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6 Important Startup Trends that Defined 2011

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World Featured in US & World Featured: Facebook Year End 2011 Awards. 6 Important Startup Trends that Defined 2011. December 28, 2011 by Sarah Kessler. As the innovation engines of the economy, what startups figured out in 2011 will likely appear on other sectors’ trend lists in 2012. Year End 2011.

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Startup Tools

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Managewith.us - Collaborative Task Manager Mavenlink - manage project communications, documents, schedules, budgets, payments Industrial Logic – Agile eLearning Misc Office Help Google Apps – cloud mail server, calendar, docs, etc.

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LinkedIn Explores What It Takes To Be an Entrepreneur [INFOGRAPHIC]

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September 1, 2011 09:04:39 Reply 0 Flag this comment jamespmedd Follow Interesting information but an awful looking infographic! September 1, 2011 09:24:15 Reply 3 Flag this comment Aaron Pace Follow Not everyone can create awesome infographics. September 1, 2011 09:31:29 Reply 0 Flag this comment Bess Menousek Follow Agreed.

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Convertible Equity, A Better Alternative To Convertible Debt?

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As a refresher, a convertible note is a loan that automatically converts into equity upon the closing of a Series A round of financing. Ressi, Wilson Sonsini and a top-tier accounting firm (which preferred not to be named) have been working on developing this set of documents for some time now, says Ressi. 2011 Holiday.

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Why Launching a Startup Is More Expensive Than You Think

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million in venture financing. No doubt early-stage companies can be started on a shoestring by low-paid entrepreneurs, but when financing a scalable, sustainable product, a free application server won’t make much of a difference. In fact, it’s barely even the beginning for most companies in their seed stage financings.

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Startup Investor Makes a Deal: Engineers for Equity

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Kayserian sees what he calls “angel developing&# as a way for entrepreneurs to accomplish the same end — a product — without giving up control of their companies in the process. .&# May 3, 2011 18:24:08 Reply 0 Flag this comment LeoWid Follow Sarah, this is an interesting one. Great share anyways Sarah!

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Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth

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In November 2011, David Rosenblatt took over as CEO and has been scaling the company ever since. Poshmark was founded by Manish Chandra in 2011. The website, which is an exchange for new and used clothing, has been remarkably successful. The website, which is an exchange for new and used clothing, has been remarkably successful.