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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

Both Sides of the Table

There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. We have also been very busy with our next release, which is due out by December 11th (but I’ll save that for a different post). Is it a long drive into the City (San Francisco) for you?”

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How to Attract Talent to Your Start-up

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By Issie Lapowsky | Aug 6, 2010 Share ); Getty Related Articles The New Rules of Hiring Is It Legal To Use Social Network Data When Hiring? In the era of social networking, there are tons of sites dedicated to matching qualified applicants with the right employers, including Startupers , VentureLoop and Startuply.

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How to Hire for Sweat Equity…

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The business plan was starting to look great and all the idea kinks were worked out. What We’re Doing: We’re currently setting the groundwork for an innovative educational web application that will eventually fuse with social networking. In the longer term we will compete with social networks and online advertising.

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6 Important Startup Trends that Defined 2011

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Follow Mashable Business. Subscribe to the Business channel. More Stories in Business. Small Businesses Plan to Buy an iPad in 2012 [STUDY]. Money and Finance Lists. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists. Social Media. Social Networking. Small Business.

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Essential Startup Funding Tips from 8 Seasoned Investors

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The web and technology bubble has a lot in common with the rest of the business world in that there are essentially two disparate groups — the haves and the have nots. Roberts talks of social networks as mediums that may very well help your product or name attract VC attention.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

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If you believe in it – then finance whatever you can yourself. No investor cares about a business plan. If you’re not into business plans, as an investor, how would you decide if a startup is worth investing in (if you do in fact invest in startups)? . Social amplification. Other sources of capital.

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Episode 8: Charlie’s Bcast Email, Startup Incubators, and 10 Reasons Why Startups Fail | The Bcast

Up and Running

Or what if a new brilliant idea that you hadn’t considered when you were planning emerges? Build in fluidity to your business plans. I’d implemented a business plan including marketing, engagement, sales strategy and realized a few months in that it wasn’t servicing a key influence or in the sales process.