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Startup Funding: Should You Allow a Liquidation Preference?

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by Eric | Aug 6, 2010, 7:49am EST

Startup funding is all about the deal. As with many disciplines of finance, choosing the right terms for your startup can go in many different directions. Along with valuation, I cannot think of a single term more significant than the “liquidation preference.” I’m a big fan of Fred Wilson, and recently he weighed in on [...]

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How 12 CEOs & Founders are Leveraging Web Video

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by Eric | Aug 3, 2010, 9:47am EST

Clearly web based video is taking over the masses. I’ve noticed that when people in their twenties get together to check out something new or funny, almost without exception, it is in front of a Youtube or other video. As my Father used to say, “The trend is your friend.” We all had better be [...]

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Website Design: Creating Passionate Users

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by Eric | Jul 28, 2010, 8:16pm EST

Website design is a science all to itself.  I have felt for a long time that the goal of every website should be to create an emotional connection to a user.  Something that once used and then taken away leaves a sense of loss.  Often we refer to this as becoming “indispensable.” At the core [...]

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Startup: Tapping the Angel Investment Market

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by Eric | Jul 26, 2010, 10:49am EST

Getting your startup funded is always a work in progress.  You have probably heard of Warren Buffet refer to the Lemmings effect, well in Angel investing, a good deal is like a feeding frenzy. Below is a link to an article from Fred Wilson that speaks to this very point.  If you are considering tapping [...]

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14 Survival Traits of Successful Entrepreneurs

by Christopher Calder | May 28, 2010, 6:09am EST

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Last year I read an article in National Geographic that changed the way I do almost everything. The article was entitled How to Survive (Almost) Anything, and it contained 14 traits common to people who had survived catastrophes. I’ve been thinking about these lessons lately—especially how they are applicable to an entrepreneur fighting to get [...]

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SEO Question: Domain-Based (topic.company.com) Versus Path-Based (company.com/topic) Site Structure?

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by Eric | May 19, 2010, 7:58am EST

Over the last few weeks we have had a brewing debate over the best way to structure a new site we’re working on for search engine optimization. Basically, we’re planning for the site to become very big over time and want to make sure our structure is giving us the biggest bang for our SEO [...]

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A Startup is a Risky Affair. MVP Can Help.

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by Christopher Calder | May 15, 2010, 6:28am EST

Bringing a new product to market is a risky affair. Many people focus on the product itself, failing to ask the most important question of all, “Is this the right product?” A great team and access to capital won’t guarantee success if your product isn’t accepted by the crowd. The Minimum Viable Product (MVP) concept [...]

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