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Minimum Wage Boost in Silicon Valley Ups the Cinderella Factor

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

I’d personally like to see Silicon Valley open its doors to immigrants from distant lands like Michigan, Kentucky, Alabama — even Hoosiers from Indiana. Because of the muddle around immigration i n the USA we’re already losing talent to other countries.

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Congrats to Backupify! A Great Exit Story for the First Company I Ever Backed

This is going to be BIG.

It was written by a guy about my age down in Louisville, Kentucky. Venture Capital & Technology' In fact, my history with Rob and Backupify goes back almost ten years, well before the idea of cloud backup was ever a glimmer in anyone''s eye. I started reading a great blog called Business Pundit in 2004.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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SIGNIFICANCE PROMINENT. --> The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. The National Venture Capital Association estimates that 25% to 30% of venture-backed businesses fail. NAME David Cowan.

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WSGR online venture financing term sheet generator

Startup Company Lawyer

Kentucky Startup Blog: Term Sheet Generator. Steven Cox: Need a Venture Capital Term Sheet? The Lean Marketer: Online Term Sheet Generator for Venture Capital Funding. CenterNetworks: Wilson Sonsini Launches Free Term Sheet Generator. Strategize: Wilson Sonsini Term Sheet Generator. Here’s a FREE One.

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In Cloud We Trust: First Round invests in Backupify

This is going to be BIG.

He's been in Louisville, Kentucky over the last few years and he's been talking about moving to a more robust innovation community for as long as I know him. Tags: First Round Capital Venture Capital & Technology. Tell him what Backupify can do to help you or your constituents move to the cloud with confidence.

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Transcript from my GrowVC interview

A Crowded Space

I’m your host, Marcus, and today we’re talking to Josh Breinlinger, who currently works as a senior associate at Sigma Partners, a venture capital firm in Menlo Park. I think on the plus side, really the biggest surprise is how much you learn in venture capital. Josh: Thanks for having me. Marcus: Okay.

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A Must Read Book for the Educated Class

Both Sides of the Table

grew in a single-parent (often zero parent) lower-income home in Middletown, Ohio and spent much of his youth also in his family’s cultural home of Jackson, Kentucky. I loved it in so many ways. His youth was surrounded by family members who struggled with substance abuse, violence, teenage pregnancy and lack of social mobility.

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