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Insights and Opinions: Exit Strategies in 2010

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For today's Insights and Opinions section, we have a piece from Megan Jones , an investment banker from Hadley Partners Incorporated: As I often say, I grew up in and out of Silicon Valley with a dad in high-tech. Basically, a company sale instead of an IPO. Read more of Megan's article on changing Exit Strategies for 2010.

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What Mattered in 2010: Bruce Hallett, Miramar Venture Partners

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All this week, we are sharing the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech community. In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world in 2010? See more insights from the Southern California high tech community in our continued series tomorrow!

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LaughStub Takes On Comedy Ticket Sales, With Angel Backing

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The firm--which the Tech Coast Angels revealed last week that it had funded in 2010--also has the backing of well known angel investor Paige Craig, who also sits on the firms advisory board. No details on the angel funding for LaughStub have been announced. The firm is headed by Scot Richardson. READ MORE>>.

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The Impact Matrix: Prioritize Your 2013 Initiatives Using This Startup Ninja Tool

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Resources Required – At high-tech startups, required resources include developers’ time and the opportunity cost associated with alternative uses of the developers’ 12-hour workdays. In the case of GoToMyPC, a Mac-compatible version was not released until 2010, once the market conditions warranted a higher Impact Matrix score.

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

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TWTFelipe and everybody like him who want to start high-tech, green tech or other scientific companies in the US should be encouraged to do so. The world’s best brains are on sale. Friedman again in this weekend’s (Apr 3, 2010) NYTimes: “Between 1980 and 2005, virtually all net new jobs created in the U.S.

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Don’t Pay Bribes to Get International Expansion

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billion in penalties on companies in 2010. These efforts proved to be a major distraction from our main objective, namely sales and service of our high tech products. In practice that meant that we could once again focus on running our sales and service activities. In a recent update by Thomson-Reuters , the U.S.

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Know When To Declare Defeat And Toss Out A Bad Idea – Do Not Be Afraid To Say, “That Baby Be Ugly!”

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For instance, engineers will typically evaluate ideas differently than people engaged in sales, who in turn will consider ideas from a different vantage point from those responsible for product development and marketing. A Mac-compatible version of GoToMyPC was not released until 2010.

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