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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

Both Sides of the Table

I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. I just completed an exercise where I went out to hire a new associate for my VC firm, GRP Partners. I had to laugh a bit reading it. I installed Windows 3.1

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Interview with Dan Tamkin, Unified Dispatch

socalTECH

Back in 2003 and 2004, we were focused on the international market, and started outsourcing to India and the Philippines for call center services. In addition, the investors decided they were just tired of their investment, and wanted to move on. How did acquisition come about? Dan Tamkin: There are tactics and strategy.

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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

Both Sides of the Table

You have to understand whether they’re likely to yield revenue growth in the near term OR whether you have access to cheap enough capital to fund your losses until your investments pay off. If you have a market lead then raising capital and making investments now will help you as others enter the market.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 5. Outsourcing

Frank Addante

. ► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Zondigo, Inc.

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Don’t Let Faux Unicorns Screw Up Your Financing

InfoChachkie

Unfortunately, the coming market correction will reverberate to all stages of venture investing. Investors that insist on investing more than their pro rata allocation in follow-on rounds have an incentive to compress the company’s valuation to maximize the percentage ownership acquired by their investment.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Venture Capital - What's the rush?

Frank Addante

. ► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Zondigo, Inc.

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4 Startup Mega Campuses Coming to Europe

Tech.Co

As the founding head of Campus London , Google’s first physical hub for startups and now home to over 80,000 registered members, I thought it would be interesting to share the latest developments in this space from my perspective. And just announced an acquisition of Meetup. The post was originally published on VC Cafe.

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