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DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Alliance engages the full set of ecosystem players; from start-ups, to VCs, to universities, to local governments and more. A few years ago, there was still a sense of competition between various start-up communities, but this sentiment has been replaced by a sense that we are stronger together.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 24, 2016

A version of this article previously appeared Forbes. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! Greathouse: You mentioned Intrade, which was shut down by the government in 2012. Do you think your real competition will come from new sites or existing ones like PredictIt ?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2016

For a software startup, a patent can be the intellectual property providing the key competitive advantage, or it can be an expensive non-defensible bureaucratic nightmare -- or both. Copyright intellectual property protection is already given automatically and immediately without the need to register the copyright with a government.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 16, 2016

A recent Wall Street Journal article that raised the possibility of Biogen as the target of another huge pharma buyout cited the lack of productivity as a major driver of M&A in the pharmaceutical industry. It is the hope of new blockbuster drugs that keeps government regulators at bay.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2016

What’s more, strategic locations can benefit from varying global legislation: influencing competitor clauses, user privacy data collection, and tax laws amongst other factors that can give a company a powerful competitive edge. VPN, headquarted in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia where governing laws means greater privacy protection.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Of course you need to discount any investor competitive positioning, but local investment group leaders will quickly tell you the strengths and terms of active investors in your area. Check for positive or negative news articles, press releases, relationships, and support of community organizations.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 14, 2014

If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! Our fantastically inefficient Federal Government could learn a great deal from the folks at ABC. We’re planning to kick of this year’s competition later this spring.". ABC''s Founder And CEO Speaks Out.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2016

Of course you need to discount any investor competitive positioning, but local investment group leaders will quickly tell you the strengths and terms of active investors in your area. Check for positive or negative news articles, press releases, relationships, and support of community organizations.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 23, 2012

free weekly Infochachkie articles! Given Facebook's numerous corporate governance mistakes during its early days, Mark would have been well served to have cultivated a mentorship with one or more savvy Advisors. . "I started the site when I was 19. I didn't know much about business back then." " [Tweet this quote].

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

They would work closely with and be advised by patient advocates, independent non-government experts on drug pricing and comparative effectiveness, and state and local regulators to investigate and respond” to unjustified pricing activities. Competitive markets are the most-efficient mechanism yet devised for matching price and value.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 22, 2012

If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! Judiciously comment on articles they post to LinkedIn, retweet their tweets, vote up one of their Quora posts and establish a Google Alert on them and their firm. Prep Steps. Subscribe to their blog. Stay Limber.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 18, 2011

If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! Government Intervention – As every successful entrepreneur knows, the government prefers to punish you for your success, rather than reward you for risking it all and creating jobs for your fellow citizens. Hands On Learning.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2011

The international opportunity is large, as I related in an earlier article , but there are some major challenges as well. Our own subsidiary, of a major technology company, started to repair and service competitive products in order to maintain our own technical staff and service capabilities.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 11, 2011

Startup blogger and venture capitalist extraordinaire Fred Wilson recently published a great article on Venture Debt, which I strongly suggest you review HERE. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! Go ahead, I will wait…. welcome back. Venture Debt Tips And Tricks.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 29, 2012

If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! If your definition of an acceptable exit is incongruent with the reasonable expectations of a venture capitalist, consider seeking alternative forms of risk capital, such as government grants, venture debt or friends, family and fools.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2010

The opportunity is large, as I related in an earlier article , but there are some major challenges as well. As a follow-on to that article, here are a few examples from my personal experience: You need to translate/localize your products. Thus, when the government creates restrictions, think out of the box.

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AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 7, 2008

government. The government is a Byzantine, reactive organization plagued by its self-imposed hierarchy. The government is a Byzantine, reactive organization plagued by its self-imposed hierarchy. Is there a knowledge gap within the federal government about how innovation really happens?

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 31, 2011

It is undoubtedly impressive that Richard Branson has motivated a government organization and hundreds of intelligent, affluent people to commit millions of dollars to secure a service that does not yet exist. free weekly Infochachkie articles! Even more striking is that this super-salesman is a self-taught, high school dropout.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

free weekly Infochachkie articles! Government Intervention – As every successful entrepreneur knows, the government prefers to punish you for your success, rather than ‘thanking you’ for risking it all and creating numerous jobs for your fellow citizens. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Armed with a degree in Marketing and Business from University of Ulster in Northern Ireland and an Operations experience from Ireland, UAE and Egypt , Ciaran Connolly, 36 teamed up with Ernist Turdubaev 33, with a Master of Arts – Retail and Government Sector to launch ProfileTree. How different are you from the competition?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2012

" A Techdirt article argues that if you look at the true history of major breakthroughs, you might conclude that the invention was the easy part – the hard part was the business side. Then you have to worry about politics, government regulations, and infrastructure. Is it competitive to the current alternatives?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2011

" A Techdirt article argues that if you look at the true history of major breakthroughs, you might conclude that the invention was the easy part – the hard part was the business side. Then you have to worry about politics, government regulations, and infrastructure. Is it competitive to the current alternatives?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. It’s hard to get people to take a risk at a startup or for a reasonable salary with all this competition. In Washington DC you have government & defense. And many of the ones that do want to do startups are plotting their one YCombinator company.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Competing To Win Deals - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , November 7, 2010 The venture capital business is highly competitive. If network B has 20 users than it’s value is 400 (20*20). There is more money out there chasing good deals than most people imagine.

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