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14 Points To Consider When Structuring A Deal

YoungUpstarts

More often that not I see deals that are filled with legalese and are impossible to really understand by non-legal personnel. No matter what you do, you want to make sure that in the process that you protect your intellectual property, have non-disclosure agreements in place, if possible non-circumvents. Use plain language.

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A horrifying accelerator story that you’ll need to read twice

David Cohen

It’s not our first rodeo, as we’d graduated from [name of an unrelated accelerator] but we wanted and needed some support around our vertical. We paused because it was an inaugural cohort but being that it was vertical-specific and the managing director worked for a highly lauded startup in our vertical, we decided to go for it. ([a

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The Creator Economy is rising, but challenges abound

VC Cafe

A “true” fan (or “superfan”) is defined as one who would buy anything you produce – drive a long distance to see you perform, subscribe to your paid newsletter and set up a Google Alert with your name. New media platforms are enabling a new creator type: Digitally Native Vertical Creators , Eric Feng.

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Bottoms Up Everyone: A New Economic Revolution Is Upon Us

YoungUpstarts

They connect buyers and sellers in creative new verticals, helping merchants and non-profits interact with customers or donors. Entrepreneurial success requires three key ingredients: new ideas for solving old ways of doing things, sufficient drive, and a competent team of players.

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When to sell your company

Version One Ventures

When making such a major decision, you’ll undoubtedly need to weigh many factors and most likely, some competing interests. At the same time, the business could provide a lot of strategic value for many players in the book business, namely Amazon. So we decided to sell.

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Looking for Funds in All the Right Places

Austin Startup

The authors encourage quoting from this article or using the data in articles and presentations but request that the title of this article and the names of the authors be cited for attribution. When Austin Ventures got its start in 1979, the venture capital industry was nascent nationally and almost non-existent in Texas.

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[ADV] Neil Billock On Rebuilding Puerto Rico: A Viable Market For SMBs To Penetrate

YoungUpstarts

Much of the driving force still holding the economy primarily includes manufacturing, pharmaceutical, electronics, and petrochemicals to name a few. Neil Billock´s skills can be attested with the rapid growth of Vertical Direct Marketing Group where it became a forerunner in mainland US advertising industry.