What are some of the criteria for investment potential? Do you look only for web based "disruptives" or do you seek other businesses or new product ideas?

Passionate Founders with an unfair advantage in a market that they want to change.

The Web has been a driving force in new businesses – but we invest into other verticals which have been changed by the Web as well

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Hi Mark, What's your opinion on the decision tree around bootstrapping versus taking very early stage investment? What are some of the traps to be wary of in terms of frien...

Answered by Mark MacLeod – Partner, Real Ventures

There are many questions here, each of which are complex with multiple objective and subjective parts. So, some highlights to think about: - If you can delay funding, you ... (more)

A friend and I are talking about starting a company together? What are some of the pluses and pitfalls? should we have a legal document for the partnership?

Answered by Brian Temins – Partner at Minden Gross LLP.

In my opinion a partnership or shareholders agreement is essential (difference is based on how you structure the business). Some core issues which need to be considered in... (more)

What are some of the best tech tools, services, and products that are essential for entrepreneurs to use?

Answered by Tara Hunt – Founder, Buyosphere

This is a 'depends' answer. My most used online tools are the Google suite of productivity tools: docs, gmail, gcal and gchat. But we also use Dropbox a bunch. As far as f... (more)

We have all seen how much the trend of globalization has affected our lives and make the globe seem smaller than ever. What are some of the most successful startups you hav...

Answered by Kevin O'Connor – Co-founder of DoubleClick. Posted in Operations Product Development

It's really risky to spread out core parts of your business early on. Startups are about effectiveness and not efficiency. Yes, it might be cheaper to develop code in the... (more)

I'm thinking about creating a benefit card for the readers of my online magazine. They will get discounts to different businesses in our community. What are some of the cha...

Answered by Dan Martell – Founder & Investor.

You don't have a large enough community for the local businesses, or they don't want to manage another discount program. (more)

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