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How I Got the Monkey Off My Back – Today Was a Good Day

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It turns out it actually takes time to build a high-growth business with differentiated intellectual property and roll out large, enterprise-class marketing solutions. Helping companies get to next financing round successfully: I was just beginning this phase in Sept 2010 and said so. 5 years ago. Since then?

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How to Make Sure Professional Services Don’t Take Over Your Software Company

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Protect Your Intellectual Property. It also is a great way to finance your business without facing dilution before you actually raise venture capital and when the valuation you might get from angels is less than you’d want. And chances are you’re in big need of a killer customer reference.

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Some Seriously Great News. No, Seriously …

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Andrew and Petri had left game developer Rovio (of Angry Birds fame) and were creating a new games company called Seriously that would combine compelling intellectual property (characters), great narratives, and fun game play in a mobile-first application. he went on to eventually be the lead partner for Seriously at Upfront.