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Groupon's S-1: From Zero to Like? Billions in 30 Months ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

It also puts another chink in the armor of the meme that monster internet companies can only be built in Silicon Valley (LivingSocial, Kayak, Gilt Groupe, CSN Stores, et al doing damage here too). Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $713M. Author howerl. Read More ».

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5 Flocks Of Investors Looking For An Enticing Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. As an entrepreneur, you simply use their investor search engine to find appropriate investors for your business according to location, industry interest, and other relevant criteria. Here are the largest flocks: Gust (formerly AngelSoft). AngelList.

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Resources to Find Angel Funding

Business Plan Blog

Are you a first time entrepreneur and looking for angel funding for your startup? With the internet access available almost everywhere finding an investor, nowadays, is just a Google search away. It is important to get involved with different startup networks, conferences, and competitions. Resource Guide To find Angels.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

But in 2012 a visit to any major college in America will show you the massive increase in aspirations of our young talent to become the next Mark Zuckerberg and build a future Facebook. The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years.

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Inspiring Entrepreneurs: Ted Livingston’s rollercoaster ride as CEO of hit messaging startup Kik

The Next Web

We’re taking a slightly different approach to our second feature in the Inspiring Entrepreneurs series. Kik Chat had been a bit of a complicated service, offering both free SMS when a user’s phone was offline, and free Internet-based messages when they were online. It was a hit. This post is brought to you by Lenovo Inspire Me.

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Finding The Right Angel Investor For Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. As an entrepreneur, you simply use their investor search engine to find appropriate investors for your business according to location, industry interest, and other relevant criteria. Here are the largest flocks: Gust (formerly AngelSoft). AngelList.

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A Rake Too Far: Optimal Platform Pricing Strategy

abovethecrowd.com

Many Internet marketplaces also have a rake or vig. Before discussing the merits of low rakes versus high rakes, let us first take a look at current examples of different rakes across the Internet. All of which leads us to two very interesting rake examples that are front and center in today’s Internet – Facebook and Apple.

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