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CapLinked, Startup America Tie On Startup Fundraising

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Los Angeles-based CapLinked , which operates an online platform for managing fundraising by startups, has linked with the Startup America Partnership. According to CapLinked, it will make its premium capital raising and investor reporting tools available to the more than 8,500 startups enrolled with Startup America.

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Microsoft’s $1.2 Billion Acquisition of Yammer Complete

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Microsoft in late June announced to have acquired social network for enterprises Yammer at $ 1.2 He says,” all closing conditions for Microsoft’s acquisition of Yammer have been met, and the deal is completed”. He says,” all closing conditions for Microsoft’s acquisition of Yammer have been met, and the deal is completed”.

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Entrepreneurs And Startups Drive Future Work Trends

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I am happy to see reports that young companies are in the forefront of these trends, on both the customer trends and the employee trends. I have added my own insights, based on my experience advising and working with entrepreneurs and startups: Pay for results, rather than pay for work. Both are required to stay competitive.

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Is Silicon Valley Really Coming to an End?

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By now you probably know that David Sacks , co-founder of PayPal and founder of both Geni & Yammer made some observations on Facebook that Silicon Valley “as we know it” was coming to an end. But then Marc Andreessen weighed in – as did I and several others – and the media picked up on his comments.

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6 Tips for Building Relationships with Journalists

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File this under both Startup Adivce and Sales & Marketing Advice. Oh, and Demo charges the startups $18,000. Too many startup execs place too much emphasis on the big stage launch. If you’re Yammer , Mint or RedBeacon (all winners) you’re knighted with wonderful coverage. It started socially.

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8 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Lead With New Work Models

Startup Professionals Musings

I am happy to see reports that young companies are in the forefront of these trends, on both the customer trends and the employee trends. I have added my own insights, based on my experience advising and working with entrepreneurs and startups: Pay for results, rather than pay for work. Both are required to stay competitive.

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Coloft Hackfest And Your Chance At $4K In Cash! All Thanks to BetterWorks

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Co-founder of Yammer, and Geni. Come by yourself and team up or bring your engineering/product design friends. Demos and awards start at 5:30pm. Judges Prize: $250. Sizhao Yang: Co-founder of BetterWorks. Co-creator of Farmville and the technical platform for Zynga. George Ishii: Co-founder of BetterWorks.