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View ArticleShould Startups Announce Their Funding?
Understanding “The Funding Angle”I sit at enough board meetings to hear conflicting advice given to entrepreneurs about how to handle PR and announcements at startups. I think many board members...
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Apple Is Hiding Billions Of Dollars From The IRS
Technology giant Apple shuttled $11bn (£7bn) into offshore tax havens in the fourth quarter of 2012, an analysis of its corporate filings has revealed.The iPad maker has slashed its tax bill by paying...
View ArticleThe Third Way
What do you do when you don't want to sell your company and you don't want to go public either? We've been discussing this issue here at AVC for a long time. I think back to this post from 2008, almost...
View ArticleShould You Bother Targeting the Tech Blogs for Your PR Campaigns?
I’ve started a recent series on PR at startups since I get asked for advice on this topic so often. I will put the full list of posts here.The start of this series was, Should Your Startup Announce...
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Google Faces Legal Action In UK Over Alleged Secret iPhone Tracking
Google is facing a fresh privacy battle in the UK over its alleged secret tracking of the internet habits of millions of iPhone users.An estimated 10 million Britons could have grounds to launch a...
View ArticleMBA Mondays: Revenue Models - Licensing
Licensing, according to wikipedia, is an authorization (by the licensor) to use the licensed material (by the licensee). Of all the business models listed on the revenue model hackpad, licensing is the...
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The iPhone Isn't Cool Anymore In Asia's Trendiest Cities
Apple Inc's iconic iPhone is losing some of its lustre among Asia's well-heeled consumers in Singapore and Hong Kong, a victim of changing mobile habits and its own runaway success.Driven by a...
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Use This App If You Want Famous Chefs To Tell You Where To Eat
Where do top-rated chefs, sommeliers and bartenders hang out during their time off? A new app uncovers their favorite restaurants, bars and shops in cities around the world, from high-end eateries to...
View ArticleInterview – Three secrets to creativity you can learn from a writer on...
Andrew and I met about 12 years ago when we were in grad school together. He was always funny but for the past five years that’s been his full time job — as a staff writer on “Family Guy.” I talked to...
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China Considers Un-Banning Videogame Consoles, And Now Sony And Nintendo Are...
China is considering lifting a decade-long ban on video game consoles, the official China Daily newspaper reported on Monday, sending shares of major hardware makers such as Sony Corp and Nintendo Co...
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Peter Thiel: Tech Is More Than An 'Alternate Virtual Universe'
Peter Thiel, one of our favorite billionaire, venture capitalist, and hedge fund managers, really nails the future and raison d’etre of technology, in our opinion. Recall his famous line, “We wanted...
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Apple Users Allege in Lawsuit That Google Secretly Tracks Their Web Browsing...
Google is facing a legal battle from UK internet users complaining that their privacy has been breached by the firm.A group of 12 people, all of whom use Apple devices, are seeking damages from the...
View ArticleApple Has A Porn Problem, And It's About To Get Worse
On Sunday, a number of news outlets ran stories covering the rise of easily-accessible pornography on the new video sharing app Vine, causing a firestorm of debate online. The New York Times' Nick...
View ArticleIt’s Time To Throw In The Towel On Apple
Come on, everyone, it’s time to move on from Apple.There’s nothing to see here. It’s just another “has been” company — one that fell from grace in the eyes of its investors. You can think of it as the...
View ArticleFacebook’s Categorial Imperative
Facebook’s newest feature adds some much-needed relevance to the huge proportion of its data hoard that no user has seen or, if we’re honest, thought about, in days, weeks, or years. But Graph Search...
View Article3 Secrets You Can Learn From A Writer On Family Guy
Andrew and I met about 12 years ago when we were in grad school together. He was always funny but for the past five years that’s been his full time job — as a staff writer on “Family Guy.” I talked to...
View ArticleGoodbye Jody.
Jody.You’re gone too early. We still had so many more times to spend together.I loved this image I saw posted by Andy Rankin. Because this is the one word that was not in your vocabulary.And it was the...
View ArticleJust Do It
We have a two year rotation program at USV for most of our non partner positions. We hire incredibly talented people, suck them into everything we are doing for two years, and then ask them to leave....
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Apple Will Soon Sell A Much Cheaper iPhone 5 [REPORT]
Apple will release a cheaper, plastic version of the iPhone 5 later this year, primarily in a bid to tackle the Chinese market, according to rumours.The new iPhone will reportedly resemble the iPhone 5...
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