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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Putting customers first. Legendary customer support. Instead of making a few dollars per sale and hoping for thousands of sales, you sell to only a few customers, and charge much higher rates.

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What’s the Difference? Venture Capitalist vs. Angel Investor

The Startup Magazine

An article in Forbes explains that a venture capital firm makes its money through management fees (a percentage of the amount of capital that they have under management) and carried interest (a percentage of the profits of the business). Investor Involvement. Angel Investors. Investor Involvement.

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Joining The B Team

VC Adventure

Responsible to their employees, to their customers, to their communities. In fact, before there was Foundry we got together to talk about our core operating principles. As we’ve operated our firm over the past 9 years we’ve expanded on these ideas and tried to further integrate them into our business and our lives.