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Three Factors Which Intoxicate Venture Capitalists - Why Your Startup Will (Probably) Not Raise Venture Capital Funding

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The Three Enthralling Factors Of Venture Funding. Naval Ravikant, Co-Founder of AngelList and Venture Hacks, details a variety of factors that influence your chances of raising venture funding in this informative interview. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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Raising Angel Capital

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Wednesday, March 2, 2011 -- Raising Angel Capital. Angel networks are the source of the majority of this funding. These groups are comprised of high net worth individuals who meet -- formally or informally -- to vet and discuss deals and learn about the best new business opportunities.

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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

Both Sides of the Table

To grow faster businesses need resources in today’s financial period to fund growth that may not come for 6 months to a year. You have to understand whether they’re likely to yield revenue growth in the near term OR whether you have access to cheap enough capital to fund your losses until your investments pay off.

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What Should You Do with Your Crappy Little Services Business?

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A great recent example of this was a successful group of entrepreneurs who had created a company that will do $10-12 million in revenue at their system integration business (read: services business) in 2011 after having done $5 million or so in 2010 and $2-3 million in 2009. In fact, that’s all that I fund as a VC.

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What’s the Real Deal with AngelList?

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An investor called the founder, spoke for 30 minutes on the phone and committed to funding having never met the team. Far from being a waste of time, the fund-raising process introduces you to a lot of experienced entrepreneurs & VCs who will offer opinions on your business & approach. I’m sorry, but that’s dumb.

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TechStar Co-Founder @BFeld: Are We Experiencing A Startup Accelerator Bubble?

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By mid-2011 he noted, “As seed accelerators have exploded in number world-wide, it’s become nearly impossible to keep this (Google Doc) working.” “The goal of an accelerator is to get companies funded with seed financing. That said, is a two or three or year program that goes away…a net negative?

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amSTATZ Social Network For Fitness Gurus, Athletes & Events | Interview With Founder

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Founded in the summer of 2011 and their first product out a few weeks ago amSTATS wants to help users to follow fitness events and programs near them and find a great fitness trainer to help them stay fit. Have you raised any funding yet? Our team is very well-rounded, so we don’t worry too much about the competition.