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Nokia as “He Who Must Not Be Named” and the Helsinki Spring

Steve Blank

I was invited to Finland as part of Stanford’s Engineering Technology Venture Program partnership with Aalto University. While the government says they love startups, the first thing they did this year is raise the capital gains tax. Thanks to Kristo Ovaska and team for the fabulous logistics!) Lessons Learned.

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Protecting Yourself from Counterfeit Products

The Startup Magazine

Impressive technology will help search for and close accounts of those in violation. If still in doubt, the alternative is to use a search engine to find out more about the company and product reviews. Equally, you can be a better helper to other consumers by leaving reviews. Additional Measures.

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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. Silicon Valley firms also did many non-tech deals. This isn’t true. This isn’t correct either.

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Series Seed Financing Documents

www.seriesseed.com

Long term capital gains possible for early exit. In reviewing these documents on the term sheet, last item, how is the term "double trigger" defined. Technical issues are fixed for Firefox users (thanks Rob for the comment). it is one of pdf search engines (for example [link]. Thanks for creating.

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Startup = Growth

paulgraham.com

Nor is it necessary for a startup to work on technology, or take venture funding, or have some sort of "exit." Whereas a search engine, for example, is. If you start a search engine you have to compete with the whole world. But technological change was about to make it a much more common one. Thats the tradeoff.

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My Top 10 Methods To Make Money Online

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

Back before search engines were any good most of my time was spent in particular Magic newsgroups, some that talked strategy, and some that were focused specifically on trading and/or buying and selling cards. Paid reviews For a brief period on my blog I invited people to submit their product, service or website for a paid review.

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Convertible Equity, A Better Alternative To Convertible Debt?

techcrunch.com

Second, the debt note requires a fixed due date (or “maturity date”) for repayment of the total amount borrowed, plus interest. Additionally, Convertible Equity is “equity” that may have a lower capital gains tax benefit for investors, since it is likely classified as “qualified small business stock”. Company: Founder Institute.

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