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The Authoritative Guide to Prorata Rights

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Smart entrepreneurs have often used this competition / appetite to invest to their advantage. This might happen because to meet all investors needs they end up selling too much of the company, taking too much dilution and feeling beat up. If you listen to conventional wisdom this is the only thing happening.

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Your Product Needs to be 10x Better than the Competition to Win. Here’s Why:

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He had the idea that people would want city guides to tell them where to eat and what to do. I brought up the fact that I find many larger companies abusing the patent system to slow down smaller competitors which is actually anti competitive. So he founded … wait … CitySearch. Yes, long before Yelp or any similar service.

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Crash, Backed By Idealab, Debuts App For Finding Tourist Attractions

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The startup, led by Erick Laubach, said that the application lets anyone be their own tour guide, and explore attractions which "make a city unique." Newly funded and launched startup Crash --backed by Idealab--said today that it has launched its iOS-based attraction discovery app and website. Idealab says it is incubating Crash.

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Local Universities Get $360K From DOE For Cleantech Entrepreneurship

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Department of Energy to help foster student entrepreneurs via a business plan competition run by the group called First Look West. The new effort, led by Caltech's Resnick Institute, is hoping to tap into OnGreen's network to find mentors to guide student groups and clean energy projects.

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6 New Venture Funding Realities To Guide Your Efforts

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Perhaps because of their focus on building a large portfolio, or their competitiveness, these angels sometimes accept valuations that cause later friction while moving to VCs, or even other angel groups. VCs tend to carry their partners much longer, in hopes of a big public offering (IPO) that could produce a windfall.

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What’s a company board good for, anyway?

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If you are responsible for forming a board, managing it, or evaluating its collective performance, consider these three important modes of engagement as you guide…. Strategic thinking: Board members who ask: “What is the competitive landscape?” Today, we cover an ideal board’s collective mindset.

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You Can’t Rely on a VC for Your Hardest Decisions

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In my view the best VCs are merely your guides. At best they can be your history guide. Consultants should provide you data & frameworks – not decisions. They are your sparring partners. Virtual reality is now becoming just reality. Your decisions are unknowable. Startup Lessons'