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Netflix employees stage a trans solidarity walkout, pose list of demands

TechCrunch LA

At the same time, Los Angeles-based trans activist Ashlee Marie Preston hosted a rally in solidarity with Netflix workers participating in the walkout. But Sarandos doubled down on his defense of the special, writing an internal email that “content on screen doesn’t directly translate to real-world harm.”

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5 Startup Challenges That Derail Many Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

The solution here is to never stop the fundraising cycle, moving quickly from friends and family, to angels, to venture capitalists. Keep control by writing every check personally, and manage receivable and payables tightly. You need your best people and real resources dedicated to early marketing and branding.

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Joey Flores On Earbits' Life, Death, and Resurrection

socalTECH

That's the fascinating story behind Los Angeles-based Earbits (www.earbits.com), which offers up a mobile music streaming service focused on discovering both new and talent. Joey Flores: For starters, we're smart enough not to believe anything until it is in writing. How did you know they were serious?

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How Open Should a Startup CEO be with Staff?

Both Sides of the Table

It’s a hard topic to write about because it’s almost an accepted norm that total transparency is good. They told you, “Yeah, man, I’ll gladly write the first $250,000. You’ve got to convince your buddies to part with their hard-earned savings to back you as angels. CEO transparency. Of course not.

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Non-millennial Bootstrapping – These 50-Something Entrepreneurs Rejected VC $ And Nailed It

InfoChachkie

We spent a lot of time talking about what type of company we wanted to create, how many employees we’d eventually have, whether we would take funding, our lifestyle, and a dozen other things that had nothing to do with writing software. I think in the end it’s helped us build a better product because we are resource-constrained.

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Don’t Let Investors Conclude Your Startup Is A Hobby

Startup Professionals Musings

Write down the key elements of your business plan very early, and keep it current as things evolve. Even if you are doing the work yourself, you need to document requirements, features, metrics, and milestones. Manage human resources. Develop your business plan. Product development process.

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‘Out of Control’ Startups Fail on 8 Key Processes

Startup Professionals Musings

Even when your startup is a one-man show, you will soon find that you are “out of control,” unless you start organizing and writing down how and when key things need to get done. Write down the key elements of your business plan very early, and keep it current as things evolve. Manage human resources. Develop your business plan.

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