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[INTERVIEW] Mark Attanasio, Toronto Financial Services Executive, Managing Partner Of Hillcrest Merchant Partners

YoungUpstarts

Hillcrest Merchant Partners concentrates on investing their own capital in early stage companies, and advisory areas that include equity and debt structuring, reverse takeovers, M&A advisory and private to public processes. The firm also advises companies that seek additional capital and/or strategic acquisitions.

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More on UK ecommerce penetration

The Equity Kicker

One of the reasons we like backing ecommerce companies is that here in the UK we spend more online that all other major countries bar Sweden and we punch above our weight when it comes to ecommerce leaders. Here’s some of the supporting data: Ecommerce'

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The Lean Startup Workshop - now an O'Reilly Master Class

Startup Lessons Learned

Unlike other incubator-led programs, this workshop is open to anyone who wants to learn, and it does not require companies take investment or give out equity. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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The Lean Startup Bundle

Startup Lessons Learned

We also reached out to companies that make products useful to accelerating your Build-Measure-Learn feedback loop, from cloud-hosted Selenium provider Sauce Labs (disclaimer: where I have equity) to ScrumPad (where I dont) and many in-between (a sampling is below, but you should really jus t click through to see the whole smorgasbord).

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John Doerr's 10 lean startup tips

Startup Lessons Learned

Offer equity instead of cash. Everybody should be selling. Selling is an honorable profession. Everyone from the receptionist to engineers is selling. Not just about expenses, about increasing revenue. Voluntary salary reduction program. Pay attention to where your cash is. All cash in most secure possible instruments.

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The 4 Keys to Building Brand Loyalty with Millennials

Up and Running

In Cohn & Wolfe’s study (12,000 people participated from Brazil, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States), 69 percent of the participants claim customer relations is more important than the brand’s beliefs and environmental footprint.

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Sweden top, UK second in Europe by per capita venture activity

The Equity Kicker

That Sweden is doing amazingly well for a small country (emulating Israel). Anecdotally I think the gap there is beginning to narrow too. The two other interesting things to note from this data are: That the UK continues to be the main centre for investment in Europe. Venture Capital'

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