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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

Posted on September 14, 2009 by steveblank Over the last 30 years Wall Street’s appetite for technology stocks have changed radically – swinging between unbridled enthusiasm to believing they’re all toxic. Each VC firm/partner has a different spin on what to weigh more.) 3) invest in and take equity stakes in exchange for capital.

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supermac War Story 1: Joining supermac

Steve Blank

The company was the laughing stock of the Mac market. When I went through their financials as part of my due diligence I realized that if they ditched their low margin disk drive products, it wouldn’t take much to make them a profitable company. They sold to a set of customers I knew nothing about.

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Can A Startup Do OffShore Development? Part 2

prosperati.com

There is this delusion that certification in a computer language or vendor technology (Microsoft etc) equates to mastery of the art of programming itself. Silicon Valley is a great place for technology startups in no small part due to its culture of entrepreneurship and innovation. Find someone who is “certified&# in it.

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What the AngelList Debate Means for the Future of Startup Investing

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Reilly Tech Ventures, was so concerned about the network that he deleted his AngelList account. Chris McCann is the co-founder of StartupDigest , the members-only guide to the tech startup world. AngelList is operating very much like the NASDAQ stock exchange of the startup investment world, where deals and angel investors are public.

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Cracking The Code: Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007

Cracking the Code

Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. I make the most of this time by listening to my favorite tech and venture podcasts. Add RSS feed. In search of Europe's next tech stars. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Thursday, December 28, 2006.

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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

Both Sides of the Table

asymmetry, real-time, curated RSS / link-sharing]. We will seeing the growth of social networks around topics of interest like StockTwits for people interested in investing in the stock market. At the top end is the business logic created by startups and established technology companies. cheap accessible digital hardware].

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

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