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Interview with Greg Brogger, SharesPost

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Greg Brogger: I founded BrightHouse in the middle of 2007, along with Scott Painter. Towards early 2007, Scott and I had taken Zag to a level of some measure of stability, and we were thinking about the next thing. We came to it, because we'd been around private equity, and it's always surprised me how inefficient the marketplace is.

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

Both Sides of the Table

One investor played chicken with me by threatening not to approve my next-round financing unless I gave him more equity. My SVP of Sales & Marketing quit 30 minutes before an important board meeting. It was 2007. It was well past the Internet boom, well into Web 2.0, Your highs are super high.

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

Both Sides of the Table

One investor played chicken with me by threatening not to approve my next-round financing unless I gave him more equity. My SVP of Sales & Marketing quit 30 minutes before an important board meeting. It was 2007. It was well past the Internet boom, well into Web 2.0, Your highs are super high.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Be Best at Something

Frank Addante

. ► March (1) Office 2.0: It results in a lack of focus and diluted brand equity. It will help your company stay focused, it will build confidence in your entire organization (especially your sales/marketing team) and most importantly, your customers/users will think to go to you first. Where's Jack Bauer?

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

When I first got into the industry it was 2007. I show charts on housing, structural unemployment, home equity re-financings that we spent meaning less spending power post crash, new housing sales, debt-to-income ratios, public-sector job problems that will cause crises in cities and states across the US. Yesterday was a Monday.

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