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What Future for Accelerators?

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and I thought if we brought the community together for common purpose we could create more of a sense of community to help new entrepreneurs get funded, assemble teams, raise profiles and help with biz dev, product, etc. By 2011 the market had started to change dramatically. We announced Fund I in 2011. Quality endures.

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K5 Brings yCombinator Model Accelerator To Orange and San Diego County

Tech Zulu Event

Accepted applicants will not only be eligible for a pre-seed fund up to $25K to begin developing a prototype, they will also be guided through the process of building a lean company during K5Launch. Date : Nov 9, 2011 – 5:30-8:30pm. SoCal is home to some of the greatest startup success stories. Costa Mesa, CA 92626.

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BloomNation's Goal To Empower Your Local Florist, And Improve Flower Delivery

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The startup--which is part of MuckerLab--landed a seed funding round last week, so we thought we''d catch up with founder and CEO Farbod Shoraka to dig deeper into the company''s goals and service. Farbod Shoraka: We started out in the summer of 2011. What is BloomNation? How long has the service been available?

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K5 Brings yCombinator Model Accelerator To Orange and San Diego County

Tech Zulu Event

Accepted applicants will not only be eligible for a pre-seed fund up to $25K to begin developing a prototype, they will also be guided through the process of building a lean company during K5Launch. Date : Nov 9, 2011 – 5:30-8:30pm. SoCal is home to some of the greatest startup success stories. Costa Mesa, CA 92626.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. Contrary to some press reporting, the boom in startups, the creation of accelerators and seed funds as well as the deserved popularity of AngelList do not signal doom for our industry. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!

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US Economic Risks (Sept 2010): Impact on Investors & Entrepreneurs

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While he is publicly saying that he expects a modestly improved economy in 2011 , it’s hard to be too sanguine when you look at the data. Let me preface by saying I obviously have a vested interest in being wrong about tough times ahead but as the old saying goes, “hope for best, plan for the worst.”.