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Dean Vagnozzi on Commercial Real Estate Market Trends & Advice for Newcomers

The Startup Magazine

In 2005 Vagnozzi put together 30 investors to pool $1M and fund the development of 110 acres in Montgomery County. This property eventually sold for $22M in 2008 to a larger developer and they ended up tripling their principal investment by getting $4M back. The entrepreneur in him started to flourish.

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Dear Founders: Here Are Three IP Mistakes to Watch-Out For

Scott Edward Walker

Then the prior employer rears its ugly head and claims that it actually owns the startup’s IP. Another problem often arises with respect to IP created pre-incorporation by outside developers or contractors (i.e., As noted above, any IP created pre-incorporation will typically be assigned to the company in exchange for equity.

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Startup CEO (OnlyOnce- the book!), Part III – Pre-Order Now

OnlyOnce

Chapter 11: Every Day in Every Way, We Get a Little Better…The Feedback Matrix, 1:1 Check-ins, “Hallway” Feedback, Performance Reviews, The 360, Soliciting Feedback on Your Own Performance, Crafting and Meeting Development Plans . That Is the Question, First Perfect the Model, Choosing Growth, Choosing Profits, The Third Way.

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Android fragmentation – it’s looking pretty ugly

The Equity Kicker

4,000 devices is an awful lot (even with the caveat that custom ROMs overwriting the android.build.MODEL variable will have inflated the numbers a bit) and a big challenge for developers given the variety in OS’s, screen sizes etc. of devices are on the latest version of the OS (Ice Cream Sandwich 4.04).

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Beware The Consultant

infochachkie.com

Instead of hearing from your long lost third-cousin, you will be inundated with an avalanche of ‘congratulatory’ emails, calls and letters from people who want to relieve you of the burden of your hard-earned equity round. Such positions include: PR, Sales, Product Development, Lead Generation, Strategic Planning, Fund Raising, etc.

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Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy? Think Again.

techcrunch.com

Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. But it’s when you look between the survey of VCs and the survey of private businesses that things start to get ugly. Not a big shock, but things don’t look pretty, especially in the venture capital world.

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Software Startup Myths Debunked

www.singlefounder.com

Paul Graham says : “ An advantage of consulting, as a way to develop a product, is that you know you’re making something at least one customer wants. There’s a missing myth #0: “If my company is successful and I’m making a good salary and my equity is worth millions, I will be happy.&#