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

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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. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS.

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How This Startup Kicked Oracle’s A$$

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On the following Monday, Marten was besieged by the tech press. Alluding to the company's dolphin logo, Marten told the press, "'Trying to kill MySQL by buying InnoDB is like trying to kill a dolphin by drinking the ocean.' Marten's team strategized over the weekend and decided that, "attack is the best defense.". Share and Enjoy.

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Olympic Lessons for Startup Life

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Thirty years later, the business world is celebrating his life’s work and thanking him for forever changing the way people view technology. Michael Phelps knows all about this one: he got as much press for partying at U of Michigan as he did for one of the greatest athletic performances of all time. Because he dared to do it.

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

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Their demise, albeit painful in the short term, frees the employees (and in some cases the underlying technology) to pursue more productive opportunities. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. Share and Enjoy.

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5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California

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I assumed that the people of Los Angeles were disingenuous attention whores and didn’t know anything about technology.”. While real estate and tourism continue to be strong economic drivers, there is also a thriving business climate developing life-changing technologies. Star Trek Contest. Primary Menu. Skip to primary content.

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Advice for CTO Founders: Don't Let Business Kill the Business

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Home About Press IA Capital Partners Archives After 17 years in M&A, Derivatives and Trading, Im spending my time with young entrepreneurs in and around financial technology and digital media. Main February 23, 2010 Advice for CTO Founders: Dont Let Business Kill the Business Founding a technology company is an amazing thing.