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How To Become a VC

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All you need do to become an Angel is identify a promising venture and write a check. An effective way to associate yourself with high-caliber members of your startup community is to lend your gratis support to a venture accelerator or incubator. According to the NVCA, only 45 first-time funds were launched in 2011.

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

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VCs have also gone back to writing checks because as an industry we can’t be seen as “sitting on the sidelines” for years at a time. While he is publicly saying that he expects a modestly improved economy in 2011 , it’s hard to be too sanguine when you look at the data. VCs get paid to “put money to work.&#.