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7 Indications Your New Venture May Not Be Investable

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, every risk level can be mitigated by a good plan that addresses the issue, offers a credible action plan, and will convince you, as well as investors and customers, that what looks like a risk to many is actually a sustainable competitive advantage for your startup. Marginal legality or poor public image.

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ValueClick Founder And Internet Pioneer Brian Coryat: Startups Are Like Pouring Water Downhill

InfoChachkie

His talk was entertaining and informative and contained a number of witty entrepreneurial insights, such as: "Startups are like high school. During the course of his talk, Brian mentioned that, "Startups are like pouring a bucket of water down a hill. In addition, the hill''s slope will also affect the water''s course.

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Please Help Me Congratulate Jordan Hudson as @UpfrontVC’s Newest Investment Principal

Both Sides of the Table

Ability to source information easily to help build a thesis around companies / industries / competition. Jordan joined us a couple of years ago from Fox Filmed Entertainment where he worked in corporate strategy and he previously had worked for GCA Savvian in investment banking. Jordan has proved the exception.

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7 Startup Proposals That May Raise Investor Red Flags

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, every risk level can be mitigated by a good plan that addresses the issue, offers a credible action plan, and will convince you, as well as investors and customers, that what looks like a risk to many is actually a sustainable competitive advantage for your startup. Marginal legality or poor public image.

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CreatorUp Links You With Top Filmakers & YouTube Creators To Make Awesome Web Series

Tech Zulu Event

Learning experience includes: on-demand online video tutorial courses, live video-conference workshops, as well as individual online consultations, live workshops, and group programs. And our network of filmmaker and entertainment industry colleagues allow us to recruit top teachers who are leaders in the web world. How does it work?

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Why We’re Looking to Fund Stuff With More Meaning

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Many questioned whether it could survive under the fail whale, inevitable competition from Facebook, founder fighting, fights with 3rd-party developers let alone become a revolutionary business that could make money. We look at stage, geography and of course sector. Far from it. Lots of it. 6SensorLabs.

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Los Angeles Hosts the Oscars and the Tech.Co Startup Showcase

Tech.Co

Startup of the Year competition, which will be held in San Jose, CA during the Innovate! This year, we’ve partnered with the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) – which produces the CES – for the global conference that will bring together tech leaders, influencers, investors, and of course, early-stage startup companies.