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Last Exit Wall Street: 7 Considerations When Raising Venture Capital

From the Venture Trenches

The recent firing of Groupon’s CEO Andrew Mason is a cautionary tale of the increased scrutiny and heightened expectations that come from accessing increasingly larger amounts of investment capital. Is outside capital really required? Who should you approach, “friends and family”, passive investors or value added institutions?

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Why The Growth Of The Internet Is Driving EdgeCast's Revenues

socalTECH

Software-as-a-service companies write good software, and network companies build good networks, but rarely do you find both that do that well as the same time. The development community and web developers, who tend to be our customers, like that flexibility, and the quick time to market. There's complexity in being a CDN.

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VC Confessions: We Passed On Twilio’s Seed Round

InfoChachkie

I recall being impressed with Jeff, but I was concerned that he was creating a platform, which often requires a significant amount of capital, takes an extended amount of time to establish and can be subject to margin pressure as the enabling technologies become commoditized. Similar to VoiceXML, the standard for the past 5-yrs.

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Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups

SoCal CTO

I am in the middle of writing up some of my thoughts on this and will post about it and let you know. ► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo. And, I dont like to copy and paste. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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Africa’s Largest and Fastest Growing Social Network | Interview with LAGbook’s Chidi Nwaogu

Tech Zulu Event

As of writing, my twin and I serve as the Co-CEOs and Co-Presidents at LAGbook. LAGbook is funded with money realised from our advertising services, our website development company, our venture capital firm ( LAGbook Capital ), and our lovely Dad. Who are the founders and team and their backgrounds?

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: FounderBlog’s 1 Year Anniversary! A BIG THANK YOU to 3,500 entrepreneurs in 50+ countries

Frank Addante

► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Zondigo, Inc. Startup 3.0:

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: So, you need to develop a product?

Frank Addante

► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Zondigo, Inc. Startup 3.0: