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7 Advantages That Local Small Business Owners Enjoy

Startup Professionals Musings

Once you accept equity investor money, or go public with stockholders, you won’t believe the things they demand, and the legal rules you have follow. With most small businesses set up as sole proprietorships or LLCs ( Limited Liability Corporations ), net income flows more directly into your personal income.

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Interview with Robin Richards, CareerArc

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com, and Vivendi Universal Net USA, where he was also CEO. You've got to know best practices in demand generation. Richards--a serial entrepreneur who has been involved in a number of technology companies here, including NTI Group (sold to Blackboard), Internships.com, MP3.com, What is CareerArc? Your finance has to be world class.

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Confessions Of A VC: Crap – Why I Passed On Uber’s Seed Round

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Two hundred and fifty thousand would have netted my firm more than one billion dollars. 2 (bigger one IMO) is the limited number of metro areas that have the right supply and demand dynamics for this to work as a good service. Nope, that’s not a typo. However, passing on a killer investment is not the worst error an investor can make.

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Why You Should Start a Company in. Los Angeles

SoCal Delicious

Dropped Calls, Students Protest AT&T Network Coverage Facebook Patents News Feed, Social Net Confusion Ensues Trying to Work from Home More Efficiently? Hipstamatic iPhone App to Spawn a Million Terry Richardsons "Feisty" Steve Jobs Ponders a $40B Shopping Spree at Apple Shareholder Meeting ); We Shall Overcome.

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Entrepreneurs Need to Find the Best ‘Curators’

Startup Professionals Musings

These days, we all have to rely on a few trusted sources to digest and filter information, net out the relevant messages, and steer us with links to accurate details. They write and tweet every day, with the single guiding credibility and personality that the new social culture demands.

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How I Use Visualization to Drive Creativity

Both Sides of the Table

Where do the new entrants like YouTube, Pandora, iTunes, Huffington Post, Boxee, Netflix, Demand Media and other disruptive offerings fit into that equation and how is it changing? How does social media on Facebook & Twitter change things? I have a high fear of failure that acts as my safety net.

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

SoCal Delicious

There is a feeling that techies are the new celebrities," says Eric Kuhn, an agent who heads the social-media department at United Talent Agency. Entrepreneurs love being around other entrepreneurs, and thats driving demand toward the beach," says Mr. Miller. areas are growing at a faster rate. than in other parts of the city.