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What Makes an Ideal Leader in a Startup Tech Company?

ReadWriteStart

No matter what, there will be many areas you don’t understand—and to be successful, you’ll need to lean on other experts to help you out. In the startup world, things change almost every day; you’ll have to worry about changing consumer attitudes, new competitors, disintermediating technology and constantly emerging information.

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Twitter Link Roundup #60 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

The great RockMelt social disintermediation – [link]. Lean Startups aren’t Cheap Startups – [link]. Business plans for entrepreneurs: the three ‘Rs’ – Part I – [link]. Important insight – Harsh Realities From 500 Startups Founders – [link]. What I Wish I Knew Before I Started My Company – [link].

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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

Urs Cete, the Head of Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments , notes, “If you think you can provide just money, you will be disintermediated.”. Conventional R&D can only address so many areas and it’s not exactly lean or fast. Entrepreneurs today expect more than just capital from their investors.