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How This Entrepreneur Raised $28,000 Using Airbnb to Fund Her Startup

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She actually IS the prototypical entrepreneur. But Tracy did what entrepreneurs do. In one year of Airbnb Tracy netted more than $28,000. Sam is the managing director of Launchpad LA and we were about to pick our 2012 class of entrepreneurs. More on that later. That may soon change. She never gave up.

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What’s the minimum information to give your investors?

Berkonomics

On the other side, entrepreneurs and CEO’s usually have a natural fear of giving too much information to us investors after the initial investment is received. This could include the need for audited financials, monthly financial and narrative reporting and more. Requirements created by investment documents.

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Entrepreneurs Need Experience More Than An MBA

Startup Professionals Musings

In some reputable surveys , as many as two-thirds of entrepreneurs felt that their entrepreneurial spirit was more ingrained than learned, so a specific education level is at least irrelevant. In fact, BusinessWeek reports that roughly 40 percent of the S&P 500 chief executives have MBAs in any given year. Postal Service.

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Upfront Ventures Raised New $280 Million Fund

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I knew eventually people would realize that the Kauffman Report and all the talk of VC returns were rear-view mirror analyses. As I like to say when asked, “For entrepreneurs you generally need to go to 2-3 cities max and probably pitch 5-15 investors. Family Offices (of high-net-worth individuals or families).

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Are You an Entrepreneur?

InfoChachkie

Hint: He was an entrepreneur. The same is true of entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship is so highly valued in the Western World that some people try to convince themselves that they are an entrepreneur, when in fact they would be better off at a Big Dumb Company (“BDC”). Entrepreneur Does Not Equal Inventor.

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Don’t Delay Your First Startup to Get an MBA Degree

Startup Professionals Musings

In some reputable surveys , as many as two-thirds of entrepreneurs felt that their entrepreneurial spirit was more ingrained than learned, so a specific education level is at least irrelevant. In fact, BusinessWeek reports that roughly 40 percent of the S&P 500 chief executives have MBAs in any given year. Postal Service.

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What’s Really Going on in the VC Industry? What Does it Mean for Startups?

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LP’s who invest in funds are typically university endowments, public & private pension funds, insurance companies, large corporations and very high net worth individuals called “family offices.&# To give you an indication of how bad, for example, university endowments are suffering check out this chart. VC will shrink.