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Taking Other People’s Money Changes Your Life

Startup Professionals Musings

Taking other people’s money to fund your startup changes your life in ways you cannot predict. At the very least (or perhaps it’s the very best), they ask me how to get ready for funding. Remember “ The Social Network ” movie about Facebook? By Francine Hardaway, Ph.D. And many of those ways are negative.

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Technology Roles in Startups

SoCal CTO

He posted on several social networking sites the following message: If you know of a startup company that could benefit from the knowledge, experience, professional network and reputation of a globally recognized technology and innovation leader.

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

SoCal CTO

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. Venture Bonsai enters the increasingly active market of enabling new methods to fund startups. but: Something is Still Missing. What truth?

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

SoCal CTO

They are: Fred Wilson: Lead Investors, Dipshit Companies, and Funding Every Entrepreneur. I've funded some myself. The expanding pool of angel, seed, and super seed funds is another. Social gaming was naturally one of the key topics, covered in many presentations. twenty in your wallet? See me I’m stacking money.

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Twiistup 007: Final Showoff's Additional Speakers and TZ Discount

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where her clients included global leaders in the outsourcing and telecom sectors and a number of prominent non-profits. Leila is a recipient of the Rainer Arnhold and TEDIndia Fellowships, and serves on the San Francisco board of the Social Enterprise Institute. . . Dave McClure. . Rick Heitzmann.

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

SoCal Delicious

Otis Chandler built Goodreads in 2006 because he believed in social networking and wanted to see what his friends were reading. Goodreads raised a Series A round of funding from True Ventures in the summer of 2009. The site has since grown to nearly 7.5 Brian Norgard – Co-founder of Chill.