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10 Tests of Your Modern Entrepreneur Lingo Savvy

Startup Professionals Musings

Sites like KickStarter have for years offered rewards and pre-sales for crowd investments, but real equity won’t be legalized until sometime this year for people other than accredited investors. See how many you have personally experienced already, or are currently mentioned in your business plan: Crowd-sourcing equity. Startup accelerator.

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LA Tech Startup Innovators and Fun Facts

Tech Zulu Event

By using SteelHouse, ecommerce sites can use live data to instantly respond to a customer’s wants and needs for stronger transaction values, increased conversion rates, and an overall better customer experience. Incubator: Amplify LA. E-Commerce: Nasty Gal.

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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

Both Sides of the Table

But in the end we selected David Lin , a superstar who did 4 years at the technology investment banking firm Montgomery & Co and 4 years as Director of Strategy at the comparison shopping site PriceGrabber where he dealt with many operational issues. He’s a star who has a very intuitive feel for technology and … no MBA.

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500 Startups Presents Bitcoinference

Tech Zulu Event

Zeroblock , the highly successful mobile and web app was recently acquired by the world’s most popular Bitcoin site and online wallet, Blockchain.info. Pinguino Kolb – Owner of Spelunk.in , an online crypto currency magazine. Adam Draper – Of Boost VC, an SF Incubator/Accelerator. Bitcoin’s PR War.

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The Startup Guide To SXSW Panel Picking

Tech Zulu Event

Your clients pay you to design and build web sites and app. Jason Glaspey, PIE (Portland Incubator Experiment). Pedro Galván, Software Guru magazine. Make Millions: Re-Invent Global Sites for Local Markets. As a site passes the "million mark" in terms of monthly unique users, it faces new and unpredictable.

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