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Boston’s WebInno Is Now BIG

Genuine VC

Now Boston’s largest regular tech conference, every few months it draws hundreds of attendees from the entrepreneurial ecosystem – including founders, software engineers, startup executives, and investors. Accelerators, incubators, and co-working spaces have proliferated in Cambridge and Boston.

Boston 100
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Seeking CEO+team for VC-backed startup: Make America Functional Again

David Teten

We agree that upon raising capital, each team member will earn $X, perhaps with an automatic bump to $Y upon achieving agreed-upon milestones. See Should you co-found a company with your friend? We build a basic deck together and ideally a simple demo. And how do you split the equity? This work is unpaid. We’re off to the races!

America 60
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Seeking CEO+team for VC-backed startup: Make America Functional Again

David Teten

We agree that upon raising capital, each team member will earn $X, perhaps with an automatic bump to $Y upon achieving agreed-upon milestones. See Should you co-found a company with your friend? My role will depend on team composition, but most likely, your team has the great majority of equity and I’m a non-employee cofounder. .

America 60
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What Future for Accelerators?

Both Sides of the Table

I had witnessed a number of early-stage tech startups in LA raise seed capital from the Bay Area and relocate. You can see Zach James & Rich Raddon who are standing next to a demo table pitching a small, yet-to-be-funded company called MovieClips – now the powerhouse ZEFR. Demo’d to death.

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Essential Startup Funding Tips from 8 Seasoned Investors

mashable.com

For the first-time entrepreneur or founder looking for seed stage funding, this circle can be especially difficult to penetrate. Mashable Mashable reached out to angels, seed stage investors and VC firm partners and asked them to share their wisdom with the rest of us.

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What it’s like to start your own startup accelerator

The Next Web

At their heart, seed accelerators are defined length programs (usually 3 months) where early stage startups are provided seed capital, mentorship, co-working space (though not always) and other services in the hope of removing the barriers to startup success… or failure.

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What Angels Look For In a Pitch Deck

Business Plan Blog

You may have the next Steve Jobs as your co-founder, but it is important that every team member is completely dedicated and delivering. Do I need to bring my product or demo? Your product or demo should be shown when you explain the problem and start explaining the solution. Problem definition. Competition. The Problem.