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Interview with Fariborz Maseeh, Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition

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Last week, the University of Southern California 's Viterbi School of Engineering announced that it had established a new, business plan competition, the Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition ([link] specifically aimed at students in the engineering school. Why a business plan competition, and why in engineering school?

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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The “private sale” market phenomenon was started in France by Vente-Privee (literally means “private sale”) and was replicated in Germany by BrandsforFriends. Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. Competition: McAfee , Symantec. To be fair to Ben Horowitz – I think he thinks this as well.

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Time is the Enemy of All Deals

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VC, sales, biz dev, M&A or otherwise. Don’t over shop – If the deal you’re involved with involves raising venture capital or selling your company you naturally want some competition. I’d send them their email and point out the docs were late. VC, sales, biz dev, M&A or otherwise. Any deal. Things change.