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6 Keys To Preserving A Positive Business Image Online

Startup Professionals Musings

With the right focus on search engine optimization, or the help of companies like ReputationDefender , you can usually push negative links out of sight into the swamp of the Internet. As I have discussed in previous articles, social networking sites like Facebook are now the most frequently used websites on the Internet.

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6 Essential Leadership Practices Raise Accountability

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For example, instead of quick slide presentations, teams at Amazon write six-page memos to lay out ideas in narratives to be read in silence at the start of a meeting. Richard Branson , who manages many companies, even provides feedback by walking around the cabin and talking directly to his key staff during his Virgin flights.

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Uber Shuts Down

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Los Angeles-based Uber, the online social networking web site run by former Friendster CEO Scott Sassa, has shut down. According to the firm's web site, as of September 29, the firm's investors have decided to stop supporting the site, and the company has closed its doors. Uber blamed the crisis in the economy for the shutdown.

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A Deep Dive into What Has Really Changed in Venture Capital

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If you look at some high-profile tech companies funded in the last big VC cycle you had eBay, Amazon, Salesforce & Google each go public having raised < $100 million in VC TOTAL prior to IPO and their last private-market valuation were all sub $400 million. As a result the best companies grow faster than any time in human history.

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Is Silicon Valley Really Coming to an End?

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. “In order to create a successful new company, you have to find an idea that. (1) 1) has escaped the attention of the major Internet companies, which are better run than ever before; (2) is capable of being launched and proven out for ~$5M, the typical seed plus series A investment; and. (3) Is Facebook unstoppable?

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Protect Your Business Reputation Online Or Lose It

Startup Professionals Musings

With the right focus on search engine optimization, or the help of companies like DefendMyName , you can usually push negative links out of sight into the swamp of the Internet. As I have discussed in previous articles, social networking sites like Facebook are now the most frequently used websites on the Internet.

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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

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Lower costs to start a business (95% reduction), many more companies created & funded by angels / seed. Note the full presentation deck with additional slides can be found on SlideShare here or you can simply scroll through it at the bottom of this post.]. We all have one-click purchase power (Apple, Google, Amazon, eBay).