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[Interview] Patrick Mackaronis, Director Of Business Development At Brabble

YoungUpstarts

Pat grew the business so successfully that by his senior year, he had moved the operations from his dorm room to an off-campus office, had a staff of 17 full- and part-time employees and over 100 business accounts. Patrick Mackaronis: Everyone has different terminology for certain things when it comes to investors.

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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

She had so much insight to share that we broke the interview into two parts, 1) Corporate Venture Capital and more broadly, 2) How the Fortune 500 Can Buy, Invest and Partner with the Innovation Economy (coming soon). . Entrepreneurs today expect more than just capital from their investors.

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When Not What

Austin Startup

There’s likely to come a time when you need to hire an industry veteran, or the best rainmaker in the field, or a hands-on and wizened operations person to make sure you are meeting customer expectations. In tech startups you may not have any employees watching the clock, but you can be sure they all pay attention to the calendar.

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Siklu Raises $19 Million for Cheaper Wireless Bandwidth

VC Cafe

Israeli startup Siklu Wireless Communications has raised a series B round of $19 million led by new investors Amiti Ventures , Qualcomm Ventures and joined by all existing investors: DFJ- Tamir Fishman Ventures , Evergreen Venture Partners and Argonaut Private Equity. We’re looking forward to working with Siklu.”.

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Huge Round for Waze, Raises $25 Million for Social GPS

VC Cafe

The proceeds of this round will be used to scale operations, continue building its platform for real-time location data and move its headquarters from Israel to Palo Alto, California, according to the CEO’s post on the company blog, By The Waze. In 2010, Waze has been experiencing significant growth, most recently reaching 2.2

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Everything you should know before working with investors across Asia

The Next Web

The region’s power players can be integral in accelerating your company’s growth in Asia – more so than investors in the U.S. which will help with recruiting employees, finding the best partners, fast-tracking distribution in key countries, and landing marquee customers. Gaming and e-commerce are particularly hot right now.

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Stanford Doctor's Business Plan Diagnosis

Growthink Blog

But Harrison didn't achieve financial success by performing medical evaluations, operations or teaching. One of Harrison's companies received early funding from a strategic investor (a large corporation). > Get compatible partners and employees. Rather, Harrison achieved enormous success as an entrepreneur.