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Salon Owner Chelle Neff Talks Scaling, Sustainability and Success

Entrepreneurs' Organization

You opened Urban Betty in 2005 and it’s been growing ever since. I know many entrepreneurs, including myself, have a hard time separating ourselves from our brand. My husband and I are also pitching a second Weird Homes Tour book with all of the cities in it. 5000 list twice! . What drives you? What’s next?

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Should Founders Be Allowed to Take Money off the Table?

Both Sides of the Table

This is part of my ongoing series “ Start Up Advice &# but I’d really like to call this post, “VC Advice.&#. A friend of mine is a serial entrepreneur and is running a high-profile, early stage company in NorCal. He’s been at it since 2005. I founded it in 2005 at the age of 37.

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Austin’s Will Hurley on the city’s incredible tech rise

TechCrunch

In Austin’s tech world, there’s an entrepreneur everyone knows by one name: Whurley. “Whurley” is the Unix username for serial tech entrepreneur Will Hurley, and it’s his brand. Whurley can identify with scrappy entrepreneurs in Austin just starting out and trying to find a foothold here. Register here. But the U.S.

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Want to Raise Venture Capital More Easily? Clean Up Your Own Shite First

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It’s meant to be a bit provocative but the reality is that I give this advice to entrepreneurs all the the time and I usually leave the “e&# off of the end. I normally offer this advice in the capacity of really wanting to help entrepreneurs so please bear with me. It is 2010. The list goes on.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

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In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 The value of Pitch Decks; Brad’s personal preferences on deal presentation; and Brad’s practice of accepting cold approaches via email. Are Pitch Decks becoming obsolete? was starting.

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Want to Know How First Round Capital was Started?

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Josh and Howard began co-investing as angels and in 2005 they started a $10 million fund. The Exchange Fund – This allows the entrepreneurs to diversify their founders stock into other portfolio companies stock. Office Hours – Two or three partners post a sign-up sheet to meet with entrepreneurs. and Half.com.

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

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There is all sorts of advice on the Internet about how to raise capital. I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. I’ve tried to make this advice as well-rounded and biased free as I can. Spend time researching your buyers and not just pitching them.

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