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Lessons from the Trenches: One Founder’s Candid Look at Bootstrapping

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Navigating Tough Financial Times Managing finances during this period was an exercise in frugality and creativity. Registered with both FINRA and SEC, Equifund is dedicated to empowering entrepreneurs and educating investors. Weren’t entrepreneurs tired of the golden handcuffs of venture capitalists and bankers?

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

Both Sides of the Table

Friedman said, [we have] “immigration policies that have our colleges educating the world’s best scientists and engineers and then, when these foreigners graduate, instead of stapling green cards to their diplomas, we order them to go home and start companies to compete against ours.&#. Crazy, huh? They come from start-ups.

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

Come 2009 we felt really bullish about the future for startups because the froth was gone and so, too, were wantrapreneurs. The people left standing had a compelling vision to build companies and we backed many in 2009. When this period was fresh, in Sept 2009, I wrote a very detailed assessment of what I thought had just happened.

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Stories of Opportunity from the First Round Capital Key Hire Wire – COO, VP of Business Development, Online Marketing Director

This is going to be BIG.

We are one of the fastest growing game and kid sites in 2009, according to comScore. " Knewton ( www.knewton.com ) has developed the industry's first adaptive learning engine, customizing educational content to meet the individual needs of each student. We are also one of the stickiest sites on the internet.

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Launchpad LA – 10 Startup Companies to Watch

Both Sides of the Table

We’ll be conducting a series of educational programes covering: fund raising, team building, product development, sales, marketing, business development and how to prioritize your time as a CEO. It was a great chance for the class to interact with the community in LA. And of course we had, TheMan. Now begins the 6-month journey.

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This Week in the New York Innovation Community – February 1st, 2010

This is going to be BIG.

The phenomenon, they argue, will accelerate creativity across a larger network. Does crowdsourcing represent the beginning of the end of creative organizations? Come laugh and learn as we dissect the twelve worst social media campaigns of 2009. What are the most significant education technology trends of 2010 and beyond?

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Kdan Mobile gets $16M Series B for its cloud-based content and productivity tools

TechCrunch

Launched in 2009, Kdan Mobile has focused on developing content creation and productivity software for mobile devices from the start, founder and chief executive officer Kenny Su told TechCrunch. Su said the company’s focus on enterprise was validated with the 2019 launch of DottedSign, which now has more than 300,000 users.

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