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Interview: James Burnes, Ministry of Awesome

NZ Entrepreneur

Over time, the co-working space developed and there was a natural progression towards a lot of individuals starting new ventures coming out of that space. For us, it was not a good use of money. We had this event called Coffee and Jam that was intended to let people think and share their ideas and big dreams for the city.

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9 Mistakes You Can’t Afford to Make During Your First Year in Business

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“I think CEOs that are interested in a future acquisition need to be building relationships or at least awareness with potential buyers at least 2-3 years in advance, especially with strategics. If you’re not on the list, it’s rare for a deal to happen.” Joe Hyrkin on Selling Issuu to Bending Spoons, and More….

Hunter Walk

JH: While we dont discuss this very often, venture backed companies are expected to contribute to their investors providing a return to their LPs in a timely fashion. At the same time, there are in the range of 75,000 venture backed companies at any given moment. Facebook is a great model to use for learning from the past.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4

Both Sides of the Table

It has proven a very successful strategy to get consumers to activate the payment on their mobile phone bill. I don’t think my unwillingness to use it is generational (as in I’m 42 and don’t “get it&# ) – I think it’s a life stage issue. 15mm in Series A. Read more: TechCrunch.

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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

Both Sides of the Table

He tells the story of how he was out of cash, stressed out, nobody in LA or Silicon Valley would give him money, he had finally found an investor in Minneapolis but his venture bank was going to shut him down for breaking a “covenant&# in their agreement by not having enough cash in the bank.

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Why I Doubled Down on YouTube Investments with MiTú

Both Sides of the Table

Yesterday MiTú Networks announced that Upfront Ventures led a $10 million financing in what is now the largest producer of Latino online videos – primarily driven through YouTube. If you want to build a strong online video business it almost certainly must make YouTube an important part of the strategy. So Why MiTú?

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Anatomy of an Innovation-friendly School

This is going to be BIG.

Instead, they're focused on "strategy", which lots of makers already have a good starting sense of. That means making it easier for meetups and innovation conferences to use your spaces. I don't mean literally, but I do think students need to mix with their professional communities a lot more. Open your doors.