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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

Both Sides of the Table

I learned this lesson long ago – many investors wait until you’re staring at a cliff before committing whether to re-invest in you. Getting on the front cover of the most prominent VC magazine in Europe (was called Tornado Insider). We control our hours, our travel and our investment areas. I had to go there?

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

Both Sides of the Table

I learned this lesson long ago – many investors wait until you’re staring at a cliff before committing whether to re-invest in you. Getting on the front cover of the most prominent VC magazine in Europe (was called Tornado Insider). We control our hours, our travel and our investment areas. I had to go there?

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Twiistup 007: Final Showoff's Additional Speakers and TZ Discount

Tech Zulu Event

She was a morning business anchor for KPIX, the CBS affiliate in San Francisco and made frequent appearances as an expert on Internet investments and trends on CNBC, Fox Business News, and CBS. . Before launching his own publishing venture, Om was a senior writer for Business 2.0 magazine covering telecom and broadband stories.

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

Both Sides of the Table

What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 Brands didn’t advertise their web pages they advertised “AOL Keywords.&# You couldn’t pick up a magazine in the 96-99 timeframe without seeing AOL Keywords advertised everywhere. Social Networking in Web 2.0:

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Popular Startup Opportunities That Aren’t

Startup Professionals Musings

CEOWorld Magazine prioritizes about 40 of the most famous business networking sites. Micro payments, micro loans, micro investments. The latest is “crowdsourcing” your startup with thousands of tiny investments. Here are my favorites: Social and business networking sites. It won’t happen tomorrow.

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

By 2008 I had gotten more serious about championing companies through our investment process. And just when I thought I had the deal that was worthy of bringing to investment committee the world changed. Let’s review all of our existing investments. Eventually you have to invest. Yesterday was a Monday.

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