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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

Both Sides of the Table

The press around the raise & company was fantastic and the promise of their technology – wireless charging that works as easily as WiFi – would positively affect many of our lives. uBeam’s tech does work and I have safely seen it demo’d in the real life many times. Working on it. And being ambitious.

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Here’s How You Get A VC To Pull Out Their Checkbook

InfoChachkie

Most newspapers are written at a third-grade reading level, White House press releases average a fourth-grade reading level and the New York Times is easily digestible by the average fifth grader. Patents and Trademarks. As best-selling author Stephen King once said, "Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word.”

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What Do Boards Actually Do?

Both Sides of the Table

But unlike the popular press reporting of this conflict — 80% of the time it is founder-to-founder conflict and not investor-to-founder conflict. Sometimes conflict comes because executives want to increase personal compensation and investors aren’t in favor of this.

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ConTraps Part II – Contract Traps Entrepreneurs Should Avoid At All Costs

InfoChachkie

Relinquish Press Release Capabilities. BDCs often ask to “private label” or “white label” a smaller company’s technology. This generally involves the BDC selling the startup’s technology under the BDC’s brand. Do Not Relinquish Press Release Capabilities. Allow the Other Side to Draft the Agreement. Deploy a Free Pilot.

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ConTraps Part II – Contract Traps Entrepreneurs Should Avoid At All Costs

InfoChachkie

Relinquish Press Release Capabilities. BDCs often ask to “private label” or “white label” a smaller company’s technology. This generally involves the BDC selling the startup’s technology under the BDC’s brand. Do Not Relinquish Press Release Capabilities. Allow the Other Side to Draft the Agreement. Deploy a Free Pilot.

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Why It’s OK to Show Your Anger

Both Sides of the Table

But if more of us in the tech sector speak up and in unison and constantly for the next 50 days it can change minds, encourage others and hopefully get amplified by the press to reach others. This was patently racist and an outrageous lie. There are no other words for it.

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Interview with Steve Pelletier, FatTail

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We've created a patent pending technology called Autobuild. You can literally click on an "advertise here" link and it will allow you to book a proposal, and that proposal gets build, and you can review, accept, or modify it. That's what we've done, and what we're calling PageGage. It's an automatic proposal builder.