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[Interview] Patrick Mackaronis, Director Of Business Development At Brabble

YoungUpstarts

You might say that Pat Mackaronis has never not been an entrepreneur. He got an early start as an entrepreneur at the age of 12 when he used to live near a golf course and would gather up lost golf balls from the players in the trees, ponds and lakes. All parts of what is vital in a business plan.

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The State of Gaming in 2022

VC Cafe

At Remagine Ventures we invested in Sneaky Panda , a mobile gaming studio founded by serial gaming entrepreneurs pioneering a new genre – Luck Puzzler. Private financing market continued to see strong deal activity with $3.6B in total financings in Q2, surpassing Q1 total through 169 deals. The rise of Blockchain gaming.

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Three Startup Financing Myths You Should Avoid

YoungUpstarts

If you are building a startup, you’ll find no shortage of people who are willing to give you advice, particularly when it comes to raising financing. Like Jerry Yang who started Yahoo, as investors we are looking for entrepreneurs who are obsessed with a new technology. Myth #2: Talk to As Many Investors As You Can.

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How to Have a Smarter VC Strategy

Austin Startup

Consider convertible debt Before diving into a seed round, you may want to consider convertible debt over equity financing. Find extra value in “smart” money Many early stage companies seek out money wherever they can find it, often from dozens of angel investors, and worry about attracting more strategic investors down the line.

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More Tech Startups are LLCs

Austin Startup

C-Corp largely because (i) VCs have historically favored C-Corps for nuanced tax and other reasons, and (ii) virtually all of the standardized legal infrastructure around startup finance and equity compensation assumes a C-Corp. Profitability is now a serious consideration among tech entrepreneurs. However, times are changing.

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This Week in VC: Michael Montgomery (President, Montgomery & Co.)

Both Sides of the Table

For entrepreneurs who want to learn about how to work with investment banks, how to position yourself to be acquired and what the IPO markets look like this is the episode to watch. They have relationships that are hard for entrepreneurs to build. Venture Financing. We also discussed the following deals of the week.

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How to deal with the Series A crunch

Version One Ventures

Seed financing grew from 89 fundings in Q1 2009 to more than 500 in Q3 2012. That means there are a lot more seeded startups out there: an excess demand for a limited supply of Series A financings. I recently had lunch with an entrepreneur who asked what he should do. Do your homework on potential investors.

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