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Announcing Projector?—?A Startup I’ve Been Excited to Tell You About for Years

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A Startup I’ve Been Excited to Tell You About for Years A few years ago I spent time in prison with Trevor O’Brien , the founder of Projector. When we got out of prison Trevor began describing the startup he and his co-founder, Jeremy Gordon , wanted to build. you can sign up if you want to try the service.

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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. We're a big help to parents.

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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. One thing that is clear.

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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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Let me start out with my premise: “Data rooms are where fund-raising processes go to die.” I have to back up and give you more context. I’m going to start with the reasons and then explain how to use your best data to your advantage. I never thought of this until I became the Founder & CEO of my first startup company.

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How Tony Hawk And The Bones Brigade Broke The Rules & Owned The Market

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The key for him was to NOT steal well known skaters from other companies, but to start over completely with a new crew of unknown skaters, to make it fresh and inspiring. My refusal to do this caused him to give up on our partnership and the industry entirely. He picked up his skate film-making career and took it to Hollywood.

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

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If they did they would be in constant violation because VCs often see 3-4+ companies in every market that they operation. If you can meet a partner up front it’s always best but sometimes it’s not possible. If you don’t, make sure you follow up and ask for feedback. Market sizing. What is the VC process?

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Mix and Mingle | LA Startups Shows Some Bite

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If you weren’t able to make it out to Wokcano to mix and mingle with the hottest startups this week, you missed out. Not to worry because we’ll recap the night with some information on the demos from these up and coming companies located in LA. He went through Start Engine and after 6 months launched their beta.

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