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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

There were startups and a software industry but barely. SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). There was no money train. It was 1991. We still loved every moment.

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Fear is the mind-killer

Startup Lessons Learned

He summarized that conversation well, so rather than re-tread that material, Ill quote it here: One thing that I was surprised to learn was that IMVU started out with continuous deployment. As the product matured, they were able to ratchet up the quality to prevent regression on features that had been truly embraced by their customers.

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Thriving In A World Of Constant Change

Duct Tape Marketing

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Success story features Q & A sessions with successful business leaders, keynote presentations, conversations on sales marketing. And I'm sure that there is a software company out there somewhere named, uh, to the uses the name as well. FluxMindset.com. AprilRinne.com.