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<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 03:20:01 CDT</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Ladies Quilted Jacket]]></title>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 03:20:01 CDT</pubDate>
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	<votes>2</votes>
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	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-news-and-stories/acer-aspire-3000-series-laptop-fan-acer-aspire-3000-series-laptop-cpu-cooling-fan/</link>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 03:15:07 CDT</pubDate>
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	<category>news</category>
	<votes>2</votes>
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	<title><![CDATA[Box.com Story: The Path From Arrington’s Backyard]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/box-com-story-the-path-from-arrington%E2%80%99s-backyard/</link>
	<source url="http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/13/box-the-path-from-arringtons-backyard-to-a-billion-dollar-business/"><![CDATA[Box.com Story: The Path From Arrington’s Backyard]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[And that’s exactly what Box co-founders Dylan Smith and Aaron Levie were thinking when they showed up to Mike’s house in early February 2006 for the Naked Conversations TechCrunch Party. It was in Mike’s backyard where they met then Draper Fisher Jurvetson partner Emily Melton. Beers in hand (actually only Levie was of age-barely, so Smith was drinking water), the pair pitched Melton on their idea. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 17:25:40 CDT</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/box-com-story-the-path-from-arrington%E2%80%99s-backyard/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Hiring in Tech-Startup]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/hiring-in-tech-startup/</link>
	<source url="http://ashishgrover.com/hiring-in-tech-startup/"><![CDATA[Hiring in Tech-Startup]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Team building is the toughest challenge in a tech-start-up. A high quality product cannot be built by average talent. Finding the right blend of technical and soft skills needs a lot of patience and hard-work. While hiring process can never be fool-proof, the more hand-picking is done, the better. Below I am sharing some best practices based on my experience. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 18:47:47 CDT</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/hiring-in-tech-startup/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Why Our Best and Brightest go to Silicon Valley and Not D.C.?]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/why-our-best-and-brightest-go-to-silicon-valley-and-not-d-c-/</link>
	<source url="http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/05/why-do-our-best-and-brightest-end-up-in-silicon-valley-and-not-dc/256767/"><![CDATA[Why Our Best and Brightest go to Silicon Valley and Not D.C.?]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Or to put in terms of a generation past, I wanted to find out why America's smartest in the current generation are so far removed from John F. Kennedy's call to "ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country". In the 1960s this launched a wave of participation in government among those that writer David Halberstam once dubbed the "best and the brightest".  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 18:42:13 CDT</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/why-our-best-and-brightest-go-to-silicon-valley-and-not-d-c-/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Y-Combinator’s “No Idea” Round Isn’t a Bad Idea, It’s Awesome]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/y-combinator%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Cno-idea%E2%80%9D-round-isn%E2%80%99t-a-bad-idea-it%E2%80%99s-awesome-1/</link>
	<source url="http://viniciusvacanti.com/2012/05/07/y-combinators-no-idea-round-isnt-a-bad-idea-its-awesome/"><![CDATA[Y-Combinator’s “No Idea” Round Isn’t a Bad Idea, It’s Awesome]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[What keeps them going is that they realize they have a passion for spotting large unsolved problems, creating crafty initial solutions to those problems, building things from scratch, defying the odds, refusing to fail, proving wrong those that doubted them, convincing talented people to help them, fighting off competitors, seeing millions of people use their solution, rewarding those that believed in them and ultimately changing how the world works. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 18:38:22 CDT</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/y-combinator%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Cno-idea%E2%80%9D-round-isn%E2%80%99t-a-bad-idea-it%E2%80%99s-awesome-1/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Advisors Stop Screwing Startups]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/advisors-stop-screwing-startups/</link>
	<source url="http://learntoduck.net/advisors-stop-screwing-startups"><![CDATA[Advisors Stop Screwing Startups]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[I'm not sure when it happened. Maybe it comes with the territory. Or perhaps with the “tech bubble”. It could have been the billion dollar valuations; or a secret dinner at Bin 38. I wish I knew. I wish that the exact moment that becoming an advisor to a company became hip. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 18:33:20 CDT</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/advisors-stop-screwing-startups/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Revenue could be fatal: 3 reasons your startup should consider waiting]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/revenue-could-be-fatal-3-reasons-your-startup-should-consider-waiting/</link>
	<source url="http://www.uservoice.com/blog/founders/revenue-could-be-fatal-3-reasons-your-startup-should-consider-waiting/"><![CDATA[Revenue could be fatal: 3 reasons your startup should consider waiting]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[There's been a lot of talk lately about the Instagram acquisition and what it means. Frankly I believe the discussions are primarily driven by jealousy (something I myself struggle with when such acquisitions happen) but there's also a fundamental misunderstanding of why revenue isn't important, and may in fact been harmful, for early-stage companies like Instagram. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 18:30:53 CDT</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/revenue-could-be-fatal-3-reasons-your-startup-should-consider-waiting/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Is it a tech bubble? - 2012]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/is-it-a-tech-bubble-2012/</link>
	<source url="http://cdixon.org/2012/04/29/is-it-a-tech-bubble/"><![CDATA[Is it a tech bubble? - 2012]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Every week a “we are in a tech bubble” article seems to come out in a major newspaper or blog. People who argue we aren’t in a bubble are casually dismissed as promoting their own interests. I’d argue the situation is far more nuanced and that people who engage in this debate should consider the following... ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:53:42 CDT</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>2</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/is-it-a-tech-bubble-2012/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Startup CEO Salaries Shouldn’t Be Above $150,000]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/startup-ceo-salaries-shouldn%E2%80%99t-be-above-150000/</link>
	<source url="http://pandodaily.com/2012/04/19/peter-thiel-on-ceo-salaries-and-motivational-indicators/"><![CDATA[Startup CEO Salaries Shouldn’t Be Above $150,000]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[However, $1 doesn’t need to be the bar, as people must put food on the table. For Thiel’s personal example, he cited Reid Hoffman, who took the minimum salary available while staying above the poverty line of $15,000 while serving as CEO of LinkedIn. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:59:00 CDT</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>3</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/startup-ceo-salaries-shouldn%E2%80%99t-be-above-150000/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[To manage a startup, you need to manage your time first]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/to-manage-a-startup-you-need-to-manage-your-time-first/</link>
	<source url="http://www.geekatsea.com/killing-email"><![CDATA[To manage a startup, you need to manage your time first]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[I am not typically a big fan of either tools or processes. These things are always built with too much complexity and interfere with work. I either want tools that fit how I do things, or no tools at all. In this case though, by simply connecting Campfire and Basecamp to my process, I was able to free up a ton of time better spent on product design and customer engagement. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:58:10 CDT</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>2</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/to-manage-a-startup-you-need-to-manage-your-time-first/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[2012 is the year of startups getting acquired]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/2012-is-the-year-of-startups-getting-acquired/</link>
	<source url="http://founderware.co/silicon-valley/2012-is-for-buying-startups/"><![CDATA[2012 is the year of startups getting acquired]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Early to medium stage startups at various inflection points of financing (post-Seed, pre-A, pre-B, on bridge, etc.) are going to be acquired by larger public (Google, LinkedIn, Zynga), soon to be public (Facebook) or extremely well-funded later-stage startups (B, C, D rounds). These transactions happen as a natural part of business but this year will see an increase of M&A activity around startups. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:45:36 CDT</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>2</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/2012-is-the-year-of-startups-getting-acquired/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Read This Before Naming Your Startup]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/read-this-before-naming-your-startup/</link>
	<source url="http://thenextweb.com/entrepreneur/2012/04/22/before-naming-your-startup-read-this/"><![CDATA[Read This Before Naming Your Startup]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[I’ve learned a lot from the development of NameLayer, and I’m ready to divulge every trick in my arsenal. In this guide, I provide realistic solutions to the frustrations encountered when naming a company. Plus, I’ll have some fun analyzing both good and bad company names. This guide is divided into three, independent sections: Why Bad Names Hurt You, Coming Up With Names, and Examples of Strong and Weak Names. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:44:15 CDT</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/read-this-before-naming-your-startup/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[The secret guild of silicon valley]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/the-secret-guild-of-silicon-valley/</link>
	<source url="http://medriscoll.com/post/9117396231/the-guild-of-silicon-valley"><![CDATA[The secret guild of silicon valley]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[The Guild of Silicon Valley is largely invisible, but their affiliations have determined the rise and fall of technology giants.  The start-ups who recognize the unsung talents of its members today will be tomorrow’s success stories. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:08:16 CDT</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>3</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/the-secret-guild-of-silicon-valley/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Why I Won’t Sign Your NDA]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/why-i-won%E2%80%99t-sign-your-nda-1/</link>
	<source url="http://blog.jpl-consulting.com/2012/04/why-i-wont-sign-your-nda/"><![CDATA[Why I Won’t Sign Your NDA]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Between a first-time web entrepreneur and one who’s been for years working on many ventures, there is a huge gap in perspective regarding the importance, rarity, and uniqueness of ideas.  Namely if you have this one great idea and that’s your ticket into entrepreneurship, you’re apt to overlook (or simply be unaware of) how interconnected and overlapping innovations are, and correspondingly unable (or unwilling) to see traces of your idea in and around stuff that’s already out there. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:05:18 CDT</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>2</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/why-i-won%E2%80%99t-sign-your-nda-1/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Is There a YCombinator Valuation Bubble or Not?]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/is-there-a-ycombinator-valuation-bubble-or%C2%A0not/</link>
	<source url="http://www.launch.co/blog/is-there-a-ycombinator-valuation-bubble-or-not.html"><![CDATA[Is There a YCombinator Valuation Bubble or Not?]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[I speak with six to 12 investors a week, both angels and VCs, as well as a half-dozen founders. Almost every discussion for the past couple of weeks has shifted to the valuations of the latest YC crop. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:03:09 CDT</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>2</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/is-there-a-ycombinator-valuation-bubble-or%C2%A0not/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Entrepreneurship’s dirty little secret]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/entrepreneurship%E2%80%99s-dirty-little-secret/</link>
	<source url="http://www.kernelmag.com/comment/opinion/1861/entrepreneurships-dirty-little-secret/"><![CDATA[Entrepreneurship’s dirty little secret]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Entrepreneurship is not a panacea for all employment ills, writes Alan Gleeson. We need to discourage those who aren’t fit to start their own business. Entrepreneurship continues to be a sexy topic for governments, with every country worth its salt trying to create its own tech hub, mimicking Silicon Valley. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:01:52 CDT</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>2</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/entrepreneurship%E2%80%99s-dirty-little-secret/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Don’t Try to “Pull an Instagram.” Here’s Why …]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/don%E2%80%99t-try-to-%E2%80%9Cpull-an-instagram-%E2%80%9D-here%E2%80%99s-why-%E2%80%A6/</link>
	<source url="http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2012/04/14/dont-try-to-pull-an-instagram-heres-why/"><![CDATA[Don’t Try to “Pull an Instagram.” Here’s Why …]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[What I want to talk about today is one of the insider baseball discussions of our industry this past week: The odd fact of the $500 million financing round completed just before the company sold for a B.  This head scratch was best captured by Alexia Tsotsis in her post on TechCrunch. Was this a good thing? ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 19:52:57 CDT</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>2</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/don%E2%80%99t-try-to-%E2%80%9Cpull-an-instagram-%E2%80%9D-here%E2%80%99s-why-%E2%80%A6/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Founders beware: accelerators offer upside, but only if you’re ready]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/founders-beware-accelerators-offer-upside-but-only-if-you%E2%80%99re-ready/</link>
	<source url="http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/14/founders-beware-accelerators-offer-upside-but-only-if-youre-ready/"><![CDATA[Founders beware: accelerators offer upside, but only if you’re ready]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[First of all, these programs are venture funds at the core. They can help you develop as an entrepreneur, but ultimately they’re designed to make money for their investors. No doubt the mentors, advisors, and VCs involved enjoy working with entrepreneurs and early-stage companies. But the truth is, like any investor, they require a return on their investment of time, money, and connections. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 16:21:18 CDT</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>2</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/founders-beware-accelerators-offer-upside-but-only-if-you%E2%80%99re-ready/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Berlin Cracks the Startup Code]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/berlin-cracks-the-startup-code/</link>
	<source url="http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-04-12/berlin-cracks-the-startup-code"><![CDATA[Berlin Cracks the Startup Code]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[It also helps that Berlin has started to move past its focus on challenging, esoteric art and design. Ljung says that when he arrived from Sweden in 2007, the websites and apps out of Berlin were “very aggressive and difficult,” featuring tiny fonts and black backgrounds. Although he notes the aesthetic is still edgy, “now there’s more focus on being global and on the user experience.” ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:44:58 CDT</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>2</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/berlin-cracks-the-startup-code/</guid>
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