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Can Too Much Bootstrapping Be Bad For Business?

YoungUpstarts

Imagine a startup that builds software applications for medium and large businesses. Despite suffering setbacks in places like Germany, France and even in many cities within its home turf of United States, the company continues to chug along thanks to its universal spread.

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The One Word That Shouldn’t Exist in an Entrepreneur’s Vocabulary

Both Sides of the Table

I worked in both before leaving to work in a software company at 17. I used to ask Deborah to book my travel plans in France and Germany were I went 1-2 times / month. My mom bought our family’s first computer and encouraged me to learn it at 13. She opened 2 businesses – a bakery and then a restaurant.

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

Both Sides of the Table

What is perhaps different from other regions is that we have large indigenous aerospace industry and a big high-tech import/export trade as opposed to a lot of software companies. But our best Internet software engineers have historically been exported on a net basis to the Bay Area. They estimate that high-tech work contributes $108.3

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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

Both Sides of the Table

I thought I was pretty sell suited to answer that question because having grown up in Northern California but lived and worked in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain & Japan over 11 years I had seen quite a few societies and work environments.

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Vision and Grit: How Peopledoc defined a multi-billion HR Software category

Cracking the Code

On July 17, Ultimate Software, a $10B HR software gorilla, announced the acquisition of Peopledoc for $300m - the largest software exit in France since the acquisition of Neolane by Adobe in 2013. As we discussed the potential of the market, I suggested him to expand the product platform to address markets beyond France.

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Best Companies For Magento Support

YoungUpstarts

Smile SAS (France). Silk Software Corp. netz98 GmbH (Germany). It shows some of the best who have proven track records in their respective areas. Vaimo (Sweden). Mobecls (Belarus). Isobar Commerce (Hongkong SAR China). Corra (USA). Redbox Digital (UK). Optaros Inc. Born Group Inc. Gauge (USA). Indaba Group Inc. Indonesia).

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London Calling

Startup Lessons Learned

The day kicks off with a corporate event at RedGate Software. This event marks the publication of Eric Ries new book The Lean Startup Friday, January 13 - Cambridge, London, England On Friday morning, I’ll take a train North to Cambridge. Employees only. That evening, there will be a casual talk followed by a book signing at The Hauser Forum.

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