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10 Reasons To Start A Company In An Economic Downturn

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As Guy Kawasaki pointed out in our recent conversation , “…it is cheaper than ever to start a company. Marketing is free or cheap because of social media. If there was ever a time to start a company, this is it.”. Ten Reasons To Startup In A Downturn. People are free or cheap because of the recession.

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What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common

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When the masses start all running one way without questioning “why? &# – and when it defies any logic I can figure out in my head – I call bullshit. While many of my friends bragged about their 5 condos in Florida I kept talking about how the real estate market was in a bubble – their gains an illusion.

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The Great VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) – Part 1 of 3

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When venture capitalists scale back investing activities it can be very swift and leave many companies that are in the process of fund raising hung out to dry. But any entrepreneurs raising capital should keep in mind that this opening of the markets could possibly be temporary. Why did the VC markets freeze so quickly?

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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There are obvious reasons the industry has had less-than-desirable returns, including: massive over-funding of the sector, huge increases in inexperienced venture capitalists that took a decade to peter out, and the massive correction in the value of the public stock markets that closed many exit opportunities for half a decade.