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Startups Need International, Without the Pitfalls

Startup Professionals Musings

We have heard that there are significant tax advantages in doing business offshore. All this sounds very enticing and many budding entrepreneurs can’t wait to fly to Paris or Shanghai to tap into the international markets. Under no circumstances should you put your partner under pressure to sign a contract before your departure date.

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Interview Eric Sikola, ExpenseBay

socalTECH

There was nothing out there in the market which would be the personal assistant, or the personal finance tool to do expense reports. When you look at the whole market, they are using all these different tools - but there is nothing stopping the manual entry and painstaking effort employees have to go through. How big is the firm now?

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In 15 Years From Now Half of US Universities May Be in Bankruptcy. My Surprise Discussion with @ClayChristensen

Both Sides of the Table

Let me start by saying that Clayton is one of the most influential people on my thoughts about markets that led to both the concept behind my first startup and my main theses in investing. We spoke about what succeeds early in technology market evolutions. As markets grow, the more open and modular systems win.

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The Power of “In Person” – Why Distributed Teams are Less Effective

Both Sides of the Table

The CEO weighs in with his perspectives, the head of product management disputes his conclusions and the marketing VP has a different take. The conversations bleed into the sales messages the next time, they wend their way into software designs and form the plan of attach against competition. And it doesn’t stop there.