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What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?

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What You Can Learn From Public Markets It doesn’t really take a genius to realize that what happens in the public markets will filter back to the private markets because the ultimate exit of these companies is either an IPO or an acquisition (often by a public company whose valuation is fixed daily by the market). And reset they must.

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How FreedomPop's Free Wireless Internet is Disrupting Telecom

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How do you go about trying to completely disrupt the entire telecom industry? If you're FreedomPop , the Encino-based startup, you start by offering up free 4G wireless data access, and then expand to offer free, voice-over-IP services, along with home-based wireless Internet services. GB of data each month.

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

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Conversely if you’re burning $600,000 per month (yes, some companies do) then you only have 5 months of cash left. At a minimum I encourage you to spend some time preparing for that question, which phrased another way is, “What do you plan to do with $6-8 million when you raise it.”

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Ten Rookie Startup Mistakes You Won’t Make

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As an entrepreneur and startup investor, I have helped create companies which achieved two IPOs which collectively raised over $100 million, as well as two acquisitions which totaled $385 million. Eleanor Roosevelt – US Diplomat & Wife of President Franklin Roosevelt. During those same 25-years, I also made innumerable mistakes.

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Roping in the Legal Eagles

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Johnnie Cochran was an effective, albeit smarmy, defense lawyer who would say or do anything to defend his clients (anyone up for a glass of OJ?). Do not be swayed by the hundreds of other startups the firm represents. Act Like A Three-Year-Old – Do not be afraid to frequently ask your lawyer, “Why?”