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How To Snag Lunch With A High-Profile Entrepreneur

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Securing a meeting with Adam Cheyer was no insignificant feat, given the ceaseless demands on his time and the number of entrepreneurs who would welcome a chance to chat with him. In 2008, Adam simultaneously founded three ventures while working a day job. Meeting Adam Cheyer. So, how did I manage to meet Adam for lunch?

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Reflections on 2018: Richard Wolpert, The Soul Of A Deal

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We do, as of the writing of this in early December, seem to be seeing a correction at this time. On Demand). The biggest news was the continued bullish market now coming on ten years even though historical cycles show markets don't usually last more than 7-8 years. I had expected a correction much earlier in the year and I was wrong.

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Interview with Tom Allanson, PerfectForms

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Later, when I was in the tax business at Intuit and H&R Block, running those businesses, every year we had to hire a couple hundred tax professionals, who had to unwind the tax code, and who had to write it all down to give again to developers, in order for them to interpret and provide a usable product to consumers.

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Interview with Jimmy Hendricks, Deal Current

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We actually built that about a year and a half ago, and are bringing that back due to overwhelming demand. But, with the economy turning south in 2008, lots of those customers went out of business. Jimmy Hendricks: My background is I spent a year at Active.com in 2007 and 2008. We were crowd sourcing artists and design.

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Why Startups Should Raise Money at the Top End of Normal

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2: As expected at least one person accused me of writing this post because I want to see lower valuations. As an early stage investor you’re often planning around 10x your investment at the time your write your first check so in this case you’d be going into your investment expecting an exit of $800 – $1.2

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

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I’ve been meaning to write this post since September of last year when Brad Feld first wrote about the The Founders Visa Movement. I commented briefly on his blog and made a mental note to write a blog post. At the time he granted me permission to write about his story. Felipe grew up in Brazil.

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Interview with Jennifer Sargent, HitFix

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We thought it was a real opportunity to bring in some taste-maker editors, who could write specifically for that audience, and break news. It was the fall of 2008, when Lehman Bros. However, 18-34 year olds have been in high demand by marketers, TV advertisers, and consumer companies as an audience.

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