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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

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Social Networks: Past, Present & Future. I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). asymmetry, real-time, curated RSS / link-sharing]. cheap accessible digital hardware].

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How To Give A Horrendous Investor Pitch

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As noted in Serious Presentation Tips From Standup Comics , anyone can give a really good presentation with adequate practice and focus. Fortunately, it requires relatively little effort to give a really lousy presentation. Throughout your presentation, emphasize fluff over substance. Obscure How You Will Make Money.

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The Series A Crunch Is For Entrepreneurs Who Can’t Create Their Own Luck

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This is due to a fundamental disconnect between the increased activity of high-volume seed investors (that fill out lots of Seed rounds) and the relatively small number of Series A investors, who only make 1 or 2 investments, per partner, per year.". There is a similar Darwinian aspect to venture capital investing. Share and Enjoy.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

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My initial desire to blog came from something that’s always been my approach to investing – I’m a nerd and I love to play with the technology and part of my approach has really been to understand things both at a user level and at a reasonably deep tentacle level. RSS was something that had appeared.” “….I

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Coull Entrepreneurs Get More Customers

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Apologies: an incomplete draft of this article was inadvertently sent out previously via RSS. Ben Kiblinger, now Coull’s North American President, proudly shared with me that, “Coull delivers on the promised future of contextual advertising presented to me when I was an early Commission Junction employee in 1999. Share and Enjoy.

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The Impact Matrix: Prioritize Your 2013 Initiatives Using This Startup Ninja Tool

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Additionally, many opportunities require financial investments, which must be considered in tandem with non-financial resource requirements. Snooze and Lose – Participants not present are not allowed to subsequently vote. Majority – Allow all participants to evaluate each idea under consideration, irrespective of their title or status.

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Make Yourself Irresistible To A Startup

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For instance, the offer letter Thorin presents to Bilbo’s at the outset of the movie exemplifies the proper attitude that you must have when joining a startup adVenture. The Founders were impressed that I invested my time to negotiate and craft this agreement, without asking for quid pro quo compensation. Bilbo''s Offer Letter.

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