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HipGeo Launches Updated iPhone Travel Blogging App

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The company said the redesign came after finding that users were interested in using its tools to create blog-like travel and trip journals, rather than the original, animated slideshows the tool provided.

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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

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On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. After my company was acquired by Salesforce.com I was asked to stop blogging and they took over my blog as an asset in the sale of the company. My blog was wiped out.

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What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?

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No blog post about how Tiger is crushing everybody because it’s deploying all its capital in 1-year while “suckers” are investing over 3-years can change this reality. Across more than 10 years we have kept the size of our Seed investments between $2–3.5 It’s just math. but we give you the ++ of also having access in LA.

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6 Keys To Selecting The Right Business Future For You

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Don’t be shy about networking for advisors with business experience for coaching and mentoring. Sources should include local startup incubators, blog owners, and government support organizations, such as SCORE. Raising money is difficult, even with the best idea, so don’t assume any entitlement to loans, grants, or seed funding.

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VC Seed Funding is Dead, Long Live VC Seed Funding!

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This posting was inspired by an email from Rajat Suri who wrote me an email in response to Chris Dixon’s blog post (link below) from August, which recently re-ran on Business Insider and has generated much Twitter chatter. A few years ago it became fashionable for large VC’s to do seed funding.

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Should Millennial Entrepreneurs Skip College?

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Network – Colleges are populated by motivated individuals, many of whom will excel in their chosen fields. Young entrepreneurs can call upon their alumni networks for advice, recruitment of key employees and even funding. You can also check out my hands-on startup advice blog HERE. Photo Credit: Harry How/Getty Images.

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This Week in VC with @VCMike Hirshland of Polaris Ventures

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Since then Mike his built his career by investing in early-stage companies (seed or series A), which is remarkable given that Polaris Ventures is a $1 billion fund. Operates a ‘Voice and Visual Mobile Advertising Network’ called MobileAd Xchange that delivers in-call voice advertisements and follow-up visual engagements (SMS, MMS).