YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2014

In 2013 the funding landscape changed with the JOBS act. And finally, in Darwinian fashion, competition for market share amongst the venture capitalists as a result of increased numbers of angel investment syndicates will clear the decks of the low-value add venture capital dollars. Now, how do we become successful founders?

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Entrepreneur Startup Non-Compete Balance Sheet 210

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

According to Nielsen, YouTube reaches more US adults ages 18-34 than any cable network as of mid-2013. As of March 2013, one billion, (B!), One more thing to ponder… One hundred hours of video is uploaded into YouTube every single minute, as of May 2013. Tap into YouTube Community / Media Platform. How cool is that!

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Version One Ventures

APRIL 8, 2014

Look across virtually any industry and you’ll see great examples where traditional spaces are being disrupted by software, access to data, and massive online communities. Mattermark was launched in the Fall 2013 and is led by Danielle Morrill , Kevin Morrill , and Andy Sparks. Image via CrunchBase. Today, the boom of information (i.e.

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Venture Capital Vertical Curation SEC 160

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2016

After two years of a dedicated experiment, we’ve decided to stop making new investments via our FG Angels Syndicate. The Monday after AngelList announced their Syndicate product in September 2013 we decided to to jump in with both feet and start FG Angels. Average syndicate investment amount per deal: $316k.

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Syndicate Syndication Angel Investor Portfolio 70

Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 10, 2013

I reached out to the entrepreneurial community, and they shared the business trends to avoid this year: 1. Thanks to Kenny Jahng , Big Click Syndicate LLC. Further more, over 9,000 of the 44,000+ projects on Kickstarter raised $0 as of January 2, 2013. The Rule Of Thumb. The rule of thumb here is to employ patience.

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 24, 2018

I reached out to the entrepreneurial community, and they shared the business trends to avoid this year: 1. Thanks to Kenny Jahng , Big Click Syndicate LLC. Further more, over 9,000 of the 44,000+ projects on Kickstarter raised $0 as of January 2, 2013. The Rule Of Thumb. The rule of thumb here is to employ patience.

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Viral Social Media LLC Mobile 126

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

In 2013 Mazda started installing Stitcher – the second most popular podcast aggregator – in the actual dashboards of their cars. Grow a 100-person Elite Mastermind community. LeadPages , which provides SaaS for building conversion optimized and mobile responsive landing pages, decided in late 2013 that it was time.

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