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What Did I Learn From the First VC Check I Ever Wrote?

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Bank as well as many startups like Gusto and MakeSpace and innumerable massive clients that weren’t on my approved list of clients I could disclose ;) but we partner with Google, Adobe, Salesforce and many others. We not only have our Series A funds that can write $500k?—?$15 When you think about what makes Google so valuable?—?it’s

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Some Career Advice for Aspiring Tech CEOs

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” It was meant both as a call to those writing angel checks into other people’s companies that they ought to think about putting that capital toward themselves either by becoming a startup founder or (and this was my real point) by taking an under-market salary in a company where they can learn the right skills to do it in the future.

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The Long-Term Value of Loyalty

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No rule is ever absolute no matter how it sounds when one writes a blog. I never built Google. But the firm that funded my first startup was loyal to me for having stuck around in what they knew to be pretty tough times and having suffered much dilution. Finally, I made clear that there are ALWAYS exceptions to the rule.

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Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

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500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication?

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Get Inside the Mind of an Angel Investor

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At Sony, he didn’t feel like he could “steer the ship” and get his ideas heard so he left and started GUBA, GUBA had no seed funding. You can write an angry email to get your emotions out but you shouldn’t necessarily send it (or wait 1 hour and then make a decision). Before GUBA, Thomas worked at Sony on the VAIO computer.

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