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SXSW Startups: My SideKick

Austin Startup

With the help of students at Duke University, we created an in-person, peer-led prevention training program that has been rolled out with students in Greek life at Duke over the past three years called Starting the Conversation. hour interactive and engaging conversation. This is a 1.5-hour treat it like the dating process.

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Microsoft’s Bing Fund will give online startups cash, advice, and discounts

venturebeat.com

The Bing Fund will invest $50,000-$100,000 in early-stage startups, through standard convertible notes (loans that convert to equity at Microsoft’s option). After playing coy and dropping hints for weeks, Microsoft has finally announced its newest incubator, the Bing Fund. Digital Cameras. Game Consoles. GPS Navigation. Headphones.

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The 18 Mistakes That Kill Startups

www.paulgraham.com

In townslike Houston and Chicago and Detroit its too small to measure. Who knows exactly how these factors combine to booststartups in Silicon Valley and squish them in Detroit, but itsclear they do from the number of startups per capita in each. VCsnever quite say yes or no; they just engage you in an apparentlyendless conversation.

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Out of the Crisis #7, Brian Chesky Part 1: running Airbnb in crisis mode, being multi-stakeholder, and re-founding the company

Startup Lessons Learned

In the first part of our conversation, we talk about the chronology of what has happened to Airbnb, the impacts the pandemic has had on their business and the emergency measures the company was required to take. You can listen to our conversation on Apple podcasts , Google podcasts , or wherever you like to download. I am Eric Ries.

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

I show charts on housing, structural unemployment, home equity re-financings that we spent meaning less spending power post crash, new housing sales, debt-to-income ratios, public-sector job problems that will cause crises in cities and states across the US. .&# Maybe he’ll reveal our conversation when he announced. August 2011.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

if you have some thoughts on this you could add to the conversation and provide some advice. Not more folks just like them… [link] Detroit Web Design I don’t have a web company or startup per se but being in the advertising business I can say good ideas are a dime a dozen — execution is everything.

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Why John Frankel Leaned in Early on Klout and Cornerstone OnDemand and What He Sees Next

Both Sides of the Table

You can watch the conversation on YouTube and as you’ll see – even though the camera is on we had no problem sparring on topics and coming to a common view (or not). 10:30 Question from the chat: How do you define the difference between traditional VC and private equity? Thank you also to Detroit Venture Partners.