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LegalZoom Expands Board

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Glendale-based LegalZoom , the provider of legal documents and products, has named a new member of its board of directors. According to LegalZoom, it has named Christine Wang to its board of directors. Wang is at private equity investor Francisco Partners. READ MORE>>.

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LegalZoom Sells $200M In Majority Stake To Permira

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Glendale-based online legal documents provider LegalZoom has sold $200M in equity to private equity firm Permira Funds, in a secondary stock purchase deal, the companies said this morning. According to LegalZoom, the new funding will go towards its launch of new products and services. READ MORE>>.

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LegalZoom Names Marketing Chief

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Glendale-based LegalZoom has appointed a new head of marketing, the company said this morning. LegalZoom said it has appointed Laura Goldberg as Chief Marketing Officer, to lead overall strategy and direction of the company, and lead the company''s marketing and product teams. legalzoom executive marketing' READ MORE>>.

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NZXT Gets $100M For Gaming PCs

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The funding came from private equity investor Franciso Partners. Acording to NZXT, the investment will bring on more senior talent, expand its product offering to include new hardware categories, expand its direct-to-consumer offering in new global markets, among other efforts.

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Interview with Shaan Sethi, Jaanuu

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I moved down here to work as a large, $10 billion private equity fund with Ron Burkle, at Yucaipa Companies. As an investor, what made you decide to go from private equity to an operational role? I saw an opportunity to leave the comfort of private equity, and go after this opportunity to change the world. READ MORE>>.

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10 Incentives For Entrepreneurs To Bootstrap Their Startup

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Based on the Startup Environment Index from the Kauffman Foundation and LegalZoom a while back, personal money, or bootstrapping, continues to be the primary startup funding source. Even a small investor in the early days will take a large equity percentage, due to that pesky valuation challenge.

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10 Reasons for a Startup to Skip Outside Investors

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Based on the latest Startup Environment Index from the Kauffman Foundation and LegalZoom, personal money, or bootstrapping, continued to be the primary startup funding in 2012. Entrepreneurs who plan to complete a business plan the first month, find an investor the second, and roll out a product the third month are just kidding themselves.

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