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Choose Your VC Investor Carefully

Both Sides of the Table

Beware of VC Seagulls, who shit on you and then fly away (or worse yet leave you with Red Herrings). I write this post as a warning to pick your VC’s carefully. I like to say to first-time entrepreneurs, picking a VC is more permanent than marriage. I guarantee this is a bad VC. Let me explain.

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Nexiant Names New CEO

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Nexiant is venture backed by InnoCal Venture Capital, Argentum Group, Forrest Binkley & Brown, Inverness Capital Partners, and Mission Ventures, among others. Sickler has previously served as Network Computing, Gadzoox Networks, Arzoon, Arcwave, and Ungermann-Bass.

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5 Steps To Finding The Best Investor For Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

It’s even better to let the attorney do the negotiating, since many innocent-sounding protective and governance provisions can have long-term negative consequences to you. To get the terms you want, it’s better to start with your own term sheet.

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Nexiant Plans Major Upgrade

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Nexiant is venture backed by The Argentum Group, InnoCal Venture Capital, Inverness Graham Investments and Mission Ventures. The entire software will deploy on Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud. The company said deployments will begin in early 2012. READ MORE>>.

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Mojix Names CTO

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Mojix is venture backed by Oak Investment Partners, Red Rock Ventures and InnoCal Venture Capital. Jones also served at Broadcom. READ MORE>>.

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Mojix Names Services VP

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Mojix is venture backed by Oak Investment Partners, Red Rock Ventures and InnoCal Venture Capital. Levy was most recently at Zebra Enterprise Solutions, as Vice President of Global Sales Engineering. Levy has also served at PinPoint Corporation.

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Mojix In Japanese Distribution Deal With IBM Japan

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The firm is backed by Oak Investment Partners, Red Rock Ventures and InnoCal Venture Capital. Mojix, which is headed by Ramin Sadr, has developed RFID technology based on technology and techniques originally honed at JPL/NASA for deep space communications. READ MORE>>.

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