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What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common

Both Sides of the Table

I saw VCs doing crazy things in 2007-08 when I first entered the VC market – crazy prices, limited due diligence, large funding rounds. I am avoiding “frenzied&# deals for all of the reasons Roger Ehrenberg talks about in his excellent blog post. I avoided much of this.

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Interview: Thorsten von Eicken of RightScale

InfoChachkie

I thought the analogy was preposterous back in 2006-2007 but it has become obvious. For another perspective which I certainly agree with, check out Kevin Drum’s blog post on The Power of Single-Mindedness at [link] but keep in mind that anything taken to the extreme probably isn’t a good idea…”. Copyright © 2007-11 by J.

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Docstoc's Jason Nazar Talks About DocStore

socalTECH

We started a year and a half ago by putting out a blog post, because I had people asking me for help on their business. First, we're geographically spread out, with silos far away--in Pasadena, the Valley, Hollywood, etc. Jason Nazar: We've worked on the company for three years, and the site went live in November of 2007.

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Are You an Entrepreneur?

InfoChachkie

Hubris might be an entertaining trait for an entrepreneur in a Hollywood movie. He is also the author of an award-winning entrepreneurial blog infoChachkie.com. Copyright © 2007-9 by J. Humility is the honey that will attract donors. As noted in Your Personal Pitch , people enjoy helping appreciative people who are in need.

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Why You Should Start a Company in. Los Angeles

SoCal Delicious

Surprisingly, Hollywood hasnt played a major role in the formation of new companies, which have tended to be in less glamorous though more lucrative areas like lead-generation and service (with obvious exceptions like JibJab and Hulu, a joint venture of Fox and NBC). www.goodandgreen.biz Microsoft Office Buy Office Small Business 2007 now.