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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

I have often thought that creative endeavors where one has a quick turn-around between idea and realization of one’s work as one of the more fulfilling experiences in life. 2001–2007: THE BUILDING YEARS The dot com bubble had burst. There was no money train. It was 1991. Until we weren’t. Nobody cared about our valuations any more.

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Playbook, which aims to be the ‘Dropbox for designers,’ raises $4M in round led by Founders Fund

TechCrunch

Finance teams were constantly needing them for things like creating pitch decks. Or put more simply, she wanted to build a new kind of cloud storage that would serve as an alternative to Dropbox and Google Drive “built by, and for, creatives.”. On top of that, she said, designers weren’t the only ones who needed to access the assets.

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4 Startup Myths That Hold Innovation Back (and How to Overcome Them)

StartupNation

The benefits of building a diverse startup team are overwhelming; from increased creativity and faster problem solving, to a greater diversity of thought opening up new market opportunities and more revenue streams, to better understanding the customer base and building better products… the list goes on. hyper-growth, acquisition, or IPO).

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How Much Due Diligence Does An Angel Really Need To Do?

Paul G. Silva

A 2007 study found that angel investments in which at least 20 hours of due diligence was done were five times more likely to have a positive return than investments made with less due diligence time. “It goes back to that old saying that people get funded, not business plans. So what is the right amount of due diligence for you?

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4 Startup Myths That Hold Innovation Back (and How to Overcome Them)

StartupNation

The benefits of building a diverse startup team are overwhelming; from increased creativity and faster problem solving, to a greater diversity of thought opening up new market opportunities and more revenue streams, to better understanding the customer base and building better products… the list goes on. hyper-growth, acquisition, or IPO).

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Benchmark’s New General Partner: Scott Belsky

abovethecrowd.com

Scott remained at Adobe, managing the deep integration of Behance into the Adobe Creative Cloud and leading Adobe’s innovative mobile product efforts. In 2007 he founded 99U, an annual conference attended by thousands of design leaders and creative professionals.

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Want to Insure Your Business for the Future? Focus on Your Customer Experience

Entrepreneurs' Organization

in 2007 during the collapse of the housing market, precisely because I believe change and chaos breed opportunity. Creatively enhance. By Cindy Koebele, EO Minnesota member and President of TitleSmart, Inc. , a full-service title insurance company. . I started TitleSmart, Inc.