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Venture Debt

Nov 11, 2008 1 Comment by Jason Nazar

Here is a helpful list of venture debt providers that was put together by our kickass new VP of Business Development Robyn Ward. Venture Debt Providers – Get more Business Plans And here is a a helpful presentation on Venture Debt: venture-debt-analysis

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7 Super Tech CEOs Who Used to Be Lawyers

Jul 12, 2008 7 Comments by Jason Nazar

As a recent law school graduate (never practiced law), and a current CEO of a technology company, I have a deep appreciation for both the law and entrepreneurship (although the former clearly won out). I also know first hand that law school and lawyer-ing do not go hand in hand with risk taking, and can [...]

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10 Incredibly Awesome Documents to Help You Start a Company

Jul 10, 2008 60 Comments by Jason Nazar

Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA) – these are over-hyped in my opinion and few angel or venture investors will sign them, but always helpful to have one handy to bust out at parties. LLC Operating Agreement – I put my first LLC together myself using this agreement. My advice is to hire an attorney, but if [...]

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Convert VoiceMail to Text with PhoneTag

Jul 05, 2008 4 Comments

I was reading Arrington’s post “Think Before You Voicemail” and his thoughts on how voice mail should be an obsolete method of communication. I think he makes many good points in reference to professional communication, especially when its someone you don’t know well. I also think Mike is speaking more from his own experience/habits, as [...]

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Raising Money for a StartUp Company

Jul 03, 2008 15 Comments

I’ve spent a good deal of time in the past 12 months raising money for docstoc. I thought I understood the process, but before you really go through it yourself for your own company, its hard to get the full essence of the experience while on the sidelines. I had selectively helped some folks raise [...]

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Linkedin vs Facebook for Professional Connections

Jul 02, 2008 4 Comments

I’ve been an avid LinkedIn user for the past five years, since my first year in business school. I think they’ve done an amazing job in three main areas. 1.) Users Became Mass Marketers – I proudly imported all my contacts to show I had the largest network and then sent them all messages asking [...]

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