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Don’t just raise money. Do it on good news!

Berkonomics

Because the first rule for raising money is to do it on good news – right when sales are increasing at an accelerating rate. What if you have no good news to offer? Unfortunately, the longer you wait without significant upward news, the harder it is to get attention. Where to look if you just don’t have any good news?

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The top 10 cities for $100M VC rounds in 2018 so far

TechCrunch LA

Jason Rowley is a venture capital and technology reporter for Crunchbase News. The SaaS VC gap: China & other markets trail the US. Early-stage SaaS VC slip snaps recovery as public software stocks soar. Crunchbase News recently profiled a selection of U.S. Contributor. More posts by this contributor.

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What Mattered in 2012: Howard Marks, StartEngine

socalTECH

What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year? I think that the biggest news for StartEngine this year is our productivity. Definitely Software as a Service (SAAS). SAAS is here to stay. Howard Marks is co-founder of Activision , and head of Los Angeles-based startup accelerator StartEngine.

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How This Startup Turned An April Fools Joke Into Customers

InfoChachkie

As noted in Hacking Hacker News , the company previously dominated the mindshare of the web development community by facilitating the spread of a random posting on Hacker News. Similar to their prior guerilla-marketing stunt, their April Fool''s Day posting topped Hacker News. We didn''t ask people to tweet it, they just did.

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Virtual Tech Happy Hour

SoCal Tech Calendar

Tech Ecosystem Updates on startup fundings and major news; Expert Discussion and QandA Hiring and Getting Hired During a Global Pandemic. In conversation with Career and Culture Whisperers: Kurt Daradics, GM @ Hunt Club, Steve Taylor, National SaaS Practice Lead @ Trinet See [link] (more) Startup Coil. The State of the L.A.

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Should Startups Incubate, Accelerate, Cohabitate or Stay In Mom’s Basement?

InfoChachkie

The good news for entrepreneurs is that there have never been more office space options for early stage companies. The bad news is that it is often difficult to determine which of these alternatives is ideal, since the definition of "ideal" changes as your venture matures.

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What Makes an Entrepreneur (4/11) – Resiliency

Both Sides of the Table

Your competitors just announced positive news. I called the top management team of BuildOnline to get together for an “all hands&# meeting at a nearby pub (we were in England after all) and told them the news. That next round of investment is proving difficult. Customers are harder to sign than you want. But we did $2.1