Founder Insight 3/22/12
TheFunded.com Open Letter
Posted by Gopal Kamath on 2012-03-22
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Video of the Week
'How to Grow and Track your #Startup Revenue' by @jasonnazar - In this talk from the Los Angeles Founder Institute, Jason Nazar, founder and CEO of Docstoc discusses how to generate, grow, and track online revenue.
Great Discussions on TheFunded:
What’s the Difference Between a Pivot and a New Venture?
Recommended Resources:
How Startups are the Key to Economic Recovery [Justin Moore via TechCrunch]
Overly-Direct Feedback to VC Pitches [David Beisel]
Upcoming Events:
Introducing Windows 8
Date/Location:April 4, 2012: 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM: Mountain View, CA
Description: Microsoft is inviting the Silicon Valley startup community to a full-day, knockout, deep dive event taking place at their Silicon Valley Campus. Developers and designers alike will take the stage to show you how to take advantage of this new platform opportunity. Several startups will demo their brand new apps and talk about their early experiences developing for Windows 8, while the Microsoft team will provide attendees the opportunity to play with the platform and the tools needed to get started. Sessions will cover designing for the new Metro UI, building for the platform, and monetizing your apps.
10th Founder Showcase
Date/Location:April 24, 2012: 1:00 PM - 8:00 PM: San Francisco, CA
Description: The 10th Founder Showcase is scheduled for Tuesday, April 24th at the Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco, and will be our largest event yet. Guests will be treated to talks from leading startup CEOs and investors (TBA), as well as an entertaining Pitch Competition featuring 8 promising seed-stage companies. Use discount code "friends_of_thefunded" for 15% off tickets.
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