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The Importance of Partnership Agreements, NDAs, and Security: Lessons from HBO’s “Silicon Valley”

Up and Running

Of all the television shows that center around businesses, none feel closer to reality than HBO’s “Silicon Valley.” The plan works, the story is killed off, and series’ nominal villain is left with a PR disaster. What makes “Silicon Valley” work is the truth behind the exaggerated situations.

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Australian Incubator StartMate Graduates Its First Class of Startups

ReadWriteStart

StartMate , a new seed fund that has brought the Y Combinator-model of incubator program to Australia, has just graduated its first class of startups. The program culminates in a two-week trip to Silicon Valley, which the startups are now in the middle of.

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Twitter Link Roundup #129 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

The dirty secret behind the incubator boom - [link]. VCs in Angels’ Clothing: The Sneaky New Trend of “Deal Scouts” in Silicon Valley - [link]. Illinois 3rd-worst in nation for business, CEO survey says - [link]. Traits of successful founders - [link]. Startup Founders: Don’t Freak Out - [link].

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How to Get Superior Returns in Venture Capital

David Teten

The importance of reputation is why, for example, Andreessen Horowitz invested early and heavily in their own PR, adding PR guru Margit Wennmachers as a Partner. . – Incubating companies. – Thesis. It seems reasonable to assume that USV’s investment strategy (i.e.,

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How to Get Superior Returns in Venture Capital

David Teten

The importance of reputation is why, for example, Andreessen Horowitz invested early and heavily in their own PR, adding PR guru Margit Wennmachers as a Partner. . – Incubating companies. – Thesis. It seems reasonable to assume that USV’s investment strategy (i.e.,

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VC Evolution: Physician, Scale Thyself.

500hats.com

note: apologies in advance for the west coast bias; i’m in silicon valley). but the food was awesome, & the PR wasn’t bad either). Scaling Up & Out: The Valley is Flat (and Global). These two divergent groups have optimized for very different market conditions and behaviors. and no, we didn’t.

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I Want My CIC! … The Benefits for Startups to Be Co-Located

Both Sides of the Table

It’s what Silicon Valley / San Fran entrepreneurs get for free. These kinds of office space arrangement are often called “technology incubators&# or “startup labs&# or something similar. Anyone have positive or negative experience in such an incubator?