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Now Any Accredited Investor Can Invest in Texas Startups with Capital Factory and AngelList

Austin Startup

The Capital Factory Texas Fund is backed by many of the most successful CEOs and technology investors in Texas and across the U.S., Capital Factory has partnered with AngelList Rolling Funds to better meet the needs of today’s investors.

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What Makes a Great Independent Board Member?

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While it’s true that they are investing LP money from a fund, it’s also true that the VCs are required to write large checks into their funds so every time they do a “capital call” (request money from an LP to fund you) they are also having to wire their own money into the deal. VCs most certainly do have skin in the game.

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Are Business Plans Still Necessary?

Both Sides of the Table

Many of these businesses were what First Round Capital called FNACs (features, not companies – this acronym has always stuck with me). I’m not even talking about your 12-page Powerpoint presentation that you need to raise venture capital or to talk with potential biz dev partners. portfolios.

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11 Things I've learned from running a micro VC in the last year

Hippoland

It’s been about a year since I started working on Hustle Fund with my business partner Eric Bahn. I enjoy learning about new technologies and ideas – and you get to see a lot of them in this business especially in early stage investing. 3c) You also will make General Partner contributions to your fund.

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11 Things I've learned from running a micro VC in the last year

Hippoland

It’s been about a year since I started working on Hustle Fund with my business partner Eric Bahn. I enjoy learning about new technologies and ideas – and you get to see a lot of them in this business especially in early stage investing. 3c) You also will make General Partner contributions to your fund.

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Why Was Winter in Venture Capital Funding so Short?

Both Sides of the Table

While the M&A story has been widely reported perhaps far fewer people know that Limited Partners (LPs), the people who fund VC firms, have finally been able to restock their coffers in the past 4 years with significantly more money coming to them in distributions than capital calls to fund VC firm investments.

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Why Co-Founders Are a Startup's Biggest Liability | The Startup Lawyer

thestartuplawyer.com

About the Author Ryan Roberts is a startup lawyer and represents technology companies through all phases of the startup process, including incorporation, seed & venture financings, and exit transactions. He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder. Click here to learn more about his practice.