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Deal Hair: Is Your Startup More Like Russell Brand Or Bruce Willis?

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Sales Guy who can package and promote the opportunity, but who has minimal product development capabilities. In the instance of the Tech Guy, the VC might be concerned that he will focus too much on developing cool product features and potentially ignore non-product issues. Share and Enjoy.

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How This Startup Kicked Oracle’s A$$

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Marten began his story by explaining that MySQL was originally founded as a research project and how it was a nascent startup for nearly a decade before he joined the team. It didn't take more than a few weeks and suddenly there were three other projects developing alternative technologies for MySQL. Yet Another Overnight Success.

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Entreprenurs Must Kick Down The Door When Opportunity Knocks

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Once the tour concluded, the group returned to Ron’s office where he notified them that he would initially sign them to a development deal. A bit of up-front research would have served the band well. Some of the contemporary artists he helped develop include: Black Eyed Peas, Pink, Lil’ Kim, Christina Aguilera and Lady Gaga.

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How To Give A Horrendous Investor Pitch

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we hope to eventually complete our development, once we begin shipping product, etc.). nor did you take the time to research the investor''s investment portfolios. If a potential investor asks a question that requires additional research, blow it off. Make it clear you do not know their investment focus (e.g., Do Not Follow Up.

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Interview with Jason Kiesel and Kurt Daradics, FreedomSpeaks

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FreedomSpeaks is a startup developing a business around connecting people with information about their political representatives, and also enabling organizations and others to do the same. I am someone who likes to interact with my Representatives and Senators, by way of writing letters, emailing, and what not. It was a pain.

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

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Our Best Interviews Via Email: Monthly. Subscribe to RSS. Subscribe to RSS. He previously led business development for Affiliate Fuel, leading to its acquisition by Experian in 2005. He began developing the business model for scoreAscore.com in October of 2008. Idea Mensch. where entrepreneurs share their stories.

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The first 6 steps to homegrowing basic startup analytics | Futuristic Play by @Andrew_Chen

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Heres 5 steps to start exploring: View the "Best Of" list with 50+ essays on viral marketing, gaming, and ads » Get introduced: About this blog, why entrepreneurs and marketers recommend it » Receive updates by email or RSS feed or Twitter. « Open mobile platforms and Facebook developer refugees. Block email.

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