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What I’ve Learned from Fred Wilson

Both Sides of the Table

My goal in the interview overall was to capture more of the personal side of Fred since so much of his investment thesis and portfolio work already comes out in his blog. Fred has of course been a public mentor to us all with his market-defining terminology that he popularized including “freemium” and “mobile first.”

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Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More - Ten Recent Great Startup Posts

SoCal CTO

This relates to another great post Freemium Founders: Start Charging for Things Today! Do I Need a Co-Founder: The 90/50 Rule of Startup Founders - FairSoftware's Blog , February 1, 2010 Another post that relates to my recent post on CTO Founders and Cofounders. where Tony Wright suggests charging right now. Good stuff from Jason.

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Interview with Michael Wong, MergeLocal

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Can you talk about how your company is funded? Michael Wong: We're with StartEngine, and have received a small amount of seed funding from them. We're also funding it out of pocket. He put out a blog article and spreadsheet which outlined if you were going to be able to scale your sales team, or if something was not scalable.

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6 Steps To Raising Venture Capital – Hint: Preparation Matters More Than Your Pitch

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Subscribe to their blog. Based on your research from Step 1, you should be able to communicate meaningful and insightful comments regarding the partners’ tweets, blog content, etc. Professional service providers are incentivized to foster your business, as a portion of the funds you raise will go toward payment of their invoices.

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The Startup Guide To SXSW Panel Picking

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Bootstrapping boostrapping, Funding, lean startup. . Removing the Middleman: Embedding Shopping on Your Blog. In 2009 my art blog www.johntunger.com earned $188,138 in gross sales from 205,839 unique visitors. Entrepreneurism / Monetization fan culture, freemium, User engagement. . Bootstrapping a Lean Startup.

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In 15 Years From Now Half of US Universities May Be in Bankruptcy. My Surprise Discussion with @ClayChristensen

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This is why I am such a big fan of General Assembly both because they’re teaching more tangible skills but also because they’re working directly with employers to fund classes as well as to onboard the more successful GA students directly. We had a brief chat on his views of “Freemium.” I don’t believe it.

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

SoCal CTO

This continues my series of posts: Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010 Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March Here they are: How to Minimize Politics in Your Company - Ben's Blog , August 24, 2010 “Who the f@#k you think you f$&kin’ with.

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