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Five Startup Tips From Bill Gates

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This frugality was evidenced by the fact that everyone at Microsoft, even Gates, flew coach until well into the late 1990s. Banana IP. "Intellectual As described in IP Is Worthless To A Startup , most startups over estimate the value of their intellectual property. "Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana."

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Interview: Venture Capitalists On Pitching

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They also talked about their outlook on the venture capital market, and how likely they are to be investing this year, given the worried economy. We are not looking to fund people in 2009, who are learning a new market, on our nickel. That market has sort of evaporated for the near/mid term, that's not what we're looking for.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

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To interconnect these computers we needed IP-based telecommunications equipment build by the likes of Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks. TrueCar, an LA-based company, sells more cars now than any physical dealer in the country and recently went public and has a $1 billion market cap. Indeed we have already seen the beginnings.

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