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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

Both Sides of the Table

But when the finally convert the debt to equity the round gets filed with the SEC and thus journalists often pick up on it. WordStream – Provides software and services that help businesses manage SEM and SEO campaigns. They also avoid Reg D.

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How To Get Ready To Participate In An Acceleration Program

YoungUpstarts

There are many different kinds of accelerators – private and public based accelerators, accelerators that take equity, as well as equity free accelerators. Marc has a background in online marketing, with a focus in SEO and SEM.

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Reincubate: Blog: Chief Technology Officer job description (for web, start-up or corporate)

www.reincubate.com

Ability to explain to the following technologies, standards and regulations to non-technical staff: AJAX, UNIX, RFC, W3C, HTTP, RDBMS, SCM, SEM, PBX, SEO, P3P, PCI-DSS, DPA, XP. Past contribution to one or more Open Source projects. Personal Entrepreneurial attitude. Ability to excel under pressure.

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Small Business and Startups: The Trends for 2014 (Pt II)

crowdSPRING Blog

Recently the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed new rules to govern the upcoming changes in equity crowdfunding for startups and small businesses. Studies have shown that startups fail at a rate between 75% and 90%, so the risk to this new breed of small-time equity investors is real and it is critical that they be well-informed.