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Don’t Be Fooled By All The Hype For Crowd Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

The new hot topic for entrepreneurs the last couple of years is crowd funding, which is anticipated to at least supplement, if not replace, the slow and mysterious process of current Angel and venture capital investors. Good-cause crowd funding. Example sites include StartSomeGood and the Facebook Cause page.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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There are obvious reasons the industry has had less-than-desirable returns, including: massive over-funding of the sector, huge increases in inexperienced venture capitalists that took a decade to peter out, and the massive correction in the value of the public stock markets that closed many exit opportunities for half a decade.

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What Should You Do with Your Crappy Little Services Business?

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There’s a line of thinking in Silicon Valley that you should build product businesses rather than services businesses. They feel very confident they can hit $18 – 20 million in 2012. And stop effing around trying to create a product company.&#. This post originally appeared on TechCrunch. This team is talented.

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Miigle Revisited | A SoCal Startup With a Global Mission

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We recently sat down with Luc Berlin, co-founder of Miigle, a SoCal startup that has an aggressive global mission to bring entrepreneurs together from around the world. We first interviewed Luc in 2012, just as he was launching the prototype for Miigle. You can create your startup page in two clicks.

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Why John Frankel Leaned in Early on Klout and Cornerstone OnDemand and What He Sees Next

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I had been hanging around Klout for a year and many of my friends had angel funded the company and were champions. John laid into a well-honed thesis on why the social web needed a “Page Rank” equivalent for people. It is company 500px who has a beautiful product and a burgeoning community on the iPad and web.

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How Chinese Startup Tradesparq Is Looking To Grow In SoCal

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We''ve now reached critical mass in content, and in Asia we''re number three in the amount of information on products and suppliers online. In 2011, we built our site, and in 2012, last year, we started getting content. In 2011, we built our site, and in 2012, last year, we started getting content. Tell us about your backers?

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Veteran LA law firm opens a Silicon Beach office and launches a pro-bono “Precelerator”

SoCal Delicious

November 8, 2012 6:00 PM Only $20! Next → As startup ecosystems evolve and mature, validation of their viability comes in waves from entrepreneurs, investors, and service providers alike. Follow PandoDaily: Search. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Fireside Chat with Daniel Ek, CEO of Spotify. Get Tickets.