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Reflections on 2018: Richard Wolpert, The Soul Of A Deal

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We do, as of the writing of this in early December, seem to be seeing a correction at this time. On Demand). The biggest news was the continued bullish market now coming on ten years even though historical cycles show markets don't usually last more than 7-8 years. I had expected a correction much earlier in the year and I was wrong.

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

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I’ve been meaning to write this post since September of last year when Brad Feld first wrote about the The Founders Visa Movement. I commented briefly on his blog and made a mental note to write a blog post. At the time he granted me permission to write about his story. Felipe grew up in Brazil. Irony, hey?).

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Why The Growth Of The Internet Is Driving EdgeCast's Revenues

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The company--which is in the business of operating a content delivery network (CDN) to accelerate the delivery of web graphics, multimedia, applications, and more to end users-- recently disclosed it more than doubled its revenues in 2012, and has grown to over 230 employees--all due to a huge amount of demand for CDN services by its customers.

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Want to Know How VC’s Calculate Valuation Differently from Founders?

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I’m not sure I really even need to write this at length because Nivi absolutely nailed the topic in his article “ The Option Pool Shuffle.&#. When I went to raise money in 2006 I thought I knew every term in a term sheet but somehow I still got a bit duped by the option pool shuffle.

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My Life as a CEO (and VC): Chief Psychologist

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I finally got around to writing it having read Fred Wilson’s post about what a CEO does. I opened up with a very blunt conversation about self confidence, self doubt, family pressure, peer pressure and the demands on a CEO. Both are basically people businesses. I *think* he found the conversation relieving and confirming.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: So, you need to develop a product?

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2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. By Frank Addante Development resources are in high demand. There are a lot of people out there who can "write code", but very few good engineers. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register?

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 5.0 – I’m just going to chill out for a bit… (OK, for a month…)

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2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. Whatever the biggest, most challenging, most demanding, most important job we had at L90, I always turned to Tim. Our “little project&# turned into something that had enormous potential and wide-reaching demand.

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