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It was a fantasy left over from the last boom: Hire a movie star to pitch your startup, and the dusting of tinsel will turbocharge sales. Those William Shatner ads sold plane tickets for Priceline,...Via Valleywag - 1 day 21 hours ago
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When most private companies reach 500 shareholders, they trigger an SEC rule which effectively treats them like a public company and requires them to some of the same reporting requirements. Google ran into this issue just before it went public. Now Facebook is quickly reaching that same threshold as it continues to hire and allows employees to sell shares to outside investors. But in a letter dated October 13, 2008 (embedded below), Facebook's lawyers argue that rule should not apply to...Via TechCrunch - 1 day 21 hours ago
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We at Dealmaker Media love what Darmesh Shah at OnStartups does. Hence, when we read his post: "Dealing with a Downturn: Selling More Services" we wanted to spread the word. Note: startups need to focus and execute, but Darmesh makes a fantastic argument about how startup execs can expand their business and open the door to revenues during an exonomic downturn - selling services. Here's a re-post of his blog from Nov 20:
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