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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

Between 2006–2008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC. I had realized that I didn’t have it within me to be as good of a player as many of them did but I had the skills to help as mentor, coach, friend, sparing partner and patient capital provider. It was a way to make it hard for your competition to compete.

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Startup Glory Awaits: Become the Startup of the Year Champion

Tech.Co

Since 2006, the Startup of the Year (SOTY) events and programs have uncovered some of the top emerging companies in the world, such as Uber, GrubHub, Groupon, LivingSocial, AddThis, and Desk. Being a part of the SOTY alumni lasts well beyond the pitch competition. A Strong Alumni Network. It’s time to get noticed! APPLY HERE.

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13 Ecosystem Builders That Are Boosting Startup Growth

Tech.Co

In 2006, a passion to help startups grew into Tech Cocktail , a company whose mission was to showcased burgeoning companies in bars around the country. BlackTech Week was created in 2014, and in four short years, they’ve gained over 2700 participants, 150 speakers, and 3 pitch competitions. BlackTech Week (Miami, FL).

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Interview with Mark Suster, GRP Partners

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Mark has also been quite active mentoring entrepreneurs, We caught up with Mark to hear about what kinds of investments GRP is looking at nowadays, his view on the software-as-a-service market, and how best to approach him with a pitch. An A-round investment in the late 90's, or even in 2005/2006, or 2007, was a $5-8M check.

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Meet the Investors & Tech Leaders Judging at Startup Night SXSW 2018

Tech.Co

Also at Startup Night will be 25 diverse and innovative startups showcasing their latest products, competing for prizes including: $1K from LaunchKC , Business Extra Points from American Airlines , and a fast tracked spot to the Startup of the Year semifinals competition at Innovate Celebrate 2018. Eric Mathews, Founder and CEO of Start Co.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 5. Outsourcing

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2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. This is probably due to their extreme focus on education and the lure and competition of their quickly growing tech economy. Now, there is so much competition that it is very, very difficult to keep people.

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One Weird Trick to Build a Personal Brand

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And as I’ve written about before – building a personal brand is extremely important in today’s competitive job market. In 2006 when I was a budding entrepreneur building my second startup I ran into a young (ish) enthusiastic founder of an electronic signature company called EchoSign. Here’s how he did it.

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