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Surviving 2016 as a seed stage startup: Don’t batten down the hatches but take an umbrella.

Hippoland

The IPO markets have been tough, and late stage investors are realizing their unicorns actually are just My Little Ponies in a Halloween costume. 2) Angel investors will reduce their seed investments. In polling several angel investors, the general feeling is that angels will also be parring back on their startup investments.

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My story and support for the Founders Visa

K9 Ventures

I came to the United States in 1992 at the age of 17 (so there, now you know exactly how old I am!) I was bootstrapping the company and started with $5,000 that I had saved up from a prior summer internship. I figured I would share some of the background of this story here, as it may help make a case for the Founders Visa movement.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

When youve bootstrapped a business where youre not drawing a salary and depleting whatever savings you have, thats one of the very difficult things to do," says Toby Stuart, a professor at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. 1992 Recommendations. 176 Recommendations. ” - Karl Wright.