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The SBA Needs To Get It’s Act Together On The PPP

VC Adventure

After its enactment but before it was implemented, there were questions about the SBA’s “affiliation rules” which can disqualify companies if the aggregated number of employees at affiliate companies is greater than 500. The program sparked confusion from the start. In just one example, Zumasys, Inc.,

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

Venture Capitalists on your board developed the expertise to get your firm public as soon as possible using whatever it took including hype, spin, expand, and grab market share because the sooner you got your billion dollar market cap, the sooner the VC firm could sell their shares and distribute their profits.

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Coffee With Startups

Steve Blank

Do you know have they distribute their product? … The tactics you can use to create demand for a new product differ significantly when you operate in a new vs. existing market. Me – “Have you used Company x’s product? Do you know how they create demand? Do you know how many units they are selling?

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The Very Best Digital Metrics For 15 Different Companies!

Occam's Razor

The very best analysts are comfortable operating with ambiguity and incompleteness, while all others chase perfection in implementation / processing / reports. Remember: All data in aggregate is crap, segment or suck. Government: California Department of Motor Vehicles. We have to really get good at this. I love governments!

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7 Incredible Web Design, Branding, Digital Marketing Experiences

Occam's Razor

", and the page is exactly the same for me in California or someone in London? They also make it clear they only serve California, rather than telling you after you click the Submit button! by creating a great experience, reassuring me with clear pricing, and they won't even have to pay a bounty to their aggregators!

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Soundbites from the Future – 2013

Start Up Blog

An era defined and dominated by the few who could afford the factories, the media and the distribution systems. Like most politically important information, consumers will eventually get to be in control of their own aggregated data. Especially when the brand normally operate in an invisible category like washing powder.

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Out of the Crisis #26: Brian Armstrong of Coinbase on cryptocurrency, being mission-oriented, and institution building

Startup Lessons Learned

A few weeks ago, Coinbase , which facilitates buying, storing and purchasing cryptocurrency and also operates a cryptocurrency exchange, went public. Coinbase was founded in 2012 and operates a cryptocurrency exchange. Can institutions be totally distributed or should they be rooted and loyal to a certain community or geography?

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