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Snowflakes in the Valley: What Happens When 40 Nordic Entrepreneurs Visit Silicon Valley

ReadWriteStart

The Internet might be truly global then, but the world of startups still revolves much around Silicon Valley. The old continent often looks up to the Valley as a sort of Eldorado of IT. Silicon Valley is a hub. Silicon Valley is an unfair advantage for startups.

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How to Hire for Sweat Equity…

www.drowningamerican.com

Next → How to Hire for Sweat Equity…. And now I’m trying to get my own team, and have them work for equity. Silicon Valley Bank seems interesting. Pingback: How we Hire for Sweat Equity (Part 2)… « Drowning American. Musings on Life and the American Dream. Post navigation.

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How we Hire for Sweat Equity (Part 2)…

www.drowningamerican.com

Next → How we Hire for Sweat Equity (Part 2)… Posted on April 7, 2011 by Travis Biziorek. Surly, Silicon Valley wasn’t in a bubble. Musings on Life and the American Dream. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Post navigation. ← Previous. You can read more about that here. I disagree.

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Silicon Valley Frontlines: Two Tales of "Working For Equity"

philipsmith.typepad.com

Silicon Valley Frontlines. Two Tales of "Working For Equity". Working for equity only is, realistically, the way most startups have to get going. That's why it makes sense to get some combination of cash/deferred cash and equity, if you can. In-the-Trenches Consulting to Startup and Emerging-Growth Companies.

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Startups: It’s not Thelma & Louise

Austin Startup

Our venture was selected for competitive accelerator spots & recognition from media and mentors from Austin, Chicago and Silicon Valley to work on this problem and capture the value its solution provided. And, when compared to Silicon Valley, those bars get higher to meet (with the resources from this market…).

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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

Both Sides of the Table

He tells the story of how he was out of cash, stressed out, nobody in LA or Silicon Valley would give him money, he had finally found an investor in Minneapolis but his venture bank was going to shut him down for breaking a “covenant&# in their agreement by not having enough cash in the bank.

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Reversing Unintended Consequences From Regulation is Critical to Restoring Small Company IPO’s

Pascal's View

I liked the Friday, August 7 Wall Street Journal editorial, Washington vs. Silicon Valley , but it does not go far enough. economy: “… Sarbanes-Oxley compliance costs, Eliot-Spitzer’s stock analyst settlement and the economic downturn have created an historic drought in venture-backed companies going public. .

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