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Should Startups Announce Their Funding?

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I will add to this as I write more in the coming weeks on the topic. The funding rounds will also build customer confidence and they’ll help journalists feel air cover in writing your more important pieces when you brag about customers, traction, revenue or whatever. ” Funding IS the story. Funding is news.

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Angel Investing: Skill 3 – Relationships with VCs

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I’d rather be Roger Ehrenberg with a thesis around data-centric companies and base my investment decisions on the skills I’ve developed in my career. In the latter cases many companies (Flickr, Delicious, Blogger, Writely in 05-08 and lately Invite Media, Aardvark, Dodgeball, etc.)

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A Post Startup Execs Should Forward to Your Spouse or Partner. 12 Tips for Making it Work

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Mark granted me read/write access to his calendaring system. Respect and develop a positive working relationship with his co-workers. ” That way you aren’t hitting him up on an important topic when he might be stressed out about company layoffs, fund raising or some other major stress at work.

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Interview with Josh Stomel, ResumeBucket

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The exciting this, and the biggest benefit from bootstrapping this from recruiting, is I've been able to develop, and hand-pick a world class technology team. It was developed from a different angle. Plus, we will provide resume writing services. Josh Stomel: We're seeing more and more layoffs every day.

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Job Hoppers Redux: An Employee’s Perspective

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What happens when I write blog posts is that I type really quickly what is in my brain and hit send with very little revision. I’ve already covered some such as changing geographies, going through layoffs, changing career direction, etc. Are there any exceptions to your job hopping rule? Of course there are.

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