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A Chat With Kelly Perdew: Moonshots Capital And Its First Dedicated Fund

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In 2014, a West Point buddy of mine, and also a serial entrepreneur, Craig Cummings started working together to find entrepreneurs we liked, to help them an invest in them, along with Luis Villalobos of the Tech Coast Angels. We deployed a little over $10 million from the syndicate since 2014. That was the umbrella.

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10 Reasons For Joining The New Startup Wave Now

Startup Professionals Musings

The rate of new entrepreneurs increased about 10 percent, from 280 out of 100,000 adults in the 2014 Startup Activity Index, to 310 out of 100,000 adults in the 2015 Index. 275 IPOs were completed in 2014, topping the 2013 total of 222 by more than 23%. Startup incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere.

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Meet the Investors & Tech Leaders Judging at Startup Night SXSW 2018

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Lisha is a member of Pipeline Angels , a social impact angel investing group focused on women and non-binary femmes, and serves as the Deal Flow lead. At NextGen Venture Partners, Ashley discovers and vets potential investments. Joanne was an angel investor for two years at Hyde Park Angels prior to joining Foundation Capital in 2014.

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Venture capitalists ‘like and subscribe’ to influencers

TechCrunch LA

We are in phase three of the influencer economy,” Bain Capital Ventures senior principal Jamison Hill, who led the firm’s investment in the influencer shoutout marketplace Cameo , tells TechCrunch. 2020 will be a watershed year for investment in businesses around the creator economy,” Neil Robertson tells TechCrunch.

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A New Era For Entrepreneurs And Startups Has Begun

Startup Professionals Musings

I can remember when creating a web site for eCommerce could easily require a million dollar investment. Now you can create a web site for almost nothing - and be on your way with your latest invention or personal services. Startup incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere. It’s not too late to start. Marty Zwilling.

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500 Startups Presents Bitcoinference

Tech Zulu Event

In light of a less than savory PR landscape, I saw this event to be an important call to attention to the developements towards the Bitcoin industry for 2014, as well as geographically important gathering of minds and enthusiasts in the space. Adam Draper – Of Boost VC, an SF Incubator/Accelerator. Getting Things Started.

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This Philanthropist Is Winning Skirmishes With Poverty By Tapping Into An Inner City’s Entrepreneurial Spirit

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It performs "due diligence" before it makes "investments" and it measures results as a "return on its investment.". ABC has even created an incubator-style program in which startup non-profits compete for $100,000 in seed funding. Second, our “investment” in a nonprofit goes well beyond just dollars. JG: I love it!