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Ghost appears with new funding, marketplace to match buyers with unsold products

TechCrunch LA

Ghost itself closed on a Series A equity round of $13 million, along with $7 million in debt, in June. The company raised $5 million in equity last November from Equal Ventures and Eniac to give it $28 million in total equity and debt funding. to develop some sweet inventory-planning software. Syrup Tech bags $6.3M

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10 Partner Qualities to Test Before Sharing Equity

Startup Professionals Musings

In this context, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. This is a critical element of a good relationship, but a tough one.

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Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions

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Many of the founders of these companies are surprised to learn that I'm willing to review what they are doing (maybe an hour) and get on the phone for an hour with them and provide free advice. will definitely be handled. I'm looking for free (equity only) development, should I contact you? What Is This?

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Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions

SoCal CTO

Many of the founders of these companies are surprised to learn that I'm willing to review what they are doing (maybe an hour) and get on the phone for an hour with them and provide free advice. will definitely be handled. I'm looking for free (equity only) development, should I contact you? What Is This?

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Interview with Simon Anderson, DreamHost

socalTECH

We actually have a very big Wordpress user base, because of the work we''ve done with Wordpress, contributing code and integrating them into our platform. We saw early on that the cloud as we know it today--utility services, software, and so on--was an entry point to do that, including with hosting. So, for us, competition is good.

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Even Social Entrepreneurs Need Profit to Meet Goals

Startup Professionals Musings

federal income tax (Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code). No equity investors for a non-profit. Professional investors are looking for a reasonable financial return, and non-profits by definition are outside this realm. Most countries have similar exemptions for similar organizations.

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Hiring a CTO for Your Startup

SoCal CTO

Several people have recently come to me to help them source and/or hire full-time CTOs for their startup having found me through my post that looks at: Startup CTO Salary and Equity Data. Interviewing and Hiring Process Get a resume and LinkedIn profile and review both closely: Do they know the world of startup technology?

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