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How to Determine the Right Type of Investment for Your Start-Up?

{ Posted on Apr 29 2009 by Bob Holman }
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Categories : Funding, Starting Up
So you have a great product idea, developed a business plan and started your company. You may have decided to grab investor money right away or you’ve bootstrapped for a while and believe you need investment to take your company ...Read More »

Building a Benefit Package to Attract Talent

{ Posted on Apr 19 2009 by Bob Holman }
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Categories : Human Resources
You want people to want to work for you because of your vision, cool product, or desire to have a hand in creating a company and not just being a cog in the machine.  But, you need to provide a ...Read More »

Venture Capital Funding is Down in Q’1 2009

{ Posted on Apr 13 2009 by Bob Holman }
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Categories : Funding
There is an interesting post over at Techcrunch ( Venture Capital Fundraising Is Down Nearly 40 Percent In First Quarter of 2009) concerning the lack of new investment in Venture Funds in the first Quarter of 2009. I don't ...Read More »

Free Wi-Fi – Where to Work When You Can Work Anywhere

{ Posted on Apr 10 2009 by Bob Holman }
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Categories : Starting Up
Free Wi-Fi – where to work when you can work anywhere I don’t know about you, but I tend to be able to focus much better at a coffee shop.  Crazy, huh?  My writing tends to come easier when I’m not ...Read More »

Who to Call When Your Start-up Grows

{ Posted on Apr 07 2009 by Bob Holman }
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Categories : Starting Up
At some point in your start-up’s life you will need to find a place to operate the company. You may be on the hunt for office space from day one or you may defer the decision until you raise money ...Read More »

Lilliputian Systems Raises $28 Million

{ Posted on Apr 02 2009 by Bob Holman }
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Categories : Funding
Looks like my old company is one of the few start-ups that are successfully drawing Venture Capital money. I joined back when they had 5 employees and about 100sq ft of office space. During my tenure we raised ...Read More »

You Need Professional Help – Building Support for Your Start-Up

{ Posted on Apr 01 2009 by Bob Holman }
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Categories : Starting Up
A start-up should think about engaging a certain group of professionals early on in the process or at least prior to an initial funding event. Most of these individuals are expensive, but their expertise will prove invaluable from day one. ...Read More »

Start Your Start-up With a Strong Accounting Package

{ Posted on Mar 27 2009 by Bob Holman }
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Categories : Accounting
Laying a good financial foundation is critical to seamless growth down the road. Sure, you can use a spreadsheet, checkbook, and shoe box. I’ve stepped in to this situation 6 months later and it is an absolute mess to clean ...Read More »

A Mosquito in a Nudist Colony

{ Posted on Mar 23 2009 by Bob Holman }
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Categories : Idea Generation
Now is the time to take a chance on that opportunity incubating in the back of your mind. Have you discovered an unmet need or an unacknowledged inefficiency. Check out this talk by Jonathan Fields at SXSW 09 ...Read More »

Name that tune!

{ Posted on Mar 22 2009 by Bob Holman }
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Categories : Communication
Do you remember the old game show Name That Tune? Two contestants competed to earn the most points using their music knowledge. The final round pitted the contestants against each other to see who could name a song by listening ...Read More »
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