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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

Both Sides of the Table

If you’re a startup and you don’t have a close relationship with a few law firms you’re really missing one of the most important relationships that any entrepreneur can have. Many people start companies arse backwards. I write about some of the lessons in my post on Startup Mistakes.

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Mark Suster’s Advice To Emerging Entrepreneurs – “Do Not Do, As I Have Done”

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Mark is a Partner at GRP Partners and authors one of the most widely read startup blogs, BothSidesOfTheTable. Start – It’s The Only Way You Will Know. Mark reinforced this message by telling the students, “I didn’t start young enough. I started at 31. The reality is, most startups do not work.

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Interview with Brian McKelvey, Worlize

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Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based startup Worlize (www.worlize.com) announced it had received a seed round of funding, and launched a firm to focus on social gaming and chat. The firm's CEO is Brian McKelvey , who we caught up with recently to learn more about his background, the firm, and the market it hopes to serve. READ MORE>>.

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Should You Blog? (yes, and here’s how …)

Both Sides of the Table

I guess let’s file this under sales & marketing advice. Don’t blog about what you think would be “cool.&# I don’t think that most startup blogs should be about how to build a startup. The new stuff: How do I get started? Slice it up enough to do many posts. I put much time into it.

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A Chat with Chris Tragos of Jetpack

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We thought we'd talk with Chris about what Jetpack is up to. We offer up customers a high impact creative which is not bounded by the box. At Spin Media, we tried to do that ourselves, but that really sucked up product and development resources, who really should have been working on building the user experience, rather than ads.

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A Night Of #Hackfest With BetterWorks

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Welcome to the accelerated version of Startup Weekend. Brought back fond memories of my weekend at Startup Weekend. Just like Startup Weekend most had never meet their team mates until the day of, and came together to develop a possible prize winning product in eight hours. All coming to join in on the fun.

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Why Startups Need to Blog (and what to talk about …)

Both Sides of the Table

But should you actually write one if you’re a startup, an industry figure (lawyer, banker) or VC? People often ask me why I started blogging. It really started simply enough. Not only would it be less authentic but if you’re a startup it’s not immediately clear that other startup CEOs are your target market.

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