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		<title>DC Startup Community 2.010</title>
		<link>http://socialmatchbox.com/wp/2010/07/26/dc-startup-community-2-010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Trends]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Austin Startup Community]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago I had a chance to catch up with an old friend with whom I first met back in 2006 when he had his (then) startup.  We had a great conversation this week.  Four years later he&#8217;s working for a big company and looking for his next new job.  He would really [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Copyright Office Changes DMCA Rules, Upsets Apple (Others Too)</title>
		<link>http://socialmatchbox.com/wp/2010/07/26/us-copyright-office-changes-dmca-rules-upsets-apple-others-too/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[copyright protection]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have an iPhone, you probably have read about people trying to jailbreak their iPhone to make it perform in ways that Apple doesn&#8217;t want.  Apparently, Apple spent some time trying to make this illegal based on the Digitial Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).  In response, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) asked the U.S. Copyright [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pattern Recognition for Entrepreneurs, not just VC&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://socialmatchbox.com/wp/2010/07/23/pattern-recognition-for-entrepreneurs-not-just-vcs/</link>
		<comments>http://socialmatchbox.com/wp/2010/07/23/pattern-recognition-for-entrepreneurs-not-just-vcs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Plans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Startup Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Startups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Venture Capital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business plan research]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Don Rainey]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[financials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[go-to-market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hockey stick revenue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[investor pitches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pattern Recognition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pitching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[startup pitches]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Don Rainey (blog)
VC&#8217;s use &#8220;pattern recognition&#8221; to assess the  viability of deals.  Pattern recognition is a method of seeing commonalities  between a current , novel concept and previous ideas.  And while it is a great  tool commonly used by Venture Capitalists, the pattern recognition tool is  mostly ignored by entrepreneurs.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Can A Founder Do With $500</title>
		<link>http://socialmatchbox.com/wp/2010/07/12/what-can-a-founder-do-with-500/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 01:41:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Operations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bootstrapping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budgeting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dc startups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[donald graham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facebook ads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freelance graphic designer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graphic designer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[job ads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mark andreessen]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier today I got an invitation, as a startup founder, to pony up $500 to get some wisdom from a to be announced group of seasoned entrepreneurs.  I made for the event website looking to find out if this event would offer me the opportunity to get a chance to meet Max Levchin, Mark Andreessen, or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Startup Weekend Returns to DC for Round 2</title>
		<link>http://socialmatchbox.com/wp/2010/07/09/startup-weekend-returns-to-dc-for-round-2/</link>
		<comments>http://socialmatchbox.com/wp/2010/07/09/startup-weekend-returns-to-dc-for-round-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Hyde]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Startup Weekend]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TechStars]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After a long break, the Startup Weekend guys are returning to the Washington, DC for round 2.  The last time they were around the event got very mixed reviews for a variety of reasons.  For starters, the startup that the DC group spawned (Hola Neighbor) &#8211; it failed.  As an attendee the main benefit wasn&#8217;t starting a company or even learning how to start [...]]]></description>
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