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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

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So far at the company I have raised seed funds of $500,000 of which $470,000 is still in the bank so I’m in pretty good shape. I started by trying to think I could explain my concept without having to patronize everybody with artificial PowerPoint slides. Slides, please.” Don’t be frazzled … this is just the way it is.

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US Economic Risks (Sept 2010): Impact on Investors & Entrepreneurs

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It eventually closed at 11,204 in April ’10 before sliding back around 10,000 as I sit here and type. In California the primary school education system has cut 10 days from the school year to save jobs. This spells further unemployment, cuts in services and a further retrenchment in middle-class spending and housing prices.