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Lessons from the Trenches: One Founder’s Candid Look at Bootstrapping

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It was a brute-force strategy, devoid of any fairy-tale twists, but it was effective. Prior to founding Equifund, Jordan founded capital markets consulting and investor relations firm Novea Capital Inc in 2009. and more articles from the EO blog. The motivation to succeed for my family provided a beacon of hope.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

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And then I got into strategy consulting, and I wanted to go into strategy consulting, and they said, “Yeah, but you’re a tech guy. We don’t take tech guys in the strategy consulting group.” Probably the internet helped because they needed internet skills in their strategy group.

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

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I asked some of the participating VCs, and they told me their attorneys had figured out a way to keep their stealth-mode companies stealthy.Yes, this strategy is not for every company. I first discovered it from Dharmesh Shah’s blog OnStartups. Swipely – Blippy competitor founded by TellMe founder, Angus Davis, in Fall 2009.

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The Four Tenets of Conscious Capitalism

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Example: In 2009, Southwest Airlines decided to go against industry standards that were shifting toward fees for checked luggage. Barry Wehmiller has employed this strategy to complete more than 110 acquisitions worldwide, nearly all of them profitable. and more articles from the EO blog. .

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This Week in VC with Om Malik & Paul Jozefak

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The strategy of GigaOm and where they differentiate in the market. Diverse search results include stream updates, blog posts, news articles, photos, videos (versus Twitter/FaceBook1 only). Self-reported 60mm daily unique as of Dec 2009, games played by 250mm people a month (AppData). Real-time search engine.

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VC Corner: Ann Miura-Ko, Floodgate

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Taskrabbit; Nov 2009 What is one question you ask yourself before investing in a company? Favorite business book, blog, podcast? The strategy to minimize loss is not the strategy to win. Execute on the strategy to win. What and when was your very first investment? What struck you about them? Eliminate distractions.

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Should You Hire Your Next Employee Based on Experience or Potential?

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The best strategy is to mix approaches. Michael Klazema has been developing products for criminal background check and improving online customer experiences in the background screening industry since 2009. appeared first on THE BLOG. He is the lead author and editor for Backgroundchecks.com.

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