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Choose Your VC Investor Carefully

Both Sides of the Table

Beware of VC Seagulls, who shit on you and then fly away (or worse yet leave you with Red Herrings). Either you’re not a good leader and he shouldn’t be investing at all, or he has no clue what it takes to build a startup.&#. This is part of my ongoing series Startup Advice. There are many great VCs. Gus has been amazing.

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10 Reasons To Start A Company In An Economic Downturn

InfoChachkie

There has recently been a common theme among the entrepreneurs I have interviewed and the conferences I have attended: despite the relatively weak state of the world economy, now is a great time to create a high-tech startup. As Guy Kawasaki pointed out in our recent conversation , “…it is cheaper than ever to start a company. Hard Knocks U.

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