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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

Both Sides of the Table

If you’re a startup and you don’t have a close relationship with a few law firms you’re really missing one of the most important relationships that any entrepreneur can have. Many people start companies arse backwards. I write about some of the lessons in my post on Startup Mistakes.

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Steve Blank Discusses The Origin And Future Of The Lean Startup Movement

InfoChachkie

Article first published as Steve Blank Discusses Origin And Future Of Lean Startup Movement on Technorati. I recently spoke with Steve Blank, author of the new book The Startup Owner’s Manual. He is credited with pioneering the Lean Startup Movement in 2005 via the publication of his bestselling, Four Steps To The Epiphany.

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Los Angeles-based ‘deep tech’ investment firm Riot Ventures is raising a $75M fund

TechCrunch LA

Riot Ventures , the Los Angeles-based, early-stage and deep technology investment firm is going out to market to raise a $75 million second fund to finance the development of startups in LA and beyond, according to fundraising documents viewed by TechCrunch. Oculus, Snap, Tinder and others.

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Your Startup Should Emulate The Beatles, Not A Flock Of Seagulls

InfoChachkie

Note: This is Part VI in the Startup Team Building series. The Beatles longevity and success was largely the result of their group dynamics, which are identical to those present in successful startups. A team comprised solely of engineers is greatly handicapped, as is a team exclusively made up of sales and marketing executives.

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Interview with Marlon Nichols, Cross Culture Ventures

socalTECH

How did the fund get started? It was through that experience, that I sat up in my chair when working at Intel Capital, thinking that, this is cool, I've got a pretty big checkbook to write from, and to do deals from, but there are so many more companies I could be investing in that I am not.

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Interview with Youtuber Adorian Deck, On Making A Living On YouTube

socalTECH

It's a fascinating new world out there in entertainment and media, where YouTube stars are now as popular--or maybe, more popular--than traditional celebrities. An example of that, is I do a lot of running, and I did a video where I ran 100 miles over the month, and documented the process, and that inspired other people to do the same thing.

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How to Save MySpace

Jason Nazar

They also have a new management team, that’s headed up in part by Michael Jones (COO), the most all around talented internet executive I know. Having grown up in LA, and having started Docstoc down here, there’s a bit of a shared connection. Local News Online & More Valuable User Generated Content.