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Last Exit Wall Street: 7 Considerations When Raising Venture Capital

From the Venture Trenches

The recent firing of Groupon’s CEO Andrew Mason is a cautionary tale of the increased scrutiny and heightened expectations that come from accessing increasingly larger amounts of investment capital. Is outside capital really required? So, whether an entrepreneur raises money or not, they have to have a long-term vision.

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VC Confessions: We Passed On Twilio’s Seed Round

InfoChachkie

In the startup world, the former happens when a VC makes a bad investment, and the latter occurs when they miss a great opportunity. In contrast, low-volume, high-conviction investors like Rincon only invests in a handful new companies each year, making it much more costly (in dollars and effort expended) to invest in a loser.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Just Say What it Is

Frank Addante

. ► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. ► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? Zondigo, Inc. Startup 3.0:

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Elements of Sustainable Companies

Frank Addante

. ► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. ► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? Zondigo, Inc. Startup 3.0:

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 3. Virtual Location, Location, Location

Frank Addante

. ► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. ► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? Zondigo, Inc. Startup 3.0:

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Tear Down Your Firewalls

Frank Addante

. ► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. ► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? Zondigo, Inc. Startup 3.0:

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The Startup Guide To SXSW Panel Picking

Tech Zulu Event

Jason Cohen, Capital Thought. Bootstrapping development, team management. . Your Web Developer Thinks You're an Idiot. Bootstrapping development, Startup, Website content. . The PepsiCo10 program in 2010 saw the company team up with Mashable and Highland Capital Partners to. Chris Henry, Behance.

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