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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

Why Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers. In many of them I get asked similar questions, including the inevitable “what makes a great entrepreneur?” " In fact, 3 of the 10 selected companies from the past two years has followed this business model. But founders need to know how to ask for their advice and when to ignore it.

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A Venture Capital History Perspective From Jack Tankersley

Feld Thoughts

The key reason for the explosion in capital flowing into the industry, and therefore the large increase in practitioners, had nothing to do with 1970’s performance, early stage investing, or technology. He was a former Wall Street analyst with no operating or investment experience, who became a VC by teaming up with operator LJ Sevin.

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French Tax Law for Start-ups: Ringing the Alarm Bell

Cracking the Code

Accel has already invested over $60 million in French start-ups and we would like to invest more – but will there be enough entrepreneurs left if the new Tax laws are voted in? France is indeed a country with a proven track record of developing innovative business models.

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LP Conference

BeyondVC

I am not sure how many entrepreneurs understand the structure of venture capital funds but the bottom line is that while VCs manage funds, we ultimately report to our investors or Limited Partners (LPs). In these conference you typically have a similar ratio, 20% VCs or those with the money and 80% entrepreneurs or those seeking funds.

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My Big Plans For 2011 (Plus What You Need To Focus On Next Year)

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

This will be the final blog post I publish on Entrepreneurs-Journey.com in 2010. You can read more about this milestone in this article – 7 Tips To Help You Become A Millionaire As the year 2010 began, I finally introduced my private coaching program (The Elite Entrepreneur ). Very small.