Facebook has the ability for a business to create a unique page for your company. Officially called Pages, they have acquired the common name of “Fan Pages.” Should you create a Facebook Page for your business? What should you consider if you build this type of presence on Facebook?
Benefits of Facebook Pages
Remember, Facebook Pages are [...]

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I could not resist re-posting this story, true (as claimed) or not. I laughed out loud and recognized my own impatience with incompetence, both a blessing and a curse. And if I were in need of a good attorney, I would want him or her to be just like this.
A New Orleans [...]

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“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language.
And next year’s words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning.”
- T.S. Eliot
My friend ~
You will make many new beginnings and many ends, and more new beginnings.
And you will find one voice, then another, and another, with each new beginning. And no [...]

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Sometime before the December 31st deadline, the various media presented a deluge of “annual predictions” from almost every company, news pundit, blogger and more, all forecasting what 2010 will bring. And, January 2010 has followed suit with another avalanche of bogus prognostications, which most will end up to be.
And yet, despite the bad record of [...]

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There is a new optimism rising in the venture capital community. More than whispers, but not yet a shout, it is cautious, but you can hear it. And entrepreneurs, you should be listening and responding.
Why this optimism?
There is repeated confirmation that venture capitalists are creating a new uptick in their investments, based not only on [...]

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Every solid marketing campaign is based on the conclusions of market research and your objectives. Before you develop a marketing plan, you must conduct market research.
Are you questioning what you can learn from market research?
Consider the successful $20 million systems engineering firm that retained us to conduct comprehensive blind research of its [...]

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Summary: Two recent decisions (in Delaware and Georgia) point out legal landmines when negotiating with potential business partners. Even though the decisions point in opposite directions, they also point out the need for clear drafting. One is about LOIs: Make it clear what is binding and what is not and terms like “good faith” actually [...]

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Every year, in the early weeks (or the very end) of each year, I sit down with my calendar.
Now, I know we all have electronic calendars, and I also have a large A4 British type paper calendar in which my life is documented each year. I have many of them in my files from [...]

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Are you here with me in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show? If yes, join me Friday morning 10:30 – 11:30 for the Digital Hollywood venture capital panel. Las Vegas Convention Center, 2nd floor, North Hall.
Here is the link to the session, with the panel line up and all details. [...]

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On January 2nd (2010), I received the one holiday card I wait for each year, from my delightful and irascible friend, a wonderful writer, who lives her life to the fullest, with attitude. I want to quote from it:
“What can I say about 2009? It was a horrid year of financial fear but [...]

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