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Another personal story: Timing is everything in a sale.

Berkonomics

The company of eight was engaged in web design, which, early in the growth of middle-sized business on the web, was hot at the time. And yes, his partner had a valid suit, having been locked out of the web-design business and denied access to decisions and accounting information. Of course, we took all of these.

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Timing is everything in a sale of a business.

Berkonomics

The company of eight was engaged in web design, hot at the time. And here were over a million users, with no apparent value to the web designers, except as a community of friends with similar interests. Of course we took all of these. I promised to come see him at his office the very next week.

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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

Both Sides of the Table

Oh, they didn’t cover that in your Stanford CS course? But as with consulting, PR, web design and even VC – it’s not just the firm it’s also the individual. Forget to get around to setting up that Employee Stock Option Plan and want to be able to give the early guys their options at a low strike price?

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How to Block Unwanted Bots from Your Website with.htaccess

SoCal Delicious

Those bots retrieve a copyof your web page so that they can include relevant terms from that page in their search index. Not all bots are benign however.Some bots go through your website looking for web forms and email addresses to send you spam. This doesnt mean that you cant try, of course. Who is this article for?

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