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Top Ten infoChachkie Entries Of 2011

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was published in 2009 and Time Wounds All Heels was written in 2008. Of these entries, four of them are also in my “all time” Top Ten. Surprisingly, not all of these entries were published in 2011. For instance, What Are My Options Worth? 2011 Rank.

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Kenya Dream Eptimozies The Art Of “Fun-raising” Philanthropy

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Ken-Ya Dance was initially launched in 2009 in the Bay Area and has since been replicated with three encore shows, including one at the University of Irvine (UCI) in Southern California. Nithin describes Ken-Ya Dance as, “…a charity dance showcase featuring 15-to-30 dance crews, …(including) crews from MTV’s American Dance Crew.

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Decision Making 101 - Defining Your Values Makes Most Decisions Easy

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In addition, he had taken a pay cut at Startup A in 2009 and was accruing a note payable equal to his back pay. The company was struggling and it would be a challenge for them to bring in a new developer who could readily build upon his partially completed codebase. He was concerned that he might never be paid if he left.

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This Entrepreneur Fought America’s Toughest VCs… And Won

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in 2008 and 2009, we had at that point righted many of the wrongs in the venture capital industry, but that didn''t mean that entrepreneurship was all of a sudden healthy. Once The Funded was firmly established and effectively keeping venture capitalists (relatively) in check, Adeo turned his attention toward educating emerging entrepreneurs.

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TechStar Co-Founder @BFeld: Are We Experiencing A Startup Accelerator Bubble?

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In 2009 Jed created a Google doc to track the seed accelerators. In the past year, the number of startup accelerators and incubators across the US has grown faster than expansion league baseball. This growth led Jed Christiansen to base his master thesis on the impact and efficacy of the phenomenon.

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VC Confessions: We Passed On Twilio’s Seed Round

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Too Early – Twilio secured a $1M seed round during the first half of 2009, nearly one year after we met with Jeff. Although larger VC firms routinely invest in competitive offerings, it is less prudent for a small firm to do so, as it can be difficult to avoid inadvertent information transfers within an intimate partnership.

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Why Selling To The Government Can Downgrade Your Startup

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When the US government announced the 2009 Cash For Clunkers stimulus plan, it promised dealers they would receive payment “within 10-days.” Officially, the Prompt Payment Act requires the US government to pay its vendors in 30-days “after receipt and acceptance of material and/or services.”

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