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VCs, celebrities, and athletes are writing a new LA story to bring women’s soccer to the city

TechCrunch LA

But it was in 2015 when she took her family to see the Women’s World Cup in Vancouver that Nortman’s private passion for soccer began to turn into a more public search to bring more attention to the sport — and the women who play it. “I was like… ‘Hey! Image Credits: Angel City.

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5 Ways Crowdfunding Is Not A Panacea For New Ventures

Startup Professionals Musings

Stegmaier recommends that you start by writing a regular blog, joining a few related campaigns, building a high-quality video, and completing up to a hundred additional lessons before you even launch your own project. Startups need to build a large passionate group of fans before the campaign.

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Grants May Be Free, But They Do Come at a Price

Startup Professionals Musings

Every investor in your startup, even friends and family, normally expects a share of your company (equity), which means your return for all your effort goes down quickly. This is at least double the time required for most equity investments, and may be a delay you can’t afford in keeping up with the market and your competitors.

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What Most People Don’t Understand About How Startup Companies are Valued

Both Sides of the Table

Brad was openly writing about this and it felt like he was giving the VC playbook away for free! We write about $40 million of first-checks into new deals / year and about $40 million of follow-on investments. In 2015 in the US there were $77 billion written into startup tech companies. But let me be even more clear. The result?

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5 Priorities Before You Bypass Professional Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Stegmaier recommends that you start by writing a regular blog, joining a few related campaigns, building a high-quality video, and completing up to a hundred additional lessons before you even launch your own project. Startups need to build a large passionate group of fans before the campaign.

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Some Thoughts on Leadership Going into 2016

Both Sides of the Table

You don’t have unlimited equity to dole out. ” They prefer to sit in front of a computer doing spreadsheets or coding or writing emails and working on marketing materials than they do investing time in human relationships. I wanted to just write. I like writing. You can’t make everybody an SVP.

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7 Critical Questions Before You Become an Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

That’s why I believe the process of writing down your plan is more valuable than the result. There are always non-cash alternatives, such as recruiting partners with equity and bartering services. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 3/6/2015. Have you mapped out a complete plan? Money is not a substitute.