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8 Fundraising Deal Breakers Inexperienced Entrepreneurs Routinely Create

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Some of the most common include: Junked-up Capital Table – A hodgepodge of small investors who may cause potential headaches for management and/or institutional investors. As such, remote members in key roles should be prepared to either routinely commute or relocate, once institutional capital is secured. Frictionless Fundraising.

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Chumby Targets Digital Photo Frames

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The firm said that the new reference design--which uses an application processor from Samsung--is available for developers. Chumby is venture backed by Avalon Ventures, JK&B Capital, Masthead Venture Partners, and O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures. The design is based on the Linux operating system. READ MORE>>.

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Deal Hair: Is Your Startup More Like Russell Brand Or Bruce Willis?

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Venture Capital is a game of pattern matching. Bruce Willis deals command hefty valuations, as new injections of capital are typically applied to growing a self-sustaining business, rather than funding an ongoing burn rate. Sales Guy who can package and promote the opportunity, but who has minimal product development capabilities.

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Guerilla Marketing, Brad Feld Style

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Rejecting the paint-by-numbers approach to corporate communications deployed by most marketing executives, Brad has embraced unconventional guerilla marketing tactics to help establish his venture capital firm, Foundry Group, as a thought leader in early-stage tech investing. companies should… focus on building amazing products.

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Make Yourself Irresistible To A Startup

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Even with the upcoming Obama tax hikes, (relatively) favorable tax treatment of capital gains will allow you to retain a greater portion of the wealth you have helped to create. Bringing capital to the adVenture effectively offsets the incremental cost of adding you to the team. In such cases, ask to become an Alpha user.

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Go West Young Men: Winklevoss Twins Buy $18M L.A. Mansion To Dive Into SoCal Tech Scene

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.” The new mansion will reportedly be inhabited mostly by Tyler, who will use it as his home base while launching West Coast operations of the brothers’ new NYC-based venture capital firm , Winklevoss Capital. Powered by Personforce. Latest on TechCrunch TV. Apple sells 5 million iPhones on opening weekend. Privacy Policy.

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From Startup Newsletter To Best Selling Book: How This Entrepreneur Pulled It Off

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Dear Friends, We have no income and no venture capital funding. Our inventory is being financed by companies with names like Chase, Citibank, First USA and Capital One. Yet, without realizing it, John and Kyle had begun to build a community of virtual stakeholders who eventually developed an emotional bond with the company.