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All Markets Are Not Created Equal: 10 Factors To Consider When Evaluating Digital Marketplaces

abovethecrowd.com

Entrepreneurs accurately recognize that the connective tissue of the Internet provides an opportunity to link the players in a particular market, reducing friction in both the buying and selling experience. Aggregating suppliers is a necessary, but insufficient step on its own. You must also organically aggregate demand.

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Visit to Case Foundation and Startup America

David Teten

They do that by aggregating America’s startups, providing them with pro bono services, and promoting regional ecosystem development. From 1970 to 2009, nearly all new net job creation (44m jobs) came from young companies (not small, and not large, but young). • Aggregate America’s startups. in aggregate commitments.

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Lean vs Fat Startups: The Disrupt Debate

Venture Chronicles

This is the “tastes great, less filling&# debate that recurs on a regular basis in the venture capital and entrepreneur communities. I’d be willing to bet that more investors lose a great amount of aggregate capital here than at any other stage. If you raise $10m for a company that is valued at $3.5m

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Entrepreneurs Need to Find the Best ‘Curators’

Startup Professionals Musings

Every entrepreneur is flooded with information from all directions, but despite their best efforts to absorb it, they likely miss the information really needed to start a business. and books for entrepreneurs like “Think and Grow Rich.” These are both experienced entrepreneurs and angel investors. Lessons Learned , by Eric Ries.

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Investor Nomenclature and the Venture Spiral

K9 Ventures

In my view the terminology being used for early stage investors by the press and the media is not as clear as it should be. I’ve talked about this on several occasions when I’ve been at conference and on panels, but I figured it would make sense to do a post explaining my taxonomy of the early-stage investing world.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Small investment firms often have interns and entrepreneurs in residence passing through, each of which is a security risk. Chris Dixon, Partner, A16Z, observes , “Success in VC is probably 10% about picking, and 90% about sourcing the right deals and having entrepreneurs choose your firm as a partner”. 2) Market .

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Is crowdfunding legal?

Startup Company Lawyer

Despite the buzz among entrepreneur communities, various restrictions may make crowdfunding impractical for companies raising money and the intermediaries that facilitate the process. In 2005, Kiva launched a micro-finance platform that allows people to lend small amounts of money to entrepreneurs in developing areas.

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