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How to Scale Support of Portfolio Companies

David Teten

Startup companies inherently have no brand; we leverage our brand and networks to promote theirs. A more sophisticated way to do this: calculate your internal ratios , e.g., your Customer Acquisition Cost and Lifetime Value. For example, consider public relations. RJMetrics ); technology (e.g., – OKRs for CEOs. .

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Cisco raises another $4b in cash and looking for acquisitions

BeyondVC

" Regarding Cisco I have heard the same acquisition rumors.  The post Cisco raises another $4b in cash and looking for acquisitions appeared first on BeyondVC. I would love to hear your thoughts on this as well.

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Don’t Settle When You Decide Where to Settle

Austin Startup

Many of you have probably read by now that I am returning from Austin to my roots in Atlanta. Even in the early Peachtree Software days, the decision to build our company in Atlanta was not made without some careful consideration. Oddly enough, our one primary competitor was in Austin, even more out of the way at the time.

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I’m starting to realize that this one thing might be the most important factor in creating a successful business

Jeff Hilimire

It doesn’t matter how great your idea is, how amazing your business plan is, how vast your network is, or how bright your smile is…if you don’t give yourself enough runway to build your business then your chances of success are minimal. After that, we doubled for four straight years and had a very successful acquisition.

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How To Find A Programmer To Build Your Startup Idea

socialmatchbox.com

We’re contact@socialmatchbox.com and we will be happy to get you in touch with the right recruiter or user group to talk to for networking purposes. If you follow these steps and still can’t find what you are looking for then let us know. client / Washington, DC ($500 Referral Reward) Developer/Partner / Rocket Whale, Inc.

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Austin, Meet Dallas

Austin Startup

And, there have been active angel networks, including the North Texas Angel Network , or NTAN, Cowtown Angels , aka, the Ft. Worth angel network, and the more informal Dallas Angel Network , organized by Dallas startup consigliere, Kevin Vela , founding partner of Vela Wood. But, they do exist.

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Howard Charney on Cisco, Growth, and Cloud Computing

Austin Startup

I should make the distinction between partnerships and acquisitions. That’s how I joined the company – when Cisco acquired Grand Junction Networks back in 1995. Linksys and Scientific Atlanta and Flip and now Tandberg are other examples of strategic businesses that Cisco identified and successfully integrated into its portfolio.

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