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vic The Dreaded Lunch Invite From Your Venture CapitalistMost of startup founders are fired in the very first year as founder CEO's and are typically replaced by a VC selected CEO. This is typically done by adding another member to the board, and then voting more... Discuss | | by Vic 250 days ago (smartstartup.typepad.com)VCs Have Flashback SyndromeExperienced VCs have invested in lots of companies and inevitably some of those companies have failed. When a VC sees a new company that is similar to a previous investment that failed VCs tend to shy more... Discuss | | by Vic 250 days ago (getventure.typepad.com)How to Optimize the Founder’s MindCarleen Hawn writes about what startup founders need to do to optimize their brain. From visionaries like Steve Jobs to Sequoia VC Moritz, all read wide variety of books to sharpen their brains. more... Discuss | | by Vic 250 days ago (foundread.com)How to Improve Your Startup Business PlanPeter shares good advice on how to improve the business plan and use it as a funding tool. more... Discuss | | by Vic 250 days ago (smartstartup.typepad.com)Slide raises $50 million dollarsSlide, the maker of applications for social networks, has raised another round of funding – $50 million from the private equity funds at Fidelity and T-Rowe Price, two major Wall Street investment houses. more... Discuss | | by Vic 262 days ago (bits.blogs.nytimes.com)The WiMAX partyWiMAX is an interesting technology which is very promising and supposed to make wireless broadband a reality. In this post Jitendra talks about all the major players and their interesting moves. more... Discuss | | by Vic 270 days ago (startupnewz.com)New Year Sale: PlaxoApparently Plaxo is for sale as per Mike at Tech Crunch. Plaxo has hired an investment banker to help them sell the company. As per last rumors, Plaxo was supposed to be acquired by Xing, but apparently more... Discuss | | by Vic 277 days ago (techcrunch.com)Blekko preparing to attack GoogleBlekko, A new startup started in a Garage and aiming to dislodge the Search Engine giant of today, Google. Techcrunch has a nice story. more... Discuss | | by Vic 277 days ago (techcrunch.com)Sujjest Offers Visual eBay SearchSujjest (think “suggest” with the letters “j” instead of “g”) is a new search tool that’s getting its web legs by building an eBay search from its introductory technology. This all occurs more... Discuss | | by Vic 291 days ago (mashable.com)Bebo Hires a Banker tooFollowing on the heels of Digg, now Bebo hires a banker. You hire a banker when you are either looking forward to sell or to raise very larger private round from late stage investors. more... Discuss | | by Vic 291 days ago (mashable.com) |
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