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What Future for Accelerators?

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and I thought if we brought the community together for common purpose we could create more of a sense of community to help new entrepreneurs get funded, assemble teams, raise profiles and help with biz dev, product, etc. By 2011 the market had started to change dramatically. We announced Fund I in 2011. So we went for it.

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K5 Brings yCombinator Model Accelerator To Orange and San Diego County

Tech Zulu Event

Accepted applicants will not only be eligible for a pre-seed fund up to $25K to begin developing a prototype, they will also be guided through the process of building a lean company during K5Launch. Date : Nov 9, 2011 – 5:30-8:30pm. SoCal is home to some of the greatest startup success stories. Costa Mesa, CA 92626.

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K5 Brings yCombinator Model Accelerator To Orange and San Diego County

Tech Zulu Event

Accepted applicants will not only be eligible for a pre-seed fund up to $25K to begin developing a prototype, they will also be guided through the process of building a lean company during K5Launch. Date : Nov 9, 2011 – 5:30-8:30pm. SoCal is home to some of the greatest startup success stories. Costa Mesa, CA 92626.

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BloomNation's Goal To Empower Your Local Florist, And Improve Flower Delivery

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The startup--which is part of MuckerLab--landed a seed funding round last week, so we thought we''d catch up with founder and CEO Farbod Shoraka to dig deeper into the company''s goals and service. Farbod Shoraka: We started out in the summer of 2011. What is BloomNation? How long has the service been available?

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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There are obvious reasons the industry has had less-than-desirable returns, including: massive over-funding of the sector, huge increases in inexperienced venture capitalists that took a decade to peter out, and the massive correction in the value of the public stock markets that closed many exit opportunities for half a decade.

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US Economic Risks (Sept 2010): Impact on Investors & Entrepreneurs

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So I agreed to offer my current thinking on the economy and what it portends for the VC industry & fund raising for entrepreneurs. I heard an entrepreneur last Friday tell me that after he appeared on AngelList he had a funding frenzy with one investor whom he had never met offering to fund him after just 15 minutes on the phone.