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More Cash for Entrepreneurs, Crowdfunding, and Indiegogo

David Teten

As Steve Case has said, it’s ridiculous that anyone can gamble and be guaranteed to lose money, but there are strict regulations around who can invest in early-stage private companies and earn (in some cases) a 27% IRR on their capital. *. The Entrepreneurs Access to Capital Act helps to redress this.

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Lousy Products Might Break Your Bones – But A Name Will Seldom Hurt You

infochachkie.com

Lousy Products Might Break Your Bones – But A Name Will Seldom Hurt You John Greathouse – Posted in: Entrepreneur , Strategic Planning. With a name like Smucker’s, it has to be good.” I would think that with a name like Smucker’s it has to be a vile disease or possibly a large, poisonous, South American leech.

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ProfessorVC: Would a Dart Board Provide better VC Returns?

Professor VC

Rather than going through their networks or targeting specific sectors for deal flow, they are going to rely on an algorithm to select companies. With 2 or 4 new investments per week that Right Side is projecting, it will be challenging enough to remember the names of the entrepreneurs in their portfolio, let along help build companies.