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Another personal story: Timing is everything in a sale.

Berkonomics

The company of eight was engaged in web design, which, early in the growth of middle-sized business on the web, was hot at the time. And yes, his partner had a valid suit, having been locked out of the web-design business and denied access to decisions and accounting information. The surprise I could not ignore.

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Timing is everything in a sale of a business.

Berkonomics

The company of eight was engaged in web design, hot at the time. And here were over a million users, with no apparent value to the web designers, except as a community of friends with similar interests. In addition, I loaned the new company $150 thousand for working capital.

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Putting the Pedal to the Metal at Amplify

From the Venture Trenches

Amplify provides seed stage capital to the tune of $50,000 to $150,000 in companies with a viable product that are demonstrating some degree of traction. Besides capable entrepreneurs who have a similar drive and passion that the partners extol, Jeff looks for businesses that can scale. Unwinding at an Amplify party.

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Interview with Ilya Pozin, Cofounder of Pluto TV

socalTECH

I started a web design company, and ended up going to college in Florida, but kept on running the company on the side. That was the first time I raised any kind of capital, $600,000 in capital, for a social gifting platformback when Facebook was very generous with data.

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Putting the Pedal to the Metal at Amplify

From the Venture Trenches

Amplify provides seed stage capital to the tune of $50,000 to $150,000 in companies with a viable product that are demonstrating some degree of traction. Besides capable entrepreneurs who have a similar drive and passion that the partners extol, Jeff looks for businesses that can scale. Unwinding at an Amplify party.

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The Startup Guide To SXSW Panel Picking

Tech Zulu Event

Simply, there are thousands of agencies, design shops and communications firms across the world, all. Jason Cohen, Capital Thought. Bootstrapping enterprise, marketing, Sales. . In 2009 my art blog www.johntunger.com earned $188,138 in gross sales from 205,839 unique visitors. Scratching Your Personal Projects Itch.

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Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010

SoCal CTO

5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , July 11, 2010 I just reviewed several hundred startup pitches for Capital Factory. The collapse of the IPO market and dysfunctional math in the venture capital community has stacked the odds against you. Here’s an example in a direct sales channel.

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