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Joseph Lee, CEO of Kairous Capital, Shares His Cross-Border Investment Philosophy for the Asia Pacific Region

AsiaTechDaily

I initially worked as an analyst at a stock-broking firm until 2004 before embarking on my venture capital and private equity journey, where I made my first investments in Greater China before exiting via the London Stock Exchange later between 2005 and 2006. In short, venture capital is a long-term game, and there is no escape.

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How AT&T is Supporting Small Businesses

Smart Hustle Magazine

They've teamed up with 40 other businesses on offering tools and consulting to help small businesses. Christensen at Harvard Business School in 2006. AT&T also entered into a partnership with American Express and 40 other businesses for Stand For Small. None of this can be accomplished without technology.

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

Both Sides of the Table

Clearly a startup should consult its lawyer before filing or not filing.But the attorneys I relied on to write this piece told me that they’ve done lots of Section 4(2) deals in the past, and would recommend it to clients who had relatively simple financing agreements (not tranched-out, not too many investors, etc.)

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How To Build A Machine, Not a Hobby – Tommy Mello Playbook for a Thriving Business

Smart Hustle Magazine

I started in 2006, learned garage doors, I was painting them at the time. Tommy Mello: Well, there’s a lot of things that happened that some of the biggest things that happened was I met a consultant named Al Levi. Owning A Job vs a Business. Tommy Mello: Yeah, no, it’s a great question. Talk to us about that.

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HubSpot CEO and Cofounder Brian Halligan with Wufoo Cofounder Kevin Hale

Y Combinator

14:20 – At what point did they shift entirely away from consulting? 15:05 – Providing advice as content vs in the product. 21:30 – Inbound marketing and audience building advice. What we didn’t want to fall into was the trap of building something that was a consulting company. We lost that battle.