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Skimlinks :: Simplified affiliate marketing for publishers - generate revenue from your site's content easily. GoToWebinar : Webinars Made Easy(TM) LetsLunch.com - Join the Movers & Shakers of Silicon Valley. How To Write A Business Plan For A Bootstrapped Startup. Every Investor's Top Ten Business Plan Pet Peeves. LEAKED: All Of Ron Conway's Investments Since 2005. Board of Innovation - International office in business model innovation. How To Avoid Getting Fired From Your Own Company. Editor’s note: Guest author Chris Yeh is an independent angel investor and VP of Marketing for PBworks, one of his investments. He has been involved with Internet startups since 1995.

His Twitter handle is @chrisyeh. If you start a company, it will probably happen to you someday. Maybe it will be your VC or a board member. Sooner or later, they’ll try to fire you. I’m an investor in or advisor to dozens of startups, and at least once a quarter, I get the call: “Chris, they’re trying to fire me.” Most entrepreneurs are surprised the first time their investors or co-founders try to fire them.

The sad fact is, founder firings are the rule, not the exception. Many of Silicon Valley’s most storied companies involve palace coups and forgotten founders. If Steve Jobs can be forced out, anyone can, including you. But that doesn’t mean you need to take it laying down. 1) Don’t get caught by surprise. 2) Start planning your defenses early. 3) Get everything in writing. 8) Counterattack. OpenInvo: unexpected innovation. unexpected opportunity. SabreTEC | Visitors. Betali.st. Plimus - Sell Online, Web Ecommerce, Online Shopping Software.

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They're visiting fewer stores, checking off their lists and walking away. Story: Shoppers burned by recession haven't healed Inside stores, there's evidence that impulse buys are on the decline. "I have a whole strategy. How Udemy’s First-Time Founder Raised $1 Million For His Startup – with Gagan Biyani | Case Studies & Lessons By Mixergy. Even if you have zero interest in raising money, you’ll want to hear this interview for the same reason chess masters like to watch each other play. If you listen to this interview, you’ll hear how a methodical thinker systematically knocks obstacles out his way and creates opportunities. Gagan Biyani had a lot working against him. He was a nobody in the startup scene who didn’t know any investors and couldn’t program.

It didn’t stop him. He raised his profile by writing for one of the best known tech blogs. He connected with investors by making sure he ran into the best of them at events. Gagan Biyani, is the Co-Founder and President of Udemy, which enables anyone to teach and learn online. This transcript was prepared by SpeechPad. Three messages before we get started. And do you remember when I interviewed Sarah Sutton Fell about how thousands of people pay for her jobsite? And remember Patrick Buckley who I interviewed? Here’s the program. Andrew: Hey, everyone. Gagan: Yeah. Samsung. Players Journey. County Of Marin: Cultural Services  -  Welcome to the Marin Center. Tina Malia in Concert Tina Malia’s prodigious talent on Saturday, April 19 at 8 p.m. spans pop, world and electronic music, at the Showcase Theater.

Neil Berg’s 104 Years of Broadway An all-new, dazzling musical revue on Sunday, May 4 at 3 p.m. at the Marin Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium, featuring the actual stars of Broadway’s greatest musicals and an all-star New York band. Marin Symphony Presents: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl The full-length classic fantasy Disney film shown with live music played by our orchestra on Sunday, June 8 on 3 p.m. at the Marin Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium, is bound to please everyone. Johnny Mathis Legendary recording artist Johnny Mathis makes a rare Marin Center appearance in concert with a twenty-eight piece orchestra on Tuesday, May 28 at 8 pm. Menopause The Musical Menopause The Musical® appears on July 16 and 17 at the Marin Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium. Marin Farmers Market. Email Validation.