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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Cojones (7/11)

Both Sides of the Table

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. I didn’t negotiate hard on carried interest. Servers, databases, bandwidth – they’re all virtual now. You have kids, a mortgage, MBA debt? Not my problem.

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Why LP’s Passed on Seed Funds 10 Years Ago (And What’s Happened Since)

View from Seed

Our response was that we were motivated to focus on seed because 1) this is what we enjoy, care about, and are good at and 2) we’re going to make money on carried interest and this was the best way to get there. From an industry standpoint, I think this have turned out to be only partially true.

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Subprime Credit Levels & How They Affect Loan Interest Rates

YoungUpstarts

Your credit standing is one major factor lenders consider when evaluating your application, whether you’re trying to get a credit card, finance a car, take out a personal loan or finance a home. Consequences of Having Subprime Credit.

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What’s the Difference? Venture Capitalist vs. Angel Investor

The Startup Magazine

An article in Forbes explains that a venture capital firm makes its money through management fees (a percentage of the amount of capital that they have under management) and carried interest (a percentage of the profits of the business). Small business loans and crowdfunding will also finance a start-up business.

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Group Finance Director

Transformify

The successful candidate must be a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with experience in a lead finance role within a start-up environment, preferably within the Technology or Fintech sectors.

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The VC Shakeout: Are We There Yet?

Agile VC

The IPO market remained closed to IT startups, but there were big acquisitions like Google buying YouTube for $1.65B (Fall 2006) and late stage financing rounds for companies like Facebook (Microsoft round at $15B valuation in Fall 2007). Kevin Rose was on the cover of BusinessWeek. So at a fund level (e.g.

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Obama proposes no capital gains tax on qualified small business stock

Startup Company Lawyer

The budget proposal is wide ranging, and includes, for example, proposed changes with respect to the taxation of “carried interests&# in partnerships, as well as sweeping reform of the international tax area. This week, the Obama Administration released the first comprehensive summary of its budget proposal.