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Making The Most Of Your Business Capital

YoungUpstarts

Do you need to invest in production services to create more creative rich media? It’s also ideal if you can find a virtual call center program that works across multiple communication channels, like social media. Take a step back and assess how your business capital would be best spent.

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What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?

Both Sides of the Table

In the past 5 years some of the best investors in the country could simply anoint winners by giving them large amounts of capital at high prices and then the media hype machine would create awareness, talent would race to join the next perceived $10bn winner and if the music never stops then everybody is happy. Except the music stopped.

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Techstars is evolving and growing

David Cohen

I was personally absolutely super sad about closing the original Techstars accelerator location in Boulder after this next class, as well as Seattle (another of the original locations.) I expect that new opportunities will fill the gap to support founders and their startups in places like Boulder and Seattle. We’re sorry for that.

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Rare event in Palo Alto today: fireside chat with Lifograph and Microsoft

The Startup Magazine

Mendlen flew into Silicon Valley from Seattle specifically for this event to chat with the “Wiki of People” CEO. Microsoft General Manager Dave Mendlen is in Palo Alto today to participate in a rare fireside chat with the CEO of Lifograph, Dea Wilson. Dave Mendlen with Steve Ballmer. Dea Wilson, CEO at Lifograph.

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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

Both Sides of the Table

My views, influenced by watching Brad’s tireless efforts across the country, were first encapsulated in a post I wrote about Seattle titled, “ A Few Key People Can Make a Huge Difference.” It also has a built-in advantage in telling the world how awesome it’s doing – it’s the center of the media world.

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The 20 Coolest CoWorking Spaces In The U.S.

YoungUpstarts

startups, social media firms, advertising and PR companies, and more. For workers who feel like nomads, drifting from Seattle coffee shops to libraries to living room couches, Office Nomads offers a space for “individuality without isolation.” Right near Microsoft’s campus in Seattle, Thinkspace is a cool coworking spot for startups.

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Is Silicon Valley Really Coming to an End?

Both Sides of the Table

He didn’t mean to make a media storm out of it – it was a simple comment on his Facebook page. But then Marc Andreessen weighed in – as did I and several others – and the media picked up on his comments. Enter social media and its importance as a traffic source. ” My 3.5 There are giant redwoods.