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Interview with Fariborz Maseeh, Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition

socalTECH

Mentors outside of the university will come and help the innovators and students who have come up with their new ideas, and help them to convert those into professionally prepared business plans. We hope they'll ues that prize to seed fund and start their company, and see how it goes after that. Who can enter the competition?

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Attention Startup Accelerators: Your Job Is Not Over After Demo Day

InfoChachkie

With top-ranked accelerators Lauchpad LA closing its doors and Y Combinator rebranding itself as a seed fund, it seems fair to ask the question, “Are Accelerators Dead?”. My Forbes co-contributor Geri Stengel concurs that something is happening in the Volunteer State, writing last month about that state’s emerging women entrepreneurs.

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6 Keys To Selecting The Right Business Future For You

Startup Professionals Musings

As a mentor to young aspiring entrepreneurs , I often get asked for tips on a strategy to get started. Don’t be shy about networking for advisors with business experience for coaching and mentoring. Raising money is difficult, even with the best idea, so don’t assume any entitlement to loans, grants, or seed funding.

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

SoCal CTO

We had to write a CRM to keep track of them all. How I Think About Seed Investing As A VC - Feld Thoughts , August 2, 2010 Last week saw an explosion of discussion around seed investing, including plenty of negative comments around VCs as seed investors. The expanding pool of angel, seed, and super seed funds is another.

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Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010

SoCal CTO

Though this was 2000 , and all startup & VC blogs we've grown to love didn't exist yet, I did have mentors available. It’s not that seed investors are smarter – it’s that entrepreneurs are - Chris Dixon , July 5, 2010 Paul Kedrosky recently speculated that there might be seed fund “crash&# looming.

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