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I Just Invested in @Burstly, a Mobile Ad Management Company

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Evan and I met regularly over a three year period from the time he was running Flux, which he sold to Viacom ( who was his strategic investor ). This is his third company that is in this related space and he was an early investor in Adconion. The way we use “computers&# is dramatically shifting. Good luck, guys.

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Three Startup Financing Myths You Should Avoid

YoungUpstarts

Going all the way back to Yahoo or Microsoft, the initial products (a directory for a nascent tech called the World Wide Web, and Microsoft BASIC,) didn’t look like billion dollar products at all. Strategic investors might be willing to give you a higher or lower valuation than VCs because they have different priorities, etc.

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This Week in VC with Om Malik & Paul Jozefak

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Are “strategic investors&# (e.g. industry investors rather than VCs) a good idea for entrepreneurs. We also talked about how brands are increasing driving much of their traffic to Facebook and away from their own web pages. Online service offering privacy certification for web sites. Total raised: $5.0mm.

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This Week in VC with Jim Armstrong of Clearstone

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Palm (acquired by HP ) – In our interview we talked about how transformational mobile computing is and why it’s different than web computing (e.g. Investors: Google Ventures. Klout measures influence on topics across the social web to find the people the world listens to; assigns a Klout score to Twitter members.

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How to Stay in Control of Your Meetings

Both Sides of the Table

Sometimes it’s because you have strategic investors. There are always times where one member needs to be on a web conference or telephone call due to travel conflicts. That’s why I like web conference over telephone — it keeps people more honest. Here’s the reality. Allowing non board members too much of the floor.

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5 ways to advance your term sheet: AKA “How to think like an investor”

The Next Web

Perhaps it’s the time to connect with a corporate or strategic investor who can open doors to new clients. Therefore, it is imperative to understand that when you least need funding investors will acknowledge how their capital can move the needle way up and help you accelerate faster.

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A Socially-responsible, Triple-bottom line Taco Shop: SMB Tech Talk from Chaia

Hunter Walker

This will help us create a web of loyal customers all over the DMV as we begin to focus on our next locations. She and I retain the majority of the business, but we brought on strategic investors to help finance our business and to help us grow our company to expansion.

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