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Does a VCs Culture Really Matter? The Upfront Story

Both Sides of the Table

I’m often asked about the differences between being at a VC and being an entrepreneur and whether I prefer one or the other. The biggest difference I cite is that Venture Capital often feels like an “individual sport” while startups are a “team sport.” Branding & Shared Values.

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Why Coachella Valley Is a Hub for Renewable Energy Startups

Tech.Co

What’s your role in the Coachella Valley area startup ecosystem? Our business services group also provides seminars in financial literacy, business planning, dressing for success, surviving the summer business cycles, and other relevant subjects of interest to the business community. The first, is access to state-of-the-art bandwidth.

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Why Coachella Valley Is a Hub for Renewable Energy Startups

Tech.Co

What’s your role in the Coachella Valley area startup ecosystem? Our business services group also provides seminars in financial literacy, business planning, dressing for success, surviving the summer business cycles, and other relevant subjects of interest to the business community. The first, is access to state-of-the-art bandwidth.

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Henry Samueli On Entrepreneurship

SoCal Tech Calendar

he Entrepreneurship Seminar Series provides a real-world introduction to the theory and practice of entrepreneurship. Topics include start-up strategies, business idea evaluation, business plan writing, and introduction to venture capital. UCI-Calit2. See [link] (more).

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Crowdfunder Hosts 1st Crowdsourced Startup Contest | Crowdstart LA

Tech Zulu Event

On Tuesday, July 10, Crowdfunder hosted Crowdstart LA, the first crowdsourced startup contest at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica. The event was sold out, attracting founders, angels, VC’s and future entrepreneurs in the LA Startup Community. This will most likely take event in January 2013.

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How to Sell Your Roadmap Without Selling Your Soul

Both Sides of the Table

In part one I covered the need for early-stage enterprise software companies to build up professional services staff to ensure successful implementation projects. This goes against the conventional wisdom of VCs. This is my third post in a series on Enterprise Software. The idea of selling your roadmap.

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Pipeline Fellowship | Raising Women to Become Investors

Tech Zulu Event

Natalia not only wants to increase the number of women in investment, but bring more people in total to help startups and other businesses get the capital they need. At the same time, I am committed to creating more capital for women entrepreneurs because they tend to not have easy access to capital and other people.

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