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Why Entrepreneurs Hate (Most) MBAs

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Tool Users - Startups often have a long gestation period in which the team is in discovery mode, defining the company's value proposition, target market, pricing, business model, etc. Outside of the classroom, startups seldom have enough time, information or money to view the world through the rearview mirror. Share and Enjoy.

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Make It Work- the real story

InfoChachkie

Make It Work sold its services in pre-paid hours, at a discount from our pay-as-you-go pricing. Since 2008, the company has been forced to lower it’s prices, from $120/hour to $80/hour. We immediately informed our board and shareholders that we were forced to halt operations. They bought these pre-paid hours over and again.

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The Best VC Meetings are Debates not Sales

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If your presentation requires an explanation of RSS vs. ATOM always best to say, “let me quickly state how RSS and ATOM are different. We tested the $5k price point with a handful of customers and they didn’t seem price sensitive … From your experience do you think $5k price point will likely be an issue for us?&#.

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Privacy, Net Neutrality, The Social Network, Angelgate and More on TechZulu Law

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Facebook "Download Your Information" Feature. source=rss& nclick_check=1. link] com/aol-techcrunch-price-25- million-2010-9. Make sure to join us next Friday for the next episode of TZLaw, live on location from Blogword in Las Vegas. TZ Law Episode 1. Facebook Private Groups. Social Media User's Bill of Rights.

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Extracting More Than Cash From Your Angel Investors

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This process is additive for all concerned when an informed investor appropriately challenges the entrepreneur's point of view regarding substantive issues, such as: positioning visa-vi competitors, the size and accessibility of proposed target markets, pricing mechanics, market trends and emerging technologies. Share and Enjoy.

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Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

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Will Price , October 11, 2010 Georgians Should Vote No - Force of Good: a blog by Lance Weatherby , October 28, 2010 Free Software for Managing a Lean Startup - Platforms and Networks , January 17, 2010 Purpose Driven Life - Journey of a Serial Entrepreneur , July 26, 2010 Two Decade-Defining Acquisitions?

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

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asymmetry, real-time, curated RSS / link-sharing]. Fox bought MySpace for $580 million and then did a deal with Google worth more than the purchase price to serve up ads. MySpace would liked to have owned YouTube but didn’t have the public stock valuation to purchase them at the price that Google did.