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How to Get Funding from Billionaire Investor Mark Cuban and Other Stories

Up and Running

How a now-famous web company got funded by Mark Cuban. Rob Biederman, co-founder of HourlyNerd, has a funding story that wouldn’t be out of place in a movie. They emailed billionaire investor Mark Cuban, asking him for financing. Founded in 2012, FINEX Cast Iron Cookware Co. Look to the government.

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Rise and fall: Three Lessons for Entrepreneurs

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

This post is by Scott Edward Walker , the firm's founder and CEO. It is here where my father began his 15-year journey from entry-level engineer at Western Union to founder and CEO of Walker Telecommunications Corporation , a NASDAQ-listed public company. And that's exactly how it was for us." [ starting at the 0:12 mark ].

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Why Agency Owners Should Invest In Other Businesses

Duct Tape Marketing

He is the founder of Nudge, an analytics company, that was a commercialized product from his agency. Prior to Nudge, he co-founded an agency in New Zealand that was the 8th fastest-growing business at the time. He's the founder of Nudge, an analytics company that was started as a commercial venture or product from his own agency.

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After Raising $6.7M For Startups And Winning SEC Approval, AngelList Opens Up Investment Platform To More Companies

techcrunch.com

Co-founder Naval Ravikant explains that 18 pilot companies in the program, including Transcriptic, Double Robotics and Tred, received $6.7 Investors included Founders Fund, 500 Startups and Marc Cuban. Please read our guest post guidelines before submitting. The site is also a data goldmine. Trending Stories.

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Blitzscaling: Silicon Valley’s Harmful Idea of Success

Austin Startup

I gained nearly 20 pounds during those two years, in part because of the growing frustration I felt when I would leave yet another meeting with VCs who I felt didn’t genuinely listen to, understand, or value my experience as a black founder and CEO. Those were teachers, accountants, consultants, entrepreneurs, and community leaders.

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37 Entrepreneurs Share Their Favorite Inspirational Business Quote

Hearpreneur

6 – Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection. – Mark Twain. — Mark Twain. Sometimes the client hires you, sometimes they don’t. This is my favorite business quote because it removes all external factors and focuses on the most important one for launching a business — the founder.

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The Lean Startup Workshop - now an O'Reilly Master Class

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, May 14, 2009 The Lean Startup Workshop - now an OReilly Master Class My rate of posting has been much lower lately, and this is mostly due to preparations for the upcoming Lean Startup Workshop on May 29. Twitter about it or post it to a social media site? For now, Id like to ask a favor.

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