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For all its cheerleaders, the crowdfunding industry inspires plenty of doubters too, who say the filed has too many pitfalls. Ryan Caldbeck, of CircleUp, doesn’t completely disagree, but says most of them can be overcome. Read more »

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The accelerating economic downturn is taking its toll on the entertainment industry, with DVD sales lagging and Blu-ray sales disappointing, according to the New York Times. DVD sales are down 4 percent so far this year, the paper reports, citing data collected by Warner Brothers. The […] Read more »

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We’ve written recently about how to preserve your equity when fundraising. This week we spoke with serial entrepreneur Chris Michel, who explained why founders should not be afraid to give additional equity disbursements — out of their personal stakes! — to reward senior staffers. That’s what […] Read more »

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Back in January 2007 while taking a shower I thought up the idea of my startup. ;) I’m a business major, but I can’t write a single line of code. I knew I’d also need someone I to help with marketing and administrative parts and since […] Read more »

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Google has paid notoriously low salaries, in exchange for stock options, to its rank and file long since before the stock was north of $600 a share. Well, today’s Question of the Day is about such employee compensation, from a would-be founder named Alex. Alex would […] Read more »

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NetSuite went public Thursday in a Dutch auction, meaning its shares were priced through an auction of would-be buyers, not by a handful of investment bankers, as is the process in a traditional IPOs. (NYSE: N) Bankers tend to under price IPOs by a few bucks […] Read more »

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