If your business needs money, it seems as though you have two choices: * Get a loan Read More
Debt, equity and a third thing that may work
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John Battelle: Sell as little as possible
John Battelle, CEO and founder of Federated Media, a leading advertising network, talks to Bambi Francisco about his Read More
I say “no” all the time. I could start keeping track of the number of times I do Read More
In this segment of Lessons Learned for entrepreneurs, Bambi Francisco interviewed Chris Boone, founder and CEO of Visuvi, Read More
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The best equity is sweat equity
The Rules of Success As MicroSolutions became more and more successful, and as I paid attention to the Read More
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Lessons Learned: Adify CEO Russ Fradin says don’t focus on sexy ideas
Russ Fradin worked at three previous startups before founding Adify, which provides a technology platform and other services Read More
Drew Curtis, who founded Fark way back in 1999, says that when he first thought of taking money Read More
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Lessons Learned: TheFunded’s Adeo Ressi on knowing the rules of the game
Adeo Ressi founded TheFunded.com after almost getting fired by a board of directors that he helped put together, Read More
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Lessons Learned: HotOrNot’s James Hong says, “Eat the ramen”
HotOrNot, a dating site that generated $5 million in earnings and $7 million in sales at its peak Read More
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Lessons Learned: Carlyle Group’s Bob Grady on markets and people
Bob Grady, who heads the Carlyle Group’s investments in venture and growth capital, has been watching startup companies Read More
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Lessons Learned: Lightspeed Venture’s Jeremy Liew says not every company should raise venture capital
Lightspeed Venture Partners’ Jeremy Liew says entrepreneurs should approach raising venture capital the same way they would a Read More
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Lessons Learned: Plaxo founder Todd Masonis says don’t focus on money or obstacles
Plaxo founder Todd Masonis has a piece of advice for entrepreneurs which runs against the grain of what Read More
Match.com founder Gary Kremen answers whether or not his new venture, Sex.com, is the ultimate distillation of his Read More
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Lessons Learned: Genius.com CEO David Thompson says keep it your own as long as you can
Many would-be entrepreneurs think that they need to start talking to investors as soon as they have an Read More
With early investments in dozens of public technology companies including Google, Juniper Networks, Amazon.com and Sun Microsystems, Kleiner, Read More