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Building The Machine Podcast Episode 5: Dan Kimerling Deciens Capital

Eric Friedman

Eric, as you know, I grew up in suburban New Jersey and in suburban New Jersey, we ate a lot of Benihana growing up and I love the Americanized version of this deeply traditional Japanese meal. They talk about] businesses which are not contractually recurring revenue in the parlance of recurring revenue run rates.

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Strangling Innovation: Tesla versus “Rent Seekers”

Steve Blank

When you get customer scale and raise a large financing round , take the battle to the incumbents. Use competition among governments to your advantage, eg, if New York or North Carolina doesn’t want Tesla, put the store in New Jersey, across the river from Manhattan, increasing New Jersey’s tax revenue.

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Navigating Seasonality While Keeping Cashflow Healthy

YoungUpstarts

As Kabbage customers explain, managing seasonal impact on revenue requires preparation – and if possible, alternate ways to bring money in the door. Launching new services for traditionally slow seasons. To even out cash flow, he recently decided to stage some summer home expos on the New Jersey shore, aimed at vacation home owners.

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Strangling Innovation: Tesla versus “Rent Seekers”

Steve Blank

When you get customer scale and raise a large financing round , take the battle to the incumbents. Use competition among governments to your advantage, eg, if New York or North Carolina doesn’t want Tesla, put the store in New Jersey, across the river from Manhattan, increasing New Jersey’s tax revenue.

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Zweena Aggregates Your Medical Records For Easy Management

YoungUpstarts

We all know the drill: every time we change a healthcare provider, we need to somehow reproduce our medical records for the new provider, and yet maintain our privacy – a situation exacerbated by an increasingly mobile population. But there are new innovators in this space who seek to simplify this. But the going is not easy.

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7 A/B Testing Resources for Startups and Solo Developers

mashable.com

However, they should be mindful as the brand and revenues grow, free optimization tools can have a negative impact on Total Cost of Ownership. But any testing (even free) is good--as playing guess games with your content will cost you business to your competition in the long run.

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How Universities Can Help Students and Alumni Work in the Tech Industry

David Teten

“CEO is the new Analyst.”. Everyone wanted to work in finance. We have evolved into an educational organization, holding investor education events in New Jersey , NY, Florida, Connecticut, Toronto, and San Francisco, as well as many webinars. But now, the defining movie of today’s twentysomethings is “The Social Network”.