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Some Tips On Effective Networking

YoungUpstarts

by Roger Smith, Technology Marketing Specialist at Hypersoft. Effective networking is one of the most powerful entrepreneurial skills you need to master to advance in your personal and professional life. As you can imagine, it’s hard to do effective networking in only two hours with so many people. minutes on 4/10/2014.

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10 Ways To Win In 2014: An Entrepreneurs’ Guide To A Successful Startup

YoungUpstarts

2014 will be a formative year for new business owners and early-stage entrepreneurs. Continuing into 2014, there will likely be a shift in the role of the investor into a more hands-on player in businesses. Nurture your network: they are an entrepreneurs’ biggest assets. by Melissa Thompson, CEO of TalkSession.

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

Both Sides of the Table

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. But to answer the actual question “Is there something going on in LA?”

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How Much Should You Get For Your Invention Idea?

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, it helps to have innovative technologies before you start building a business. If you have been working alone, perfecting your idea, with no new business track record, your best strategy is to license the technology to a company or team with real business experience. Truly disruptive technologies carry an extra burden.

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Why Has Seed Investing Declined? And What Does this Mean for the Future?

Both Sides of the Table

The reality is that as a result of two major trends the costs of starting a technology startup went down massively. As you can see below the number of seed funds shot up dramatically between 2006 and 2014. The skills and networks inherent in making the early bet are consistent with the funds that play in this category.

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7 Entrepreneur Traits That Let You Soar With Angels

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, previous successes provide more direct evidence of a network of the right people. Since your product or technology may still be in the early stages of development, the investor in actually investing in you, and your previous achievements, as much as your current startup. Exudes integrity, humility, and stability.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2021 Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

It was adopted by the National Institutes of Health as I-Corps at NIH in 2014 and at the National Security Agency in 2015. Its premise is that keeping America safe not only requires us maintaining a technological edge but also using these cutting edge technologies to develop new operational concepts and strategies. Stay tuned.

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