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Interview with Justin and Dawn Newton, Netki

socalTECH

From NetZero, I went to Demand Media, where I was EVP of IT. It was a regional ISP, and got bough tout by Allegiance Telecom. Justin Newton: We have just started working with our first, enterprise customers, with our certificate and identity product. We'll also be taking our customer from the domestic, U.S.

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Bro Factor – Intimate Relationships Which Provide Your Startup With An Unfair Advantage

InfoChachkie

Each party’s first allegiance is to their organization. At one of my companies, a salesperson Bro’d up with a customer to the point that the customer extended his vacation to ride dirt bikes with the salesperson. However, due to demand from his readership, Baum was forced to write him back into the adventure series.

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Roping in the Legal Eagles

InfoChachkie

The reference may be well-intentioned, but the lawyer’s allegiance may be divided between the investor and you. Such a lawyer will not go out of their way to screw you, but when crafting the investor documents and in future investor-related issues, your lawyer’s allegiance must be to your company.