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JULY 21, 2014

An impressive number of new VCs have been created – most of them with new seed funds. It’s when the noise stops and you can actually get customer attention, press articles and VC meetings. Create company measures for success that go beyond financial metrics. And importantly we’ve had revenue.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2014

We all know that funding markets have changed for startups. The trends are well understood: more angels, more seed funds, more crowdsourcing and so forth. Does he blog about venture capital and try to advise entrepreneurs? What is less understood are the consequences of these changes. There is a reason for this.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Like any entrepreneur, we had the idea that there should be local capital, supporting the local ecosystem. In this case, a $20M, $30M, or $40M exit is a very meaningful return for an investor group and for the entrepreneur. in initial seed funding for an early stage company. How tough was it to start up a new fund?

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MAY 23, 2012

This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. From this we have seen a commensurate boom in the number of startup companies. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!

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