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After Facebook's IPO flub, value of tech startups falls back to earth

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A string quartet played a medley of pop radio hits as several hundreds startup founders, Goldman Sachs bankers, and venture capital investors, chatted over drinks inside a gleaming neon temple of Angel Orensanz in lower Manhattan. Capital will be harder to come by, and founders will be more open to sell. By Ben Popper 06.19.2012.

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The cardinal sin of community management

Startup Lessons Learned

As a founder of a company, there is nothing more painful than to see your most loyal and devoted customers suffering. That is what company founders and staff do not get. In a history of totalitarian governments, there's one common thing. " I couldn't agree more. We WORK, not just play, on IMVU. We are partners.

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