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Upfront Ventures Adds Hamet Watt as New Investment Partner

Both Sides of the Table

But as sweet as that success has been (we invested pre-revenue in a small team) today my even more important news was the further expansion of our partner ranks. It was a software platform for allowing advertisers to purchase brand integration (product placements) as a standardized unit through a marketplace. I stayed close.

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How I Found a Great CTO

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Because we achieved our most aggressive revenue targets and built a strong community, we realized that we had a broader opportunity to change the world of graphic design. I was lucky to sign on as advisor and investor the founder of a very high-profile consumer Internet site who happens to also be a former engineer, who I will call Richard.

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Why Partnerships Are The Future Of Marketing

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Bob is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Acceleration Partners, a global partner marketing agency. He is also the Co-founder and Chairman of BrandCycle. They can keep doubling down on advertising with the digital goliaths of today or begin to diversify and invest in other marketing channels, with an eye toward the future.

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Revolution co-founder talks Living Social, ZipCar, Steve Case & GroupOn Super Bowl Ads

Both Sides of the Table

There are of course other outposts like Austin and Seattle. Revolution is a “stage agnostic&# fund (means they invest early or late) funded entirely by Steve Case , the founder of AOL and co-founded by two other individuals, Tige Savage (yes, pronounced like the golfer, minus the “r&# ) and Donn Davis.

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Finding Your Co-Founders

techcrunch.com

The number one question you all asked after reading my last blog post about starting a business from scratch was “how do I find my co-founders?&# And therein lies the problem in finding co-founders for that startup you’re dying to launch. Having trouble meeting folks you think would be good co-founders?

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Y Combinator's First Batch: Where Are They Now?

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After giving the applicants just 10 days to submit, Graham received an amazing 227 applications, which just goes to show the unbelievable drive that the young would-be founders had. Like a parent, Y Combinator protected and guided a group of eight applicants who were chosen to be part of the Y Combinator Summer Founders Program.

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Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table

Both Sides of the Table

Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice. Joel moved to Seattle, and worked at Microsoft for three years as a program manager on Excel 4.0 Joel met his co-founder for Fog Creek software and learned a valuable management lesson.