September 2013 Most startups that raise money do it more than once. A typical trajectory might be (1) to get started with a few tens of thousands from something like Y Combinator or individual angels‚ then (2) raise a few hundred thousand to a few million to build the company‚ and then (3) once the company is clearly succeeding‚ raise one or more later rounds to accelerate growth. Reality can be messier. Some companies raise money twice in phase 2. Others skip phase 1 and go straight to phase
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If I Stay by Gayle Forman If I Stay‚ written by Gayle Forman‚ is an amazing book! When I read the back cover of If I Stay‚ I knew it was the right book for me‚ because I can relate to what has happened to the main characters and the feelings of other family members and friends. The family was in a car accident‚ and as you know from reading my other papers‚ my 16 year old brother was in a car accident in March. The feelings that were displayed in the book are very similar to the feelings my
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“School and Home Factors Influence the Education of Children” In Malaysia‚ a formal children education begin at the age of 7‚ the informal education normally start as early as 3 years-old provided by their parents‚ nursery centre or kindergartens. Parents have choice whether to send their children to government school or private school. For the government school‚ children will receive free education supports from the government for at least 12 years starting from 6 years of primary school and 6
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There has been much discussion revolving around the issue whether children should be taught to cooperate rather than compete become more useful adults. The opinions of people are various. Cooperation certainly can bring about great benefits that may has profound impact on children. To start with‚ teaching children cooperation helps children develop communication skills. More specifically‚ cooperation means several people need to work together to finish a task‚ which requires a lot of discussions
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Khalia Frazier 11/18/13 Work used: Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Brecht Reflective statement: how was your understanding of cultural and contextual considerations of the work developed through the interactive oral? In Mother Courage and Her Children the aspects of familial ties versus greed and the effect of war on humanity were explored using the technique of epic theater. In an attempt to further remove the emotional ties Brecht set his play during the Thirty Years War instead
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Performance Enhancing Drugs...Should They Be Legal Or Stay Illegal? Find Out Now!! A handful of athletes use performance enhancing drugs. But are those good for you and is the benefit really worth it? I believe that performance enhancing drugs should all stay illegal in sports of any kind. First of all‚ it gives the athletes that use them a higher muscular endurance and a higher muscular strength than any athlete that doesn’t use them. The greeks and romans used to eat herbs that would
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Raise the Red Lantern is a movie that kidnaps you to a foreign place and immerses you completely with new traditions. The story follows young Songhian whom is forced by her mother to get married to a rich man. In his household‚ she becomes the Forth Mistress‚ and the youngest among her husband’s wives. Songhian and the audience quickly learn the rules of the Master’s beautifully designed compound‚ whichever wife the Master currently favors is graced by his attention‚ lavish foot massages‚ and many
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We Should Ban Home-Schooling Good evening adjudicator‚ audience and fellow debaters. I am the first speaker for the affirmative team and tonight we are here to debate on whether home-schooling should be banned or not. In Australia‚ home-schooling is defined as learning outside of the public or private school environment. As the affirmative team‚ we strongly believe we should ban‚ meaning not allow‚ home-schooling in Australia. I‚ as the first speaker‚ will present my arguments on how home-schooling
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Weapon” they show that children are being forced to be soldiers. I don’t believe that children should be in the army at such a young age. The reason why I say this is because these young kids that aren’t even teenagers are having to listen to what people tell them and have them fight for others protection and not their own. Another reason I believe kids shouldn’t be in the army is because there families are basically leaving them and they are
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Gabrielle Harris Professor Hartley English 111 10 September 2009 In the article “_Legal drinking ages throughout the world. Should the US lower the age to 18”_‚ the author asks should America lower its drinking age to 18. I believe the law should not be changed because there will be an increase of school age kids abusing alcohol. 18 year olds’ are typically still high school students‚ it is still appropriate for them to hang around other high school students. If they were allowed to legally
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