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Are Business Plans Still Necessary?

Both Sides of the Table

This is part of my ongoing series of posts and I need to file this one under both Raising Venture Capital and Startup Advice. I remember going to an Under the Radar conference in 2006 in the heat of the Web 2.0 There were tons of young entrepreneurs showing their latest Web 2.0 portfolios.

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Dow Jones: Venture Investments Drop To $5.1B In Q3

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A report released over the weekend by Dow Jones VentureSource finds that venture capital investments in the U.S. According to the tally of venture capital investments, results were down 6% from Q2. According to the tally of venture capital investments, results were down 6% from Q2. dropped to $5.1

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Insights and Opinions: The Value Of Free

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In our Insights and Opinions piece for today, Marc Averitt of Okapi Venture Capital poses the question: What is the value of free? At the risk of oversimplifying here, a vast majority of consumers expect information/entertainment (a.k.a. Tags: insights opinions marc averitt okapi venture capital.

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

Both Sides of the Table

I’m enjoying being a VC. I thought I’d talk a bit about the differences I’ve experienced between being an entrepreneur & a VC – you know, from “both sides of the table.&#. In this particular case I wasn’t convinced it was a good idea from the limited information I had. VC meetings going well.

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

Both Sides of the Table

I’m enjoying being a VC. I thought I’d talk a bit about the differences I’ve experienced between being an entrepreneur & a VC – you know, from “both sides of the table.&#. In this particular case I wasn’t convinced it was a good idea from the limited information I had. VC meetings going well.

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Interview with Greg Brogger, SharesPost

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Yesterday, Santa Monica-based SharesPost (www.sharespost.com) launched a new service of particular interest to the venture capital and high tech startup market, a new, online service which facilitates the buying and selling of private company stock. Given the advances in communications technology, and the Web 2.0

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Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups

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Open Source Business Models, speakers for Web 2.0 LinkedIn has been great to keep track of people I know and their current contact information. ► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo. event I did last fall.

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