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How Online Video Companies Can Increase Margin and Build Better Businesses

Both Sides of the Table

And global. Content goes global (of Maker Studios 4.4 So the goal should be to have some formats that require talent who have become large in their own right and can demand rev shares of 70-90%. I would argue that the strongest visionaries have been TasteMade, who were originally running video at Demand Media.

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The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Of Software Patents

Startup Professionals Musings

This patent holding company has charged infringement and demanded royalties from every app developer for the iPhone and Android, for a feature most agree has been in apps for many years. Until mid-2013, the USPTO still operated on the doctrine of “first to invent,” rather than first to patent. We need a global solution.

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10,000 Startups – Startup Weekend Next

Steve Blank

More importantly, it makes no demands of you to stand and deliver your weekly customer development progress in front of your peers. The class is organized, led and delivered by Startup Weekend , the global non-profit that teaches entrepreneurs how to launch a startup in 54 hours. 28 in more than 25 cities worldwide.

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The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Of Software Patents

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This patent holding company has charged infringement and demanded royalties from every app developer for the iPhone and Android, for a feature most agree has been in apps for many years. Until mid-2013, the USPTO still operated on the doctrine of “first to invent,” rather than first to patent. We need a global solution.

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WP Engine passes $100M in revenue and secures $250M investment from Silver Lake

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

We just announced a few more things. Late last year we passed $100M in annual recurring revenue. We’re less than 8 years old so you can do the math on growth rates and figure out that we’re on an elite trajectory.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

billion 2013 figure) have been massive financings at Honest Company ($70mm), JustFab ($85mm), ZipRecruiter ($63mm) and lord only knows how much SnapChat has actually accumulated. He built & IPOd Demand Media. In the last month alone (ie not captures in the $1.5 What Has Given Birth to This New Movement in LA?

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Freelancing is the new normal: oDesk and the future of the workforce marketplace

The Next Web

“For us, the opportunity is not about taking market share from other players, it’s really about expanding the awareness of online work and hiring these virtual global teams as an alternative to traditional way of recruiting or building a company,” he said. Of those 350 freelancers I’d guess we have between 40 and 50 countries represented.”.

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