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The One Video Every Silicon Valley Investor Should Watch

Both Sides of the Table

From left to right above is Tristan Walker (founder of Walker & Co), Magic Johnson (successful NBA basketball player and successful business man – his two life goals), Beatriz Acevedo (founder of Mitu, the largest Latino digital media company) and Troy Carter (founder of Atom Factory and Cross Culture Ventures).

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- To build a community. I wanted to be a part of a community of consultants that would provide me with the opportunity to build relationships with other practitioners, share lessons learned, and periodically collaborate. Photo Credit: Will Bachman.

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How to Impress Angel Investors and Make It into “Startup Heaven”

Up and Running

Many angels are entrepreneurs themselves, or executives and business or community leaders. I have pitched to hundreds of angel investors over the years as a result of co-founding two tech companies and raising just shy of $1M in angel capital. Jessica Magoch, Angel from Philadelphia, PA | Website | Twitter. Tweet This Tip.

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What is Sweat Equity Worth?

www.entrepreneur.com

When you're getting started, sweat equity is often a critical component of your negotiating leverage with co-founders, early stage employees and others who aren't paid market wages to help you grow your business. This is the typical way that a founder determines sweat equity: foregone wages.

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How Philadelphia is Winning a Startup Renaissance

The Startup Magazine

Philadelphia gets called a lot of things. One thing this historic city doesn’t often get noticed for is its emerging Philadelphia startup scene. Philadelphia has two huge positives for startups tapping the local talent pool: a diverse metro population of more than six million and a host of area universities.

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Transcript of How National Companies Can Infiltrate Local Markets

Duct Tape Marketing

John Jantsch: For national companies trying to infiltrate the local market the community organizations may be the best and last frontier. She is the co-founder and CEO of ZipSprout dot com. For them it’s often because they’re getting people coming to them, they don’t see the whole big picture of the community.

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SXSW Startups: DashTag Tracks Soccer

Austin Startup

Answering questions on behalf of the Dashtag is Dirk van den Berg , the CMO and co-founder of this startup. We just got back from a big soccer convention in Philadelphia where we spoke with a lot of players. We’d love to connect with sport-minded investors and advisors and possible influencers for our community.