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Find an Angel Investor, Without Going Through Hell

Startup Professionals Musings

This one claims to be the world’s largest angel investor network, with 850 accredited investor members throughout twenty one chapters on three continents. New England Investment Network. So get out there and network today, and you can be one of the lucky ones who is touched by an angel without having to go through hell first.

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Is a Venture Studio Right for You?

Steve Blank

Accelerators provide these teams with technical and business expertise and connect them to a network of other founders and advisors. In both North America and Europe, many venture studios in non-major cities are funded by government agencies to stimulate local growth, at times with matching donations from companies.

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Unlocking North American Growth: Expanding Your Startup into Canada and Mexico

The Startup Magazine

For entrepreneurs looking to scale in North America, Canada and Mexico present exceptional opportunities. The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union also allows startups to expand beyond North America.

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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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The challenge facing Bitcoin start-ups

Version One Ventures

it is not quite clear what problem Bitcoin solves for the North American consumer wanting to buy something online or in a store (credit cards actually work very well in this case), partly due to the strong existing network effects of current payment systems. This is partly due to the fact that.

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We are Adding a Principal to Our Investment Team

View from Seed

You have a strong network in the NYC startup ecosystem that is additive to our team. You have an edge in the highly competitive world of early stage investing that comes from some combination of your experience, industry knowledge, and personal network. You have an authentic passion for startups and a deep respect for entrepreneurship.

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The NextView Ventures Manifesto

View from Seed

Because of this, we are a multi-geography firm, and will invest in all the core innovation centers in North America. Indeed, this trend is happening across the world, but for now, we are primarily focused on North America. Belief #4: The Best Way to Spot Outliers is to be Thematic.