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A Glimpse: My American Dream

thebarefootvc

When I looked at my inbox this morning, I had emails from six organizations I have advised/worked with over the past couple of years (including Astia and Techstars ) announcing their partnership with the White House’s Startup America initiative. I have just started a new job with the Omidyar Network.

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Why Uber is The Revenge of the Founders

Steve Blank

Why do these founders get to stay around? Because the balance of power has dramatically shifted from investors to founders. — Unremarked and unheralded, the balance of power between startup CEOs and their investors has radically changed: IPOs/M&A without a profit (or at times revenue) have become the norm. .

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The pioneers of Silicon Valley’s fast culture on how to grow quickly, not recklessly

Reid Hoffman

O’Reilly’s article describes two businesses from his own career at O’Reilly—the Global Network Navigator (GNN) web portal, which he sold to AOL, and the Website web server, which eventually fell by the wayside. If O’Reilly had that same insight in 1995, it could have been an amazing blitzscaling opportunity. It’s a great business.

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Soundbites from the future

Start Up Blog

What we’ve seen in digital…’A mashup co-creation, mass customised society’… we will inevitably see in retail…. So the alternative of a global currency will emerge. These founders are imbuing their new businesses with the values of our time. Often known as Startup Camps. The retailers that survive anyway.

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April 4-Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO

David Teten

We will discuss liquidity options appropriate for a wide range of people with private company stock, including private equity funds, venture capitalists, angels, founders, and employees with options. David Weild IV, formerly Vice Chairman of The NASDAQ Stock Market Mr. Weild is the founder of Capital Markets Advisory Partners.

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The Female Austinite’s Guide to Making Quality Friends.

Austin Startup

The founders amaze me with how quickly they have expanded and developed — they do this while having full-time jobs and being under the age of 25…what?! You’ll probably hear founder, Jane Hervey asking the crowd to “embrace the awkward,” and introduce yourself to somebody new. Austin is a startup hub. I knew I had found my group!

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

How we came up with the name of our startup (BeeWits) is quite interesting. I bought Forevervinyl.com back in 1995 and went online. I started a consulting firm called Global Marketing Resources, LLC in 2000 as source for additional income while I was a corporate executive. Thanks to Shel Horowitz, Green And Profitable ! #8-

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