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Interview with Steve Jillings, TeleSign

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2011 was an incredibly huge year for us, and 2012 will be the same way. We can tell that they're using a voice-over-IP phone number or prepaid mobile phone, and we might not allow them to register because their experience is that a majority of their fraudulent activity comes from those type of phone numbers.

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How Many Angels is the Right Amount for a Startup to Have?

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I myself coined the term ENIFA (everyone now is a f **g angel) in 2011 but it didn’t stick as well as the term Unicorn did. Another founder … “When I pitched the idea to Adam, he was super on board,” Mr. Sloyan said. Even if one disagrees with the premise, why would anyone feel the need to attack Mike for writing it?

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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

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I find it amusing when a journalist writes an article about a prominent startup (either privately held or preparing for an IPO) and decries that, “They’re not even profitable!” If you spent the 3 years perfecting some hugely differentiated technology IP that may also be different. One of them is profitability.

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Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

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500 Hats , January 10, 2010 Developing new startup ideas - Chris Dixon , March 14, 2010 Batch Processing Millions and Millions of Images - Code as Craft , July 9, 2010 jQuery Plugin: Give Your Characters a NobleCount - The Product Guy , March 23, 2010 How do the sample Series Seed financing documents differ from typical Series A financing documents?

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