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SCribe Newsletter October 2008

Technology Council

4 Rules For Email Design In [.] Here are quick links to the feature articles in this issue: Magnify360 Wins VentureNet Best Of Show 5 Mistakes To Avoid When Building Your Startup “Out Of The Box” PR Tactics. Offshore Outsourcing is Dying…Long Live Hybrid Nearshore.

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Cash control during these strange times

Berkonomics

And these are indeed strange times, especially if you haven’t lived through 2000-2002 and 2007-2008 recessions and difficulty in finding money from banks and investors. Email readers, continue here… ] So, the truth of the statement is self-evident. The simple economic truth. Here is a simple economic truth.

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MMC Sells Off Mail.com

socalTECH

Los Angeles-based MMC , the online publisher headed by Jay Penske, is getting out of the email business. The firm--formerly known as Mail.com Media Corporation--said it is selling off its Mail.com email service to United Internet Group , based in Germany. Tags: mail.com merger acquisition email united internet. READ MORE>>.

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Could you be the next Ford, Jobs or Musk?

Berkonomics

It is not hard to find strands of gold in the carnage left by failed businesses lost when a bubble bursts, such as in 1857, 1902, 1929, 2001 and 2008. Sometimes, innovators enable unfinished visions of others.

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Project cash flow – not just profit – during start-up.

Berkonomics

The days of being able to trust that there will be an investor or lender on the other end of a call or email whenever needed ended with the 2000 and 2008 bursts of those respective bubbles. Cash is everything to a new business. How many times do we have to say this?

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DONE Ventures Gets Trial Date In NBC Suit

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NBC apparently agreed to sell the domain, based on emails included in the lawsuit, but then backed out at the last minute on the sale. Padnos sold BetterPPC in September of 2008 to Tsavo Media, the startup which was started by current MySpace president Michael Jones.

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FTD Groupon Deal Goes South

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However, after the issue came to light, Groupon sent an email to users saying that the offer was "confusing and upsetting to a number of people", because the original terms did not allow the users to use other coupons or discounts. Group had offered up $10 for $20 worth of flowers at FTD Thursday in one of their national, daily promotions.