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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

Both Sides of the Table

In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. A deep dive into the Foundry Group investment philosophy including an interesting discussion of their investing Themes. “… our lens is: Internet Software Companies anywhere in the U.S. If you are outside internet software we are not going to invest.

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Attracting a CTO to your startup

www.thisisgoingtobebig.com

That would be my due diligence on you if I was a technical partner--lots of people saying yes. You dont have to know how to code, but if your ideas are technically unfeasible or product discussions are going to be remedial, a technical person will just move on to someone who gets it. - Generate a buzz with key influencers.

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Google is still a private company (their IPO was Aug 2004). conference happened at the end of 2004). Is it a case of just design it, code it, build it, deploy it, trademark it, copywright it and then go for funding? . I thought I’d revisit it and share the story… First, you have to rewind mentally to early 2003.

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16 Common Mistakes Young Startups Make

mashable.com

In fact, recent research shows that 75% of startups fail (based on a study of 2,000 startups that received VC funding from 2004 to 2010). A key aspect of our personal due diligence is then is assessing our partners, particularly learning how they react under stress." — Whitney Johnson , Co-Founder, Rose Park Advisors.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

The right sort of person is so passionate about coding, they can’t be stopped from doing it. But every day spent in that kitchen is a day NOT spent in a real kitchen, learning how to cook real food, and write real code. I currently work in information security, and I help teach developers how to write better, more secure code.

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25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time

www.chubbybrain.com

Also worth a read after you review these startup failure post-mortems. A month ago, half way through my angel funds raised from family members, I decided to review the progress I’ve made and figure out what still needs to happen to make this a viable business. You should sign up for our newsletter here. During this year they.

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Transcript And MP3 Of My $180,000 Website Flipping Presentation

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

In 2004 I began blogging. If something caught my eye, I’d immediately send a message to them, or do a little due diligence to see what the website was about. DOING DUE DILIGENCE. The most important thing here, and this is where you’re probably lacking a little bit of information, is the due diligence process.