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8 Expectations To Check Your Entrepreneur Motivation

Startup Professionals Musings

More recently, the desire for extra income has become the key driver in new startups, according to the popular press. Under all of these, net income flows easily into your personal income. It seems that more people are focused on money today. Being called a lifestyle entrepreneur should be a point of pride, not an insult.

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Why The Media Has Been Wrong About YouTube Networks

Both Sides of the Table

For much of 2013 I watched the press write articles about how the YouTube “MCNs” (multi-channel networks) were doomed and tried to square that with the data I was watching at the one I invested in, Maker Studios, who has had one hell of a year. Selling at smaller retailers will net you fewer customers and higher margins.

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Blackboard Acquires Elluminate and Wimba

Tech Zulu Event

From the press release: Financial Details of the Elluminate and Wimba Acquisitions. million to Blackboard's full year 2010 GAAP revenue, assuming the anticipated early August closing date for the acquisitions. The Company expects the acquisitions to contribute approximately $30.0

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Why Google Fiber? Moat-widening Endeavor & Future of Computing.

Tech Zulu Event

At the time of acquisition, the press primarily asserted that Google bought Motorola to help protect Android’s legal intellectual property in court. ISP executives have publicly spoken about violating net neutrality. Violating net neutrality would be analogous to installing Internet toll roads.

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8 Keys That Separate Lifestyle From Growth Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

More recently, the desire for extra income has become the key driver in new startups, according to the popular press. Under all of these, net income flows easily into your personal income. It seems that more people are focused on money today. Being called a lifestyle entrepreneur should be a point of pride, not an insult.

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This Week in VC with Jim Armstrong of Clearstone

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Read more: HP Press Release , VentureBeat on P&L Sponsor Todd Bradley , TechCrunch follow-up. If this figure is accurate – it’s certainly a very large business even when you look at net revenues. Its net income for the 2009 period is $11.66 Net income was around $1.4 Read more: DST Press Release.

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Maximize Your Exit By Not Selling Your Company

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Although this is a somewhat unusual real estate transaction, it reflects a surprisingly common scenario in the business world of mergers and acquisitions, with one important distinction. There is a well-worn adage in the world of mergers and acquisitions that, “companies are not sold, they are bought.” Image credit: Associated Press.

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