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Why You Need to Ring the Freaking Cash Register

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I remember just a decade ago in 2003 when we all laughed at how dumb people in the 90′s were talking about the race to “capture as many eyeballs as possible” before your competition. I start to notice when bad behavior creeps into the system as a whole. I have seen much of that behavior over the past 2 years get worse.

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Survivors

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” “Did you read that article about him on Business Insider?” I saw this in 2001-2003 and in 2008-2010. I haven’t seen it much lately so I’m imagining a whole generation doesn’t quite have the muscle memory and will need to develop it during the next down turn. I look for survivors.

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

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This is a riveting read and tale of ego, bad business practice and shady ethical behavior – if the article is even 50% true. 33:15 Have you noticed a change from 2003 to now in the “serendipity factor” of Santa Monica? 57:45 Nate: The differences between Gaikai and OnLive’s development.

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The Yo-Yo Life of a Tech Entrepreneur – A Cautionary Tale

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TechCrunch ran my article yesterday as a guest post but I wanted to have a copy here for anybody who missed it and for future readers of this blog. So I decided to run the London Marathon in April 2003, just 3 weeks before my son was born. April 29th, 2003 my first son was born. But the story doesn’t end there.

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The Truth About Convertible Debt at Startups and The Hidden Terms You Didn’t Understand

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This article initially appeared on TechCrunch - with a minor update highlighted in red below. They are either a sign of naive founders or naive investors (because they will quickly develop a reputation in the market and because future investors in that company will all demand your terms, which therefore will include a full ratchet).

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Any Business Can be a Social Enterprise: My Experience Growing a Business to Give Back

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In the technology industry, I noticed two reoccurring issues in the field: the growing need for qualified, affordable software developers and the lack of diversity in the industry. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the national unemployment rate among software developers and engineers was just 2.5

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The Types Of Startups That Exist Today

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This startup finds a repressed demand and builds an offering to solve it, developing a new market in the process. The company developed an offering based on a repressed demand and made customers realise that they actually had a problem. Tell us what you think about our article on types of startups in the comments section.

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