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July 31, 2005
The Ultimate LinkedIn Cheat: To Delegate or Not To Delegate?
I just got back from a great three week vacation. I was in France attending a wedding and visiting family & friends — and then I flew back to go camping with my 16 year old son Remy in the... [continued]Posted by cmayaud at 05:35 PM | Permalink| Comments (0)
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Deep Thinking about Weblogs
Deep Thinking about Weblogs [Being a newbie to blogging, I still appreciate a great essay on blogging. Andrew Grumet wrote this essay in May 2003 and it’s the best overview on blogging I’ve seen to date. Not only is it... [continued]Posted by cmayaud at 11:42 AM | Permalink| Comments (0)
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A VC: Comscore Measures Blogs
A VC: Comscore Measures Blogs [Fred Wilson is “an investor and board member of Comscore, which owns Media Metrix, and is also owns the largest web measurement panel in the world with over 2 million panelists.” Fred posted some of... [continued]Posted by cmayaud at 10:49 AM | Permalink| Comments (0)
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July 30, 2005
Stealth Mode: Pros and Cons
One of the topics that frequently comes up in venture capital is the relative importance of secrecy. Entrepreneurs are typically obsessed about keeping their “great ideas” secret — hence their obsession with NDAs and with Patent “Protection”. It’s natural for entrepreneurs... [continued]Posted by cmayaud at 10:38 PM | Permalink| Comments (0)
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Top-10 Most Common Intellectual Property Rights Mistakes During Venture Capital Due Diligence
Top-10 Most Common Intellectual Property Rights Mistakes During Venture Capital Due Diligence 1.TOO LATE TO START FILING US AND INTERNATIONAL PATENT APPLICATIONSUnfortunately for many good technology companies, it may be too late to file for patent protection. The current U.S.... [continued]Posted by cmayaud at 06:12 PM | Permalink| Comments (0)
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Top 10 Internet Marketing Trends for the Next 10 Years
Larry Chase's Web Digest for Marketers [Interesting List of Internet Marketing Trends worth considering — cgm] Pay Per Call Rings In Feed Marketing Flourishes Email Marketing Will Survive Personal Agents Propogate Reverb Marketing, In Stereo Audio Blogs/Video Blogs (V-Blogs IPTV Adds... [continued]Posted by cmayaud at 02:57 PM | Permalink| Comments (0)
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July 10, 2005
Opinionated VCs "Bravely" Find Their Voice
I have often characterised venture capitalists as “a bunch of guys who — talk to themselves, evaluate guys with visions, and treat visions with money instead of medication.” So when an VC takes the time to actually transcribe their “internal... [continued]Posted by cmayaud at 04:11 PM | Permalink| Comments (1)
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July 04, 2005
VC Cheat Sheet
Venture Capital Journal: Top 10 Tips for New VCs from an Old Hand [Another interesting cheat sheet — This one is for Newbie VCs from Fred Dotzler of De Novo Ventures. — cgm ] 1. Generate deal flow. You can't invest... [continued]Posted by cmayaud at 12:59 PM | Permalink| Comments (0)
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From Cafes to Blogs -- French Blogging is Huge -- Does This Surprise Anyone?
I was told several months ago that I was a natural for blogging because — I am a New Yorker, I am a VC, and I am French — therefore I have three orders of magnitude more opinions than most —... [continued]Posted by cmayaud at 12:49 AM | Permalink| Comments (0)
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Real entrepreneurs don't raise venture capital
Real entrepreneurs don’t raise venture capital I came across this post written in February 2005 by Jason Calacanis on one of his many popular blogs. His logic for why he wasn’t shopping for venture funding is well worth reading. —... [continued]Posted by cmayaud at 12:41 AM | Permalink| Comments (1)
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July 03, 2005
Swanson's Rules -- The (Un)Secret CEO Cheat Sheet
Business 2.0 :: Magazine Article :: Features :: The CEO's Secret Handbook Swanson’s (Un)written Rules of Management by Bill Swanson, CEO | President, Raytheon Learn to say, "I don't know." If used when appropriate, it will be often. It... [continued]Posted by cmayaud at 10:37 AM | Permalink| Comments (0)
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July 02, 2005
TWO MYTHS IN ONE: Founder Control is Healthy and Investor Control is Healthy
MYTH: [Founder or Investor] Control is Healthy REALITY: [Founder or Investor] Control is called [Founder-itis or Investor-itis] We VCs often use the term “Founderitis” and, according to Google, we appear to be winning the war for hearts and minds of... [continued]Posted by cmayaud at 02:47 PM | Permalink| Comments (0)
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