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Docstoc Launches Document Marketplace

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The firm said the new DocStore is an "iTunes for documents" and will include documents from such partners as Legal Zoom, Real Deal Docs, Ready Built Forms, Write My Essay, Home Business Forms, Spreadhseet Zone, Small Business Forms, 4Expertise, Podium Notes, and Peak Strategy.

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Insights and Opinions: You Want a Job?

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Attach a Cover Letter: Far too many people simply email you their resumes and there is nothing in the body of the email, just a Word doc attachment. Its as if the applicants are just sending their resumes to as many people as possible, and they dont have time to write a quick intro on themselves and why they want this job.

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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 I’d Rather Err on the Side of Direct Feedback Than Pleasantries

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I then asked for editing rights to his Google Doc and I rewrote a version of it. Of course I can’t write every press release for the company nor would I want to. I then walked him through the logic of why I changed what I did.

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Entrepreneur’s Don’t Think Enough. Here’s What You Can Do About It …

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And I get flooded with legal docs, end-of-quarter financial administration, recruiting, whatever. Three years ago during Thanksgiving I told Nivi I would write down what I look for in an entrepreneur for a series of posts for VentureHacks. Board Meetings. Conferences. I get sucked up in “Do” mode. Startups Are for Doers.

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Why Reed Hastings Should be Applauded for Netflix Split

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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). It would be like if Microsoft undermined it’s Office franchise by aggressively pursuing a Google Docs like strategy.

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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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He told me to stop responded to RFPs where I wasn’t the person who helped write the specs for the RFPs. Sending the docs via email is less friction than making people come to a data room. I hired a sales coach named Kai Krickle who helped me figure out how to close more deals. But just putting a customer reference list in a data room?

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