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How the Seed-Stage VC Trend Began, The Downsides of Unicorns & Much More

Both Sides of the Table

It is, of course, a very recent phenomenon. If you want to understand the software trend that drove the creation of the seed-stage VC phenomenon I wrote about it that linked blog post but in short: cloud computing drove down the cost to create startups enabling a new category of investor. But not many others.

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Ten Startup Tips From Amazon Founder, Jeff Bezos

InfoChachkie

If your culture rewards those who seek the truth, your team will be prone to objectively identifying tactical course corrections. The framework I found which made the decision incredibly easy was what I called – which only a nerd would call – a ‘regret minimization framework’.

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Quickly Enable Social Logins with JanRain Engage

SoCal Delicious

Of course, youll need to use a social login to get into the site. Also, as any changes to each login will be handled by JanRain, you wont have to keep updating your authentication code if changes are made by the login provider. Creating Your Application Start by going to JanRain Engage and signing in. Well come back to this in a moment.