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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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Seven Keys for Avoiding Personal Liability in Today's Troubled Economy

SoCal Tech Calendar

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 -- "The Outside Director's Safety Kit: Seven Keys for Avoiding Personal Liability in Today's Troubled Economy" A board seat can be a useful business tool, but it can also create unforeseen personal liability for directors if a company becomes insolvent. Email jb9@jmbm.com.

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Why You Should Put Yourself Out There and Try New Products

Both Sides of the Table

In 2008 I started VC blogging. But how can you invest in technology unless you’re going to use the tools and understand them? And honestly I love technology products and if you don’t try the newest stuff you’ll wake up an old person emailing from your Hotmail account with links to MapQuest over your dial-up AOL plan. Stay young.

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Interview with Michael Schneider, Mobile Roadie

socalTECH

Mobile Roadie, headed by Michael Schneider , develops tools that make easy for non-programmers to create their own mobile apps. As Michael tells us, it's now as simple as running the firm's app creation tools, and releasing your app to the world. Can you talk a bit about how your app development tools work?

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VC Confessions: We Passed On Twilio’s Seed Round

InfoChachkie

There were no unicorns in sight on April 14th, 2008 when Kevin O'Connor, my Partner Jim Andelman and I met Twilio's Founder and CEO, Jeff Lawson. A true Internet Pioneer, by 2008, Kevin had already founded or co-founded two Unicorns in his own right, DoubleClick (sold to Google $3.1 billion) and ISS (sold to IBM $1.3 billion).

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How Pinterest, Tumblr, HootSuite, Klout, Posterous, Bitly and Mashable Rapidly And Repeatedly Hire Great People

InfoChachkie

Although this is a core competency that must be honed over time, there is a cadre of SaaS hiring tools that the world’s leading tech companies deploy to their advantage. The company launched its social media management system in 2008, growing to over 4 million users by the start of 2012. Right Candidates For The Right Jobs .

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Interview with Vic Caretti, Loudvine

socalTECH

I had requests from friends to put them on an email, or give them a calendar reminder when a band was playing, and one thing led to another, and I started the site. Vic Caretti: The site was launched in April of 2008. We've also got a really interesting API and social tools, which we are going to be rolling out in the next few months.