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5 Startup Funding Models That Depend On The Consumer

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet as I mentor entrepreneurs around the country, crowdfunding still seems to be one of the least understood approaches to startup funding, with more myths than accredited angels and professional venture capital investors combined. As a summary, crowdfunding today can mean any one of the following five quite different models: Rewards model.

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Once again: Is it the jockey or the horse?

Berkonomics

If you are looking for money, this question will certainly come up in one form or another when you approach professional or organized angel or VC investors. What if you were the investor and someone walked into your office handing you a business plan executive summary that floored you with its brilliance? This is serious stuff.

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Once again: Is it the jockey or the horse?

Berkonomics

If you are looking for money, this question will certainly come up in one form or another when you approach professional or organized angel or VC investors. What if you were the investor and someone walked into your office handing you a business plan executive summary that floored you with its brilliance? This is serious stuff.

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Is it the jockey or the horse?

Berkonomics

What if you were the investor and someone walked into your office handing you a business plan executive summary that floored you with its brilliance? Would you, as an investor, plow money into the plan and help to incubate the idea into a real enterprise? This is serious stuff.

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Friday Tech Video Roundup for November 16th, 2012

socalTECH

Peter Pham, of Los Angeles technology studio/incubator Science Inc., Los Angeles MiniTime debuted its service this week to help families find reviews and information for their family vacation. with Mario Andretti. apparently likes not just his startups to move fast, but also his cars. Introducing the PublishThis Content Cloud.

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Interview: Naval Ravikant, Co-Founder AngelList and Co-Maintainer Venture Hacks

InfoChachkie

What follows is a summary which paraphrases Naval’s responses. Late last year, there were more high-quality, seed-stage startups in New York than there was an Angel community to support them.”. I recommend you first review Dharmesh’s article and then listen to Naval’s thoughts. For his exact quotes, watch the video.

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Streamlining The Sports Recruiting Process with FieldLevel

socalTECH

That''s what Los Angeles-based FieldLevel (www.fieldlevel.com) has been working on, making it easier for coaches to network and exchange information on athletes. Form there, we got interest from incubators, angel investors, and venture capital. When they''re in there, they put in a summary of an athlete.

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