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Startups With Real Revenue Can Get Venture Capital

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I just read the Q1 2011 report from CB Insights , which shows venture capital is back. Back to VCs, Silicon Valley venture capital firms are still the most active. So what can you do to get to the head of the venture capital investment queue? Overall, investors put $7.5 billion to work across 738 financing deals with U.S.

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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

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Or read the quick, informative summary below the image! Matt was one of my inspirations behind Launchpad LA (yes, we’re going to have a program in 2011 – news very, very soon). What better than to have capital from somebody who has actually done it in the trenches? Here’s a summary of our interview.

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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

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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. Exec Summary: Most companies (98+%) in the world (even tech startups) should be very profit focused. Internet scale.

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More Startups are Getting Less Venture Capital

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billion invested during the same three-month period in 2009, according to the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). Overall, venture capital investment fell in the United States last year but rose elsewhere. Hone your executive summary. Tags: entrepreneur startups investors venture capital business. Marty Zwilling.

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Bevy is Emerging as a Leader in Software for Building Virtual Communities???with $15 million to?

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with $15 million to Prove It The venture capital world has started firing up a few cylinders again and looking for businesses that it believes will help us all succeed in ways that resonate with new ways of working as we begin to return to work. Bevy is Emerging as a Leader in Software for Building Virtual Communities?—?with

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Going to Raise VC? Here’s a Primer on Process, People, Deck

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If you want a very quick primer on all the stuff nobody ever tells you about raising venture capital check out this video where Mark Jeffrey & I break it down on This Week in VC. A summary of what we discussed is below: Not 100% in order of the video, but close. Do you really still need a Powerpoint deck in 2011?