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Interview with Jim Belanger, Gamer Doc

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One of those retailers -- Gamer Doc (www.gamerdoc.com) is based in Newport Beach, and we caught up with Jim Belanger, the firm's President, to dig deeper into why video game retailers seem to be doing slightly better than others. Treating them with respect is a big, important part at Gamer Doc.

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How to Make Sense of the PPP Loan Program for VC-Backed Startups

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The program is designed to keep employees on the payroll so ultimately it’s up to you to decide whether you are a worthy recipient and to weigh the benefit to your company and your employees against the potential perception the market may (or may not) have in the future. Everybody is talking about the “Affiliate Rule”?

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Why you should never have a data room — the most counter-intuitive fund-raising advice you’ll ever…

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Your historical trading information including financials and a “customer file” which shows the history of your transactions so that investors can run “cohort” analyses Customer reference, personal references, key team members, compensation, cap table, stock option plan, etc. But just putting a customer reference list in a data room?

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Going to Raise VC? Here’s a Primer on Process, People, Deck

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If they say yes you get a term sheet and once this is signed it is usually 3-6 weeks until your legal docs get signed and you’re funded. The best ones are visual, high-level, have a narrative, move swiftly, are designed to prompt questions as much as “pitch&# your company and importantly have a narrative. Competition.

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Startup Optimization: Reduce Your Hardware Cost with Chromebooks

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As quintessential ultrabooks , Chromebooks are designed to be extra-light and easy to move around. If you’ve ever worked with Chrome OS before, you probably also know that it’s highly task-oriented and designed to work perfectly with cloud computing. Things to Keep in Mind About Chromebook Operation.

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Congrats To The Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Presenting Companies at CalTech

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andi lets you 1) multitask on screen with live panels and transition to and from multiple task sets, 2) browse offline docs and apps in the same multitask environment as online activities, and 3) organizes and manages unlimited panels and queues in a single active session. As of May 2010, CallFire has over 20,000 customers!

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Mix and Mingle | LA Startups Shows Some Bite

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Golfers won’t have as many injuries and for golf courses, it gets people through the course earlier resulting in more customers. Besides using excel sheets and word docs to organize, there was no other easy way. A designer, a programmer and a product guy built Youregards as fun easy way to reconnect people in a personal way.

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