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Why “The Culture of Failure” is Imperative to Startup Communities

Both Sides of the Table

I lived in London from 1997-2005 and for 6 of those years ran my startup based out of London. 4:30 How did you come up with the idea of customer development? 33:15 Thank you to Detroit Venture Partners for supporting the show. 37:45 Let’s talk about the dichotomy between customer development and Y Combinator?

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Understanding Changes in the Software & Venture Capital Industries

Both Sides of the Table

We paid 10% of the normal costs for the software and that money was for software support. These two trends had a major impact on the computing industry from 2000-2005 but the effects weren’t yet felt by the VC industry. Every startup I knew in 2005 (when I started my second company) was using this.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

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TWTFelipe is the founder of TWTApps , who had developed some really cool add-on applications for Twitter to extend its functionality. In 2005 he was graduated and took a job in South Carolina working for technology company while he started his own web design company on the side. I hope that didn’t have a stature of limitation!

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Chegg Donates $50K to Stevens Institute of Technology, Fueling Student Innovation

American Entrepreneurship

At the same time, Launchpad@Stevens supports student innovation by providing mentorship, funding, and networking opportunities. Empowering Student Entrepreneurship The $50,000 donation from Chegg will be instrumental in supporting student-led startups, providing funding for materials, supplies, and essential technological resources.

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I'm Running for the New York Tech Meetup Board

This is going to be BIG.

I was one of the first 100 members, dating back to February 2005. Over the last seven years, I’ve not only been an active contributer to the NYC innovation community, but I have strived to help make it more accessible, creating new leaders and supporting other people’s projects.

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Why Email May Be Draining Your Company’s Productivity

Both Sides of the Table

He turned me down for a job in 2005. Customer support – After my pre-breakfast meeting I had my actual breakfast meeting. Research & Development. I am looking at a company that provides a service supporting node.js It’s an entrepreneur with whom I’ve been wanting to work for 6 years.

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Here are More Signs that LA Tech is Moving to the Next Level

Both Sides of the Table

This was 2005 when I had no exits under my belt, no blogs … nobody was looking. And I was so pleasantly surprised to learn that Randy Churchill will join Cooley’s LA practice as head of business development. Nearly everybody in the DC region had told me, “You must meet Mike. He knows every startup & VC in town.”

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