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SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

So if I write you a $500,000 check into a convertible note with a $4.5 million cap I am assuming when I write the check that I will own 10% of your company. If I didn’t assume this I shouldn’t write the check because I have to get involved knowing that I might pay that price. What happens in a sale or acqui-hire?

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JANUARY 14, 2014

All the data actually suggests with the growth of mobile, inbound sales calls will double from 30 billion to 60 billion in 3 years (source: Kelsey). Some quick data that I pulled from EmailisNotDead.com (mid 2012). In the US alone there are 30 billion inbound sales calls every year. Calls are changing but not dying. PHONE CALLS.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Ryan Blair: As you know, I sold ViSalus back in 2012, but ended up buying it back in 2014, and then we sold the company to a public company. I had a sales force when I was at SkyPipeline, selling telecom, networking, and broadband wireless products. Tell us a bit of the story on how you started HashtagOne?

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. (it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0 I am not suggesting these are bad sources of capital – they are not.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2014

As one of the young company’s first employees (founded in January 2012 with their first hotspot product launch in 2012) she provides a great inside look at the inspiration that drives the company’s work and shares her own insights on how/why she ended up at one of the wireless data industry’s fastest growing innovators.

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Outsource Development Startup Incubator Press 108

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

2011 was an incredibly huge year for us, and 2012 will be the same way. That ended up as a $200 million sale to Microsoft. Steve Jillings: We have really big stuff coming in 2012. We know you've been doing well as a company, but surprisingly, not many people seen to be aware of what you are up to.

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Marina Del Rey Startup IP Examples 238

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 28, 2013

In this role, Alex was responsible for developing HostPro’s shared, dedicated and managed businesses with 430 employees in sales, marketing, engineering, and product development. Before co-founding Bitium, Scott was VP of Product for Fastpoint Games, a sports and entertainment gaming company that sold to WePlay in 2012.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2013

Only one sold for 7 figures in 2012 (investing.com sold for $2.5 range in the $20 to $40 range for a year registration, but you can find sales on certain extensions for as little as fifty cents per year. Ask if the domain name is for sale, but don’t tip your hand by making a specific offer. Certain extensions such as.tv

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Startup Pricing Tips .Net 87

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

At Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood 2012 Kevin Winston organized a panel called “How to Find and Hire a Developer”. Then when hiring a developer to build the project, show the developer you already have sales and offer them a percentage of passive income if they work at a lower or no charge rate. Ask for is code samples.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 30, 2012

Thus, I was inspired when I heard about the impact collaboration-in-the-cloud innovator Central Desktop made at the April 2012 San Francisco ad:tech conference. For instance, a senior executive from a major media agency, who did not attend the show, was prompted by a bearded-booth-babe tweet to contact the company’s VP of Sales.

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APRIL 2, 2010

I’m writing this series because if you better understand how VC firms work you can better target which firms make sense for you to speak with. I’m writing this post to explain to entrepreneurs what you should be thinking about in terms of the VC’s you approach and the size and stage of their funds.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

But subsequent statistics have also shown that “online coupon access [has] increased 92 percent and redemption of Internet deals [has] leapt up 360 percent;” with more growth predicted in 2012. It has been predicted that this method will continue to increase in popularity in 2012. Getting Mobile-Ready.

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AUGUST 30, 2010

VCs have also gone back to writing checks because as an industry we can’t be seen as “sitting on the sidelines” for years at a time. The housing market is not recovered : Sales in existing homes in the US fell 27.2% Sales fell in every region of the country with the Midwest suffering the worst at 35%.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

The multi-tiered platform allows for money to be transferred between Facebook friends, the ability to click and purchase any item that you see on Facebook and through the published API’s, developers can integrate and write their own applications on top of the ZunguZ platform. Why the name? When was it launched?

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Software Review Social Network Platform Technical Review 92

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 5, 2013

It was the morning of June 26th, 2012. You get to learn everything from marketing to sales to accounting to business development to being able to make pretty websites and graphics. Then, I’m doing emails, accounting, HR, writing proposals, interviewing potential hires, and other random tasks until noon.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 20, 2014

OP: It was 2012 when my brother and I took our cousin who was visiting from Poland to go see the movie Hugo. I’d write to my professors and say “I’m so sorry, I have this meeting or I had this phone call that I had to take.”. Explain to our readers why you started your company, and why you created your app myLINGO.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. There are hundreds of entrepreneurs here in Los Angeles who are building awesome companies, writing awesome books, making awesome movies and are trying to solve important problems to help make this world a better place. © 2012 IdeaMensch.

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