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Why Reed Hastings Should be Applauded for Netflix Split

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With nearly 25 million customers using Netflix it’s clear that everyone will have an opinion on this. In my opinion it’s the most natural fit and it would give Netflix a very strong presence in Los Angeles and in TV (obviously subject to getting the right writes from the studios). Indeed, my Twitter stream tells me so.

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One Man’s Signal is Another Man’s Noise

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I’m sitting at my computer now at 9.00pm writing this – which is an hour earlier than I normally write (there are about 8 women at my kitchen table having a book club (aka excuse to drink wine & gossip so I’m locked in another room writing. Mostly during the day I’m in meetings or doing work.

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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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Don’t Cede Control: Why You Need to Cut out Middle Men in Negotiations

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But as it goes to the legal docs naturally 20 issues arise the require negotiations. Very customer focused. But when they’re trying to get David Pogue, Walt Mossberg or Kara Swisher to write a story for you, they’re also thinking about their other clients – now and in the future. And possibly just one time.

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Improving Website and Wordpress Performance with Hard-Coded Share Buttons

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API call could handle shortening the URL for you, I prefer to create one before I post and add it as a custom field. Scroll down to the bottom of your post to a section called “custom fields.&# What I write here is protected by a Creative Commons License. Though a Bit.ly You’ll be given a short URL. do you need help?

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The Truth About Convertible Debt at Startups and The Hidden Terms You Didn’t Understand

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What the entrepreneurs were really saying is, “I don’t want to take a lower valuation now, while I don’t have customers or a full team. So if I write you a $500,000 check into a convertible note with a $4.5 million cap I am assuming when I write the check that I will own 10% of your company.

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