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Extracting More Than Cash From Your Angel Investors

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In order to extract value beyond your Angel investors' cash, you must first assess three important parameters: (i) the relative strength of their personal brand, (ii) their ability to add operational value, and (iii) the amount of care and feeding they will demand from you. Share and Enjoy.

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How This Startup Kicked Oracle’s A$$

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A large US company filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against MySQL while the company was in the midst of raising its first round of funding. According to Marten, it was a demoralizing blow that would have spooked the investors, if MySQL had acquiesced to the US company's demands. Share and Enjoy.

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Startup Lessons From Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon

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Lesson: As described in Go For The Quick Buck , wily startups also devise creative ways to secure funding from their customers, rather than from investors. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. Share and Enjoy.

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Five Trick Questions Every Entrepreneur Should Answer Before Asking For Money

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Below are five common questions an entrepreneur will encounter when seeking venture funding. In this way, the majority of a startup’s funds can be applied directly to further the venture’s success. From a venture capitalist’s point of view, there are no “trick” questions. Image courtesy of The Lolbrary. Share and Enjoy.

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Five Trick Questions Every Entrepreneur Should Answer Before Asking For Money

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Below are five common questions an entrepreneur will encounter when seeking venture funding. In this way, the majority of a startup’s funds can be applied directly to further the venture’s success. From a venture capitalist’s point of view, there are no “trick” questions. Image courtesy of The Lolbrary. Share and Enjoy.

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Aaron Swartz | A Stranger in a Strange Land

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At 14, he became a co-editor for the spec responsible for RSS technology. started working on improving US politics joining Lawrence Lessig’s group Change Congress in its efforts to get the US Congress to pass a bill that would make it mandatory for every major political candidate to have an equal amount of funds for their campaign.

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Why You Should Start a Company in. Los Angeles

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RSS ); Why You Should Start a Company in. My fund was an early investor in Overture. Los Angeles By: Laura Rich February 26, 2010 It used to be, if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. But emerging entrepreneurial hubs around the country are giving startup aspirants options.