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Probable and Improbable Lobbying Wins: The 1,000-stockholder Rule

Gust

Yet the content industry (principally represented by RIAA and MPAA) has been relentless in pushing for UGC site operators to be deputized in a copyright police state in the interest of fighting piracy. Without these two laws (or their equivalent), the social media revolution of the past decade would have been stillborn.

IPO 110
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Don’t Pitch A Venture Capitalist Without This Checklist

David Teten

Almost all of the companies in which ff Venture Capital invests meet the criteria below: We primarily invest in early-stage web-based services companies with disruptive models. We are particularly focused on low CapEx high operating leverage businesses. Typical valuation at first funding is below $5m pre-money.

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Transcript And MP3 Of My $180,000 Website Flipping Presentation

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

As I said, I have a very small operation and I’m able to make much more than the average person. The difference here is the entry-level cost to buying web property, not physical property, is much lower than what it is to buy real-world properties. But for all this to happen, a really key point is to have a really good prospectus.