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Why You Should Enlist a Business Mentor, Or Be One

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet in this age of technology, many seem to favor tools and data to get the edge, or can’t find the time to talk to real people. Each time I mentor an entrepreneur, I learn new things about their technology, customers, and business domain. Meetings can be informal or structured. Expand your network on both sides (Networking).

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Dude, Akanda Is Tying The Cloud Together Like A Rug

InfoChachkie

DreamHost has a successful track record of incubating technologies in-house and then releasing them to the broader market. True to form, Industry Analysts fueled the technology hype. The evolution of software from proprietary to open is an established technology pattern. The earliest mega-scale web services (e.g.,

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Attention Startup Accelerators: Your Job Is Not Over After Demo Day

InfoChachkie

In addition, something interesting in happening in Tennessee, with the advent of hands-on venture firms like the Lamp Post Group and innovative ventures, such as PriceWaiter. My Forbes co-contributor Geri Stengel concurs that something is happening in the Volunteer State, writing last month about that state’s emerging women entrepreneurs.

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Guide to the LA Startup Community

SoCal Delicious

Citysearch is an online guide that offers information and recommendations regarding local businesses including restaurants, shops, bars, hotels, and others. Codeita lets you design, code, and publish all from a cloud-based LAMP development environment. It was acquired by Experian in 2005 for $330M. 1B+ Revenue.

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Get Inside the Mind of an Angel Investor

Both Sides of the Table

When I meet with Tom offline it’s obvious that he immediately is thinking about product issues, technology trends, funding rounds, etc. Thomas and his partner lived off of credit cards, and used crappy data centers and open source software (LAMP). at a level of specificity you don’t always find in VCs. Topics of the day.

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