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Crowd Funding Has Not Killed Angel Investing Yet

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New crowd funding platforms on the Internet, like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo , as well as the Jobs Act of 2012 , are expected by many to ramp up regular people’s ability to fund new opportunities and kill the need for angel groups. billion collected in 2012. I just don’t see it happening any time soon.

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Feel Lost On LinkedIn? ExploreB2B Wants To help You Network With People Of Your Profession

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The English/International version of the platform was launched in January 2012. Our headquarters are in Berlin, but we have platform users from all corners of the world. The result was a social platform especially built to serve the needs of Business-to-Business interaction and networking. Who are its founders?

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The Future of Couponing | How Social-Local-Mobile has Changed the Game

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Due to the combination of these factors, marketers began to more heavily fund digital platforms. Statistics from 2008 show that digital couponing has rapidly grown but has yet to outpace paper coupons. But what Groupon (and Living Social’s) platforms have revealed is the social nature of contemporary couponing.

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Angel Investors Are Still The Lifeblood Of Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

New crowd funding platforms on the Internet, like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo , as well as the Jobs Act of 2012 , are expected by many to ramp up regular people’s ability to fund new opportunities and kill the need for angel groups. I just don’t see it happening any time soon. Neither does David S. billion collected in 2014.

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