entrepreneur. The tools and temperament needed to get from startup idea to startup success were the focus of the guests on today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show. The existence of a problem doesn’t mean there’s a solution to that problem. Wanting to create impact is great.

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Twitter Link Roundup #248 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

Where are the Women Software Engineers? – crowdspring.co/1pIoZb3. Can this Silicon Valley strategist teach Fortune 500s to share? Uber Tells Off Critics With Financing Plan – crowdspring.co/1u8ouCV. How to Tell Your Small-Business Story – crowdspring.co/1u8ovXv. Small Business and Startups: How Do I Thank You?

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Exciting Companies Lined Up For Microsoft Startup Grant Finals

ReadWriteStart

Zendesk is heavily financed by Benchmark and Charles River and has 10,000 customers. Bizosys Technologies, a Bangalore, India based software engineering company was founded in 2009. As an entrepreneur CEO, she ran three companies: DAIS, Intarka and Uuma. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

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More Tech Startups are LLCs

Austin Startup

C-Corp largely because (i) VCs have historically favored C-Corps for nuanced tax and other reasons, and (ii) virtually all of the standardized legal infrastructure around startup finance and equity compensation assumes a C-Corp. Profitability is now a serious consideration among tech entrepreneurs. However, times are changing.