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Techstars Launches New Healthcare Accelerator In LA

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The two said they will provide up to $120,000 in funding for each team in the program, which will run for 13 weeks, from March 28th until June 23rd, 2016, taking 6-10 percent of equity in each startup in the program. The new accelerator is being run alongside Cedars-Sinai , and will focus on health and healthcare delivery.

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How Entrepreneurs Can Capitalize On Their Alma Mater

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Most aspiring entrepreneurs look to their alma mater, or any university, as a source of classes that can help them, but neglect to think outside the box or take advantage of all the other resources to be found there. Online or evening entrepreneurship classes for anyone. Get help with grant funding and incubator resources.

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Latest Data Show Venture Capital Industry on Pins and Needles

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Year-to-date annualized investment activity suggests that 2016 will see approximately $74 billion invested in just under 8,000 companies, which would still make it the second-most active year in the past decade, although with a marked deceleration. “Funding gap” with projected 2016 activity. The projected $43.2

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How Well Versed Are You In Startup Investor Jargon?

Startup Professionals Musings

These terms refer to a class of professional investors who invest their own money, like angels, but have the larger resources and scope of venture capitalists with other people’s money. Sweat equity. Equity crowdfunding. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 03/04/2016. Super-angel investors (micro-VCs).

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8 Reasons To Incorporate Your New Company Early

Startup Professionals Musings

An LLC will work just fine for this, but if you know enough to anticipate more than 100 investors or special classes of stock, I recommend incorporating as a Delaware or Nevada C-Corp or S-Corp. Co-founder and equity negotiations work best if you own all the equity. Founder’s stock may be taxed at time of incorporation.

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Making Sense of the Stock Market Drops in Relation to Venture Financing

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If market slumps persist the woes will extend into LPs who will take a wait-and-see approach to investing in VC funds making 2016 an unpleasant year to be raising. Our investors often allocate across different classes (real estate, commodities, public stocks, bonds and private equity – of which VC is a subset).

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