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What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common

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This is the time it takes for a bankruptcy or asset sale to occur. But I’ll judge the angel class of 2009/2010 on a 7-10 year time horizon. I believe that huge financial, productivity and technical gains come from new innovation rather than derivative thinking. I was very active in 2009 / early 2010.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

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I’ve been meaning to write this post since September of last year when Brad Feld first wrote about the The Founders Visa Movement. I commented briefly on his blog and made a mental note to write a blog post. At the time he granted me permission to write about his story. Felipe grew up in Brazil. But I have some.

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

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In a world where the economy only heads in one direction (read: 2009-2014) most investors & entrepreneurs forget to pay attention to gross burn. Gross margin (GM) is the amount of profit you make per sale of your product or service taking into account your total costs of selling that product or service.

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Angel Funding Advice

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I know you’re not a tech guy and haven’t done anything other than an HTML course you once took, but if you’re inspirational and a leader you’ll find somebody to moonlight for free to get your prototype built. Existing tech or industry executives - Do you have strong relationships in your industry?

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The Great VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) – Part 1 of 3

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I would argue that the shut-down of September 2009 was equally severe yet there are signs that this “VC Ice Age” has begun to thaw. Three reasons: There is a relative valuation between the price a VC pays and their expectations of what it will exit for in an IPO or trade sale. I put my money on the latter.

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Does the Size of a VC Fund Matter?

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I’m writing this series because if you better understand how VC firms work you can better target which firms make sense for you to speak with. I’m writing this post to explain to entrepreneurs what you should be thinking about in terms of the VC’s you approach and the size and stage of their funds.

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Better Business Bureau? For who?

Eric Greenspan

Anyhow, I replied and asked who pays who here and found that First Data pays Chad a commission for his sales. Today, I received this email from the BBB: We’re writing to let you know that during the past month the Reliability Report that we publish on Make It Work was accessed 6 times. 2009 Closed Complaints – 4.