Class R (Revenue) Stock: A New Class of Investment? (8)
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Balancing the interests of investors and entrepreneurs is an ongoing topic of discussion in Silicon Valley. But while numerous efforts to create new types of investment classes aimed at removing this imbalance (for examples, see the Founders Fund, Adeo Ressi’s The Funded and the newly launched SharesPost) have recently emerged, they fail to address the root cause, that of founders and investors being trapped in illiquid investments. Seeking downside protection, such as liquidation preferences, makes ...
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TrevorFSmith said:
An interesting idea which is aligned with contract agreements I've seen for a few projects.
Ex-Moonie Diane Benscoter: How cults think (13)
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TED Theme: How the Mind Works (0)
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Diane Benscoter talks about how she joined the Moonies -- and stayed for five long years. She shares an insider's perspective on cults and extremist movements, and proposes a new way to think about today's most troubling conflicts.
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TrevorFSmith said:
Perhaps we need a net CDC which hunts down memes and fights them like viral outbreaks."No, sir, lolcats are not, in fact, funny."
Flip Video gets channels, iPhone app for viewing (6)
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Pure Digital Technologies, maker of the Flip series digital video recorders, has a new update for its FlipShare software going out Tuesday that makes it easier to share videos without having to use YouTube, MySpace, or another video hosts. Users can now create channels that can only be accessed by users who have been invited by e-mail. Any time you add a video to one of these channels, the people on your list get a ...
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TrevorFSmith said:
The bullet points are right and they've made good moves with the Flip devices. I'm hopeful that they can translate that into software and web services.
Inside the Startup Office from Hell (9)
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Frank Addante, the Los Angeles tech entrepreneur, has helpfully consolidated pretty much every terrible office idea and Web 2.0 startup cliché into one place: This video tour of his online ad company, Rubicon Project. We actually stopped the video halfway through to make sure it wasn't a conscious parody, maybe a viral ad for some new Office-like television show. Nope: Addante is very real, and he and his videos have already earned more than his ...
