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16 Great Startup Posts from March

SoCal CTO

If I Launched a Startup - The Startup Lawyer , March 17, 2010 Great advice on initial steps of setting up a Startup. 9 Reasons Why Many Smart People Go Nowhere - Life Beyond Code , March 29, 2010 You would have met many smart people who live a mediocre life. In response he sent me a competitive analysis. There are MANY of them.

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8 Intellectual Property Items Every Startup Needs

Startup Professionals Musings

A large portion of your competitive advantage and your potential value to investors is the size of your intellectual property portfolio. Still, it is recommended that you add the familiar ©Copyright 2010 symbol at the beginning or end of each media and document segment. You need all these before you start looking for funding.

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This Week in VC with Om Malik & Paul Jozefak

Both Sides of the Table

Founded in April/May 2010 by Diego Berdakin (Ex-Slingshot Labs) and Josh Berman (Ex-Slingshot Labs, MySpace Co-founder) in Santa Monica, CA. first vertical to launch by 2010 Holiday Season. iAd platform was formally launches in July 2010 as part of iOS 4. Network of vertical focused sites: BeachMint, BeachMint, WineMint, etc.;

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Social Media Accounts are Intellectual Property

Startup Professionals Musings

A large portion of your competitive advantage and your potential value to investors is the size of your intellectual property portfolio. Still, it is recommended that you add the familiar ©Copyright 2010 symbol at the beginning or end of each media and document segment. You need all these before you start looking for funding.

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Startups With Real Revenue Can Get Venture Capital

Startup Professionals Musings

billion jump in funding over the same quarter of 2010 with a similar number of deals, so it clearly shows a trend to larger deal sizes for fewer startups. Greentech deals had a breakout quarter with deals and dollars up 45% and 145% respectively vs. Q4 2010. Don’t try to talk your way to a deal before you have the documentation.

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Interview with Scott Sangster, Tech Coast Angels

socalTECH

We invested all through 2009, and are currently seeking investments to do in 2010. I do expect that 2010 will be a year of back-to-basics, with a focus on building businesses. That's just because those companies need to learn more, the CEOs might need more time to gather documents, etc. What does get deals to go along smoothly?

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Why Selling To The Government Can Destroy Your Startup

InfoChachkie

In 2010, as part of its “Forever” series, the USPS issued a stamp of the statue of liberty. These voluminous documents should generally be avoided by startups, as most young companies do not have the internal resources or the luxury of time required to succeed in a multi-vendor bakeoff. . <break here> Twice Isn’t Charming.

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