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De-risk Your Startup By Doing It Again: The Joy Of Getting The Band Back Together

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Alma mater, CallWave: 2005 IPO. In 1980, following the breakup of the American band The Eagles, Don Henley was asked when the group would reunite. His response, “When hell freezes over.” Surprisingly, hell froze over 14-years later, when The Eagles launched a highly lucrative tour and TV special. The story is familiar.

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Why A Cellular Carrier Did Not Buy Skype - Watching A Big Dumb Company Fail In Real Time

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billion caused me to recall an awkward meeting I had in 2005 with a particularly clueless group of cellular executives. Cool stuff for circa 2005, unless you were an idiot working for a cellular carrier. The recent purchase of Skype by Microsoft for $8.5 Their utter stupidity is a bit disheartening, but highly instructional.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

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In 2005 he was graduated and took a job in South Carolina working for technology company while he started his own web design company on the side. “Staple green cards to the diplomas of foreign students who graduate from any U.S. university in math or science&# (Thomas Friedman). Felipe grew up in Brazil.

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Maximize Your Exit By Not Selling Your Company

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Although this option was not attractive to the management team, it was a viable alternative circa 2005 and it would have allowed our institutional investors to liquidate their investments. In 1987, a representative of Michael Jackson approached the modest Sycamore Valley ranch house and knocked on the door. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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Interview: Paige Craig, CEO BetterWorks

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4) What lessons from launching the Lincoln Group in Baghdad in 2005 are transferable to today’s LA startup scene? Messenger : Paige Craig, CEO BetterWorks, Angel Investor, former Marine. I implore you to listen to the interview below. Paige is a gifted communicator and my summary does not do him justice. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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Interview: Isaac Garcia of Central Desktop

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Central Desktop was founded in 2005 to provide an easy-to-use, SaaS collaboration solution to the SMB market. Messenger : Isaac Garcia , Co-Founder and CEO of Central Desktop, former Co-Founder of Upgradebase. The company initially focused on self-serve users who purchased the solution online, competing with the likes of Basecamp and GoPlan.