But most importantly, you will be surely informed about the successful transaction implementation.

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Cost The price of a service is just one of the most significant parameters. The faucets are websites that give out Bitcoin rewards in the shape of Satoshi that’s deemed to be the smallest unit of the bitcoin. The reward of blockchain would incorporate The reliability advantage of blockchain was explained. What’s less inclined to succeed is assuming everything is ideal and not bothering to look for less obvious issues that may be much easier to deal with the sooner they’re identified. The private key is what you need to keep secret in any respect times. The main reason for considering the mining pool is they’re awarded in blocks. There are a great deal of difficulties in the mining procedure, which can lessen your profit to zero. Your likelihood of maximizing returns increase if you keep on top of trends and significant price changes. Even in the event that you do have the amount of money you might rather not risk it on such a new technology.

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http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20130907/ISSUE02/309079995/startup-psych-101-embrace-risk-and-dont-fear-failure

**I was not listed a week or two later in the big spread on Chicago’s top 50 Tech Stars….so consider yourself fully disclaimed.

In the piece, the single largest Startup player in Chicago prior to the Internet bubble bursting, Flip Filipowski, who declines to discuss the outcome of Divine Interventures states, “If you’ve got a really good idea, you can be successful (here),” he says. “The world has flattened out. You can reach out and get enough of an infrastructure just about anywhere. Venture capital is going where the good ideas are.”

Whatever else you have to say about Mr. Filipowski – he is a smart smart and direct entrepreneur.   Currently, his LinkedIn page states his location is Chicago, but it seems clear he is in Winston Salem  – otherwise, my assumption is he would be much more visible in the Startup community.  Nobody does PR like Flip, which I of course admire greatly.  The other thing I admire is he was right about Divine (OMG did I just say that) – his timing was just too early, which is something I know a little bit about.  His construct where a funding entity (his VC fund) also provides value added services across its portfolio of companies is exactly the game plan of the biggest and most successful players on both coasts.  I am not sure about the idea of including “Divine” in all the portfolio company names, but everyone can have an opinion – who’s to say mine is correct?  I met with him once in the private dining room of the Four Seasons at the height of the ’99 bubble…he was basically holding court.

In the Crain’s Chicago article, Matt Moog, who I do not know, but by all accounts is an accomplished entrepreneur and all-around good guy states that, “Chicago-based companies such as CareerBuilder, Orbitz and Classified Ventures, with more than $1 billion between them. They all started here. Does that mean Silicon Valley missed the opportunity to build them there? There’s hundreds of millions of dollars that have come into this market from outside venture firms, and there’s more and more of that happening.”  Honestly, I am scratching my head over this quote, not because it is technically false, but it certainly has substantial (and smart) spin on it.  These companies were all conceived over ten years ago and funded primarily by major strategic investors (not VC’s)-  in industry’s like newspapers and airlines as a defensive move based on game-changing disruption emanating from places like the Valley, NCY, etc..  Giant chunks of value were being clawed from their industry verticals by Startups like Priceline and Expedia, who subsequently generated both IP and market values well beyond those mentioned.   My point is that his statement: “There’s hundreds of millions of dollars that have come into this market from outside venture firms, and there’s more and more of that happening.”,  I would say the math is technically accurate if you count the aggregate dollars going back a bunch of years.  My company fob.com closed $44M on February 7th, 2000 from VC’s on both coasts – is this value in the equation?

SO WHAT IS MY POINT?

In the same article, Victor Hwang, Graduate of the University of Chicago Law School and currently with T2 Ventures in the Valley, was the star contributor – hands down,  He crisply stated, and in the process described the moat I was referring to relative to the Chicago Startup and VC investing community:

Mr. Hwang:  One of the common things people will say is that Silicon Valley is not a place—it’s a state of mind. Ultimately, it’s about the way people think. I remember, when I was in Chicago, one of the first questions you’d sometimes get is, “Why are you here and how long are you going to stay?” You don’t get that in Silicon Valley. It’s more about, “Welcome. Let’s do something. Let’s try something together.” Another reason why a lot of companies have moved out West is there’s resources to support them. If you’re trying to hire employees, there’s just a ton of talent waiting to join the next big thing.

You mention that you’ve also seen significant differences in the attitude toward favors?

There’s also a unique mentality here. There’s no expectation of a direct return when you’re giving introductions or referrals. It’s just a very fast flow of favors. It makes favors a form of currency.

What other major differences do you see in the Midwest versus the valley?

Every city has its own social contracts. In Chicago, the social contracts are to “stick to your own knitting” or “keep your head down low” or “work with people you trust.” They are all good Midwestern values, but the result is that you don’t take big risks.

Right now Chicago is dominated by a mentality that is a function of all the profits that have been made in “Private Equity” (PE) business.  Bricks and mortar companies and smart people creating cashflow arbitrage opportunities and subsequently small fortunes as a result.

Only, when Chicago is finally able to follow the blueprint laid out by Mr. Wang and shed the habits built up by years of fostering the secretive private equity culture (which is certainly required – so nobody can attempt to steal your deal) will Mr. Moog’s statement about funding from “outside venture funding firms” actually become a reality – in real time.  Right now, I think our Startup funding community is holding on just a bit too tight.  fill in “the moat” around Chicago and let’s create as much access as possible to wherever the right resources are for every entrepreneur.

Let me know what you think

Patrick Blake

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Starting in 2007 a company called Y Combinator launched a new version of the accelerator model (pioneered by a Palo Alto real estate-based technology accelerator company called Plug and Play i.e. Pay Pal). I call this new Startup Accelerator model “The Immersive Accelerator Model”. My contention is that this new Immersive Model is dropping large loads of “Disruption” on the finely manicured back yards of the entrepreneur community.

What we are looking at is the exact process predicted by Mr. Christensen. The epic irony is that this “Disruption” is affecting everyone involved in the Startup field including, not only entrepreneurs, but their services vendors, consultants, early stage capital firms, angel investors, angel groups and especially venture capitalists who have all made their living from “Disruption”. Now are falling victim to it. The disruptors are being disrupted!

The incumbent processes previously used to conceive, found, circulate, identify, value and fund early stage companies are changing radically – and now those who have used the old processes successfully must adapt or perish.

Until recently, a would-be entrepreneur would, through talent, inspiration and hard work, find a new and exciting way to create a competitive advantage in a market where they had expertise. Hopefully, If productized correctly and brought to market well, the competitive advantage could create a new and sizable addressable market. If this new addressable market was predatory to an existing market with incumbent leading companies – the competitive advantage of this new company would certainly be deemed “disruptive”.

Traditionally, IT entrepreneurs started out hedging their bets relative to the opportunity costs they faced if their new enterprise failed? Did Mark Zuckerberg quit Harvard first, then code the initial version of “The Facebook”? The CEO of Saleforce.com, Mark Benioff, (according to Wikipedia) spent 13 years in a variety of executive positions in sales, marketing, and product development. At 23, he was named Oracle’s Rookie of the Year and three years later he was promoted to vice president, the company’s youngest person to hold that title. If he had not been successful with his Startup, was he going to be unemployed for very long? Not too likely….

As a kid, I remember Evil Knevil jumping all those busses on his motorcycle. Often, he executed perfectly – but there were also those times that resulted in him breaking nearly every bone in his body.

Here is the point:

Now, almost like American Idol, 1,000’s apply and many audition or pitch to the decision makers at ”Immersive” Accelerator Programs. This model requires you fit a mold that enables you to quit whatever you are doing, move and focus 100% on your project for 3+ months until you demo your product to potential investor on a stage – again, much like American Idol.

In the traditional model, entrepreneurs could limit the opportunity cost of starting a new business, but in this model you are deciding to head for the ramp at full speed and see if you can clear all those buses. This metaphorical leap is now almost tangible, and thus really precludes many from participating because they can’t take the risk of the opportunity cost of leaving their current career, arresting the process of getting paid, risking their kids education accounts, etc. Trust me: mothers-in-law do not understand even a nominal amount of the “bet your life” concept associated with trying to fly over a long line of busses on a motorcycle.

Its possible there is a bubble forming, as according to www.Seed-DB.com there are now over 170 “Immersive Accelerators” worldwide.

For now, those who have the issue of not being able to take the risk of jumping those buses have stiff competition for resources, especially early stage seed and angel capital.

The good news for those with Immersive Accelerators is the line to make the jump is long and getting longer. The question, however, is whether or not experience and domain expertise makes a comeback relative to the success of those who lack this critical element, or any material opportunity cost. I know its popular for Accelerators to list a ytheirwhole rolodex and term them “Mentors”, but I will let you draw your own conclusion on that one.

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I would argue that in times like these the American Dream compels our Nation the most. The very term “The American Dream” was coined in a book written during the depths of The Great Depression. The author, James Truslow Adams was also an idealist.  His thoughts on the American Dream echoed those of our founding fathers. But The Great Depression was an economic and social calamity so epic and powerful that it fundamentally altered the character and ethos of our nation. The abstracts of freedom and opportunity were amended with a more pragmatic belief that hard work deserved to result in economic and social upward mobility no matter where you came from or what you had at the start… anyone who worked hard should be rewarded. This new ethos or set of ideals served us well for about 50 years.

Embedded in the aforementioned “reward” is the feeling of accomplishment that correlates directly with the notion of having a “career”.  Each person, to some extent, defines who they are by what they do for a living and how well they do it. Unfortunately, at an ever accelerating pace, even if you work harder than most, are a model company employee and over deliver successful results in your field and function, you can easily find yourself unemployed with a career that is no longer viable. Thus you are denied the ability to identify yourself with your work and associated accomplishments. With the push of a button or the stroke of a pen, your American Dream vanishes. This is really tough – we all know a bunch of great people who fit this description.

It’s the machines. The Great Depression changed the entire socio-economic system in the 1930’s – now, since the 1980’s new technology is effecting changes that are perhaps even more profound. Hard work and dedication are still necessary, but in our time, guarantee almost nothing.

So what to do? I believe there are two options. One is to stick with the old formula: work hard, work smart, show up every day and depend on “dumb ass luck”.  It can work. The second is a word I don’t know but here is what it means: an ability to be like Wayne Gretzky. Relax – I am clarifying; what I mean is this: Wayne Gretsky did not go to the puck, he went to where he somehow knew the puck would be… (BTW this man’s nickname is “The Great One” so pay attention).

Here’s an anecdote. My Father was a salesman and he loved it. He worked for a trading company so they didn’t make anything. He told me that the only true assets the firm had were the people who rode up and down in the elevator every day. This was who he was (actually still is). He worked hard to be good at it and it was his career. He lived the American Dream. He has retired comfortably.

It’s easy to see where this goes. Please welcome our new information technology application named Salesforce.com – a cloud based software program that keeps track of every detail of every customer or prospect bringing total transparency and instant information to the sales process. This IT based innovation means that the individual salesman, who had power based on individual relationships and the information proprietary to them about their customers, is now virtually powerless and in fact, almost fungible. Certainly, sales people can now be paid less, covering the cost of Salesforce.com plus a lot more. As of 3.23.13, the investors who supported the startup Salesforce.com put in $21M according to Crunchbase  and the company is currently valued on the NYSE at over $25B.

Uh Oh – this type of disruptive technology is being created continuously by individuals who are constantly innovating. The results of this single example are now the rule – not the exception. So lots of “careers” and American Dreams are now swirling the bowl. These people were where the puck was, not moving to where the puck would be (Gladwell used hockey in Outliers too!).

So let me bring this around. Disruptive technology and innovation are not slowing down. Opportunities are growing, not receding. In the last few years business schools have begun to focus on, teach, compete and be ranked specifically on the quality of curriculum pertaining to entrepreneurship, or the term I prefer – startups. The infrastructure for learning about and being involved in and being good at startups continues to evolve and expand. Legislation has passed encouraging their proliferation.  It’s possible I should put my hand up when they announce the “dumb ass luck” category, but I raised my first IT startup based angel round in June, 1996.

The American Dream is still there. It may be however, that fulfilling it requires a bit of courage. Moving to where you think the puck is going can feel a lot riskier than being where the puck already is.

Cheers,

Pat Blake

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