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White House Honors Pediatrician, Geneticist and Entrepreneur, Atul Butte -

Over the years, I’ve had the great honor of supporting some truly inspiring entrepreneurs as they have strived to not only disrupt markets, but also improve the world we live in.
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Series A Valuation: Dilution isn’t the Only Thing that Matters -

Quite commonly, the biggest challenge to making an investment is coming to a valuation that works for both sides (see here – it’s rarely an easy conversation).
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OpenView SureFire Capital  12 hours ago:

Attacking Competitor Segmentation Blind Spots -

Here at OpenView Labs, we’re big fans of segmentation. I won’t go too far into how or why we think you should develop a segmentation scheme, as we’ve written about this topic numerous times, except to say that tailoring specific portions of your product or website to like-minded groups of prospects can go a long…

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Feld Thoughts  13 hours ago:

Mentor Whiplash About Early Board Members -

At TechStars, we talk often about “mentor whiplash” – the thing that happens when you get seemingly conflicting advice from multiple mentors.
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A VC  13 hours ago:

Decoupling Advisory From Custody -

I had coffee with a friend last week. He's been working on wall street for most of his career. Over the past few years he has built a fast growing business inside a large asset management firm that allows the.
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Feld Thoughts  less than a day ago:

Feedback On The New Feld Thoughts Design -

Every year or so I freshen up the Feld Thoughts design. This time I did it with the help of Cole Morrison, who is the Hackstar I hired at the end of last year.
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A VC  less than a day ago:

Withings Scale -

As I've gotten into my 50s, something has occurred that has never been an issue for me, I've put on some weight.
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Venture Chronicles  2 days ago:

The Startup Lessons I Learned at Get Satisfaction -

I spent 3 years at Get Satisfaction, going from around 10 employees to 70′ish at the peak. Leaving was not an easy choice but after 3 years I needed to do something different, not better just different; I detailed my reasons and next move here.
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5 Reasons Why Relationship Marketing is Good for Your Organization -

I’ve been focusing a lot on how to plan, build and deploy relationship marketing campaigns as part of an integrated marketing strategy.
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How Good Are You at Using Social Media to Distribute Your Content? -

The number of social media sites has exploded in recent years, bringing hundreds of potential new marketing channels onto the scene.
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Expansion-stage CEOs: Have You Found Your Second-in-Command? -

photo: subarcticmike Successful fast growth companies have a secret sauce: A problem solving, operationally focused second-in-command.
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Feld Thoughts  3 days ago:

The Last Firewall – The Best Near Term Science Fiction -

William Hertling is currently my favorite “near term” science fiction writer. I just read a pre-release near-final draft of his newest book, The Last Firewall.
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Making the NYC Community Smaller -

When I was in college, at Fordham's scenic Rose Hill campus in the Bronx, I deeply rooted into my community.
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A VC  3 days ago:

What Is Strategy? -

My post on Product>Strategy>Business Model got a lot of comments and other reactions out there on the social web and from that I realized that many confuse strategy and tactics.
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A VC  4 days ago:

Parenting -

About a month ago, our oldest child Jessica inquired as to the whereabouts of the family videos we took of our kids when they were younger.
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A VC  5 days ago:

Video Of The Week: Talking With Spencer Ante At SourceDigital13 -

Earlier this week at our portfolio company Flurry's conference, SourceDigital13, I sat down with Spencer Ante and talked about mobile and some other stuff.
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6 Steps to Retooling Your Professional Services During the Expansion Stage -

Ken Lownie, a consultant specializing in building and scaling professional services teams, share six steps for optimizing your professional services business.
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Use Your Internal Recruiters as Advisors: 4 Business Insights They Offer -

When it comes to hiring, internal recruiters are the eyes and ears of the market. Learn more about the business insights recruiters offer and how to take advantage of it.
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Determining Market Size: It Is NEVER Just a Number -

The idea of determining market size down to a single number is deceptive. There is no one magic number that can measure the economic potential of a technology company.
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A VC  6 days ago:

Fun Friday: Foursquare Time Machine -

Those of you who use Foursquare to database your life can have some fun today. Foursquare launched a cool interactive visualization tool called Time Machine yesterday.
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