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VC Confessions: We Passed On Twilio’s Seed Round

InfoChachkie

In the startup world, the former happens when a VC makes a bad investment, and the latter occurs when they miss a great opportunity. In contrast, low-volume, high-conviction investors like Rincon only invests in a handful new companies each year, making it much more costly (in dollars and effort expended) to invest in a loser.

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Feel Lost On LinkedIn? ExploreB2B Wants To help You Network With People Of Your Profession

Tech Zulu Event

Right from the beginning, we also partnered with a young web development agency for development and technical consulting – they are now more than business partners, they are friends and part of the team. Competition? How unique are you from the competition? Who are its founders? What inspired them to find it?

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Web Second, Mobile First

Both Sides of the Table

Thus I endorse Web Second. I think many recent companies make the mistake of not investing enough in web products, if they invest anything at all. But that product is the perfect example of perfectly suited for the web given the real estate available. MVP on mobile then hit web. It’s the new magazine.

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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. It can give you a foundation from which to launch, but usually requires subsequent rounds of capital from larger investment sources.

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Startup Weekend LA | An Insiders Story of a Startup on Steroids

Tech Zulu Event

We were all in such a high for winning the competition!!! It wouldn’t be a wise investment if there were a high probability that the team would disintegrate within a few weeks. I went up in front of the room with my team, and we were so ecstatic. The judges praised our efforts and said that we were a good team to execute the product.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Just Say What it Is

Frank Addante

. ► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. ► October (1) New Video! the Rubicon Project's Secret to Succes. Startup 3.0:

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 3. Virtual Location, Location, Location

Frank Addante

. ► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. In todays highly competitive job marketplace, it is becoming increasingly more difficult.