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The Shift from FOMO to FOLD in Early Stage Investing

View from Seed

This is unfortunately a net negative for the ecosystem, as it will be tougher for first time founders and underrepresented minorities to get capital in this environment. With greater perceived risk to follow-on financing rounds, having a co-investor that can share the load of a second seed or a small series B round will be more attractive.

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The Difference Between Innovators and Entrepreneurs

Steve Blank

Building a company takes very different skills than building a neural net in Python or decentralized blockchain apps in Ethereum. It does mean that success in building a company that scales depends on finding product/market fit, enough customers, enough financing, enough great employees, distribution channels, etc. Lessons Learned.

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6 New Venture Realities To Target Your Funding Effort

Startup Professionals Musings

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). Rose, according to his classic book, “ Angel Investing.”

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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Cojones (7/11)

Both Sides of the Table

Partners in VC funds only wanted to fund entrepreneurs who had a certain percentage of their net worth tied up in their venture. VCs don’t have the same net worth litmus test and great entrepreneurs have a ton of sources for seed money to get financed very early. That’s hard core. You have kids, a mortgage, MBA debt?

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Crowd Funding Has Not Killed Angel Investing Yet

Startup Professionals Musings

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). billion collected in 2012. Compliance is definitely a regulatory burden, and could become a nightmare.

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What’s Really Going on in the VC Industry? What Does it Mean for Startups?

Both Sides of the Table

LP’s who invest in funds are typically university endowments, public & private pension funds, insurance companies, large corporations and very high net worth individuals called “family offices.&# To give you an indication of how bad, for example, university endowments are suffering check out this chart.

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How to Wisely Utilize Debt for Business Expansion

The Startup Magazine

Equipment Financing: Leveraging Assets for Growth Equipment financing allows businesses to purchase or lease equipment needed for expansion without tying up capital or resorting to large upfront payments. It compares a company’s net operating income to its debt payments, providing insight into its repayment capacity.

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