Tag Archives: VCs

How to buil a company from start — [VIDEO]

Ron Conway (via the great folks at Entrepreneurship.org):

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Globalization + Technology = Economic Progress — [VIDEO]

Peter Thiel (the sound is weak, beware):

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Ron Conway, the one and only – [VIDEO]

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Ron Conway shamelessly plugs his latest investments. – [VIDEO]

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Nothing great was created without irrational exuberance. – [VIDEO]

John Doerr (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers) & Fred Wilson (Union Square Ventures)

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BetFair co-founder Ed Wray laments the suppression of UK’s tax incentive for startup entrepreneurs.

BetFair chairman Ed Wray: “Too many hurdles in the way of enterprise”. Wray refers to a tax incentive that he and Black used to launch Betfair after they were forced to go to friends and family for funds, having failed … Continue reading

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Why did HubDub’s Nigel Eccles go to SXSW?

http://sxsw.com/ Was it to meet this man?

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NOT SAFE FOR WORK

If that online retailer was able to fork over $1 million for the domain name “vibrators.com” (take a look at their “Jack Rabbit Vibrator”), then the safe bet is that HubDub will be able to get one million bucks, too … Continue reading

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A famous VC is sneaking in at night on HubDub to test the waters by himself.

Fred Wilson I have spotted other famous business people, hidden behind pseudonyms.

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Are serial entrepreneurs the best to start up brand-new prediction exchanges or prediction software companies?

Don’t we put too much into the “serial entrepreneur” myth? #1. The founder of RedFin believes that serial entrepreneurs are likely to do worse, not better, than start-up newbies. Guy Kawasaki agrees. #2. Google’s Melissa Mayer was on CNBC to … Continue reading

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