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ProfessorVC: Crowdfunding - Good Idea or Really, Really Stupid.

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My skeptical side assumes that the intermediaries are the only ones that will make money in aggregate on these deals. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Steve Bennet. Yes, although I haven't examined any of these in detail. 7.5 - 10.5% April 12, 2012 6:15 PM. Daniel Sisson.

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ProfessorVC: Touched by an Angel

Professor VC

While currently free to angel groups, their business model revolves around aggregating the angel investment data. If my math is correct, this is approximately a 31% IRR, which has to beat individual angel investments on aggregate and venture capital returns over the period of the study (1990-2007). return on investment after 3.5

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25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time

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Between the worse data aggregation method and the much higher amount of work Wesabe made you do, it was far easier to have a good experience on Mint , and that good experience came far more quickly. Title: Burn Rate: How I Survived the Gold Rush Years on the Internet. Post-Mortem Title : Why Wesabe Lost to Mint.

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ProfessorVC: Are DEMO's days numbered?

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Bump.com is a social network based on license plate numbers as the identifier. A check-in aggregation platform. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bump - These guys got my vote for the Peoples Choice. TuneUp - iTunes plug-in that cleans up your music library.