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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. You could just outspend. You could use brute force to get the word out. Now, thanks to social media, you don't have to outspend.

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The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

What’s a “fair” split of fee income and carried interest when a partner joins several years/funds after others? For example carried interest takes years to accrue and is based on the efforts and decisions of both the individual and the firm that happened 5-10 years ago.

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

The Startup Magazine

Most venture capital firms focus on targeted sectors of the business world, such as software, or on a specific geographical area when entertaining possible investments. So, it’s important for entrepreneurs to do their research to determine which firms best align with their needs. What’s at stake? Investor Involvement.

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Joining The B Team

VC Adventure

Things such as our “no a s” rule, what we (along with our friends at Techstars) now call #givefirst , putting entrepreneurs first and including all of our employees (and Pledge 1%) in our carried interest all came out of these discussions.

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The Industry Needs to do One Thing to Avoid Regulation: Provide Better Phone Support

Hunter Walker

Through my years at Google and YouTube I heard from lots of people about how much they loved our software but when something went wrong (locked out of an account, wrong information on their business listing, confusion around advertising) they went down a rabbit hole trying to get an answer from our company. I think there are four answers: I.

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Battery Ventures Announces New $750 Million Fund

VC Cafe

The New York Times says the new fund is a signal that Silicon Valley is being revived, but according to the Wall Street Journal , it was lower fees and carry that facilitated securing the capital: It helped that Battery proactively offered some investor-friendly terms.