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How to Succeed in Engineering Consulting

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Take a class through the Small Business Administration or a business incubator at your local university. Andrew Armstrong is a freelance writer, technology enthusiast, and digital strategies consultant based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Clearly establish what that competitive advantage is before starting out. Think low overhead.

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Rustic Canyon Speaks out on GaiKai Exit, Changing Nature of VC, LA Tech & More

Both Sides of the Table

But my take: Gaikai had superior technology & a superior business strategy. He talked in the video about how he finds it helpful in companies to think about practical theory and frameworks for thinking about company strategy. That let people play popular titles, for example, directly in Facebook. I agree with him.

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How to get superior returns in VC

David Teten VC

It seems reasonable to assume that USV’s investment strategy (i.e., Amar Bhide, my former professor, wrote in Harvard Business Review, “ Strategy is Bunk.” He points out that Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs have virtually identical strategies. – Incubating companies. – Thoughtful fund management.

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Keep It Under Your Hat: Valuation Caps and the $650 Million Sale of MySpace for $125 Million

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MySpace was incubated by a small team of employees within Intermix in 2003 (Chris DeWolfe, Tom Anderson and four others). The early history of MySpace is inextricably intertwined with that of Intermix, a small-cap publicly traded Internet company in Los Angeles where I worked as corporate counsel from 2004-06.

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How to Win Consulting, Board, and Deal Roles with Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds

David Teten VC

Ten Networking Strategies to a Seat on the Board. To ensure mutual compatibility, your goals and incentives should be aligned with that of the private equity or VC fund, as well as the timeline for realizing them and exit strategy. This strategy is even more prevalent in larger deals. Want to Join a Corporate Board?