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What’s Really Going on in the VC Industry? What Does it Mean for Startups?

Both Sides of the Table

So even within the “alternative class&# our LPs are looking at other asset investment choices such as distressed buyout funds, private equity or hedge funds. Then there is a certain size market for A round VCs, B round VCs and growth equity investors willing to put $50 million to work. VC will shrink. Oh yes it will.

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How to Get World Class Experts to Support Your Company

David Teten

I was excited to see that GLG (formerly Gerson Lehrman Group), the industry leader, is now offering a professional network service geared to the needs of the startup community: GLG Share. Like many established finance & media companies, GLG knows that the tech startup sector is a growing part of the economy.

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What Do Startups Need Most Right Now?

ReadWriteStart

For startups, it is the best of times and it is the worst of times. But because there are so many new companies, it’s harder than ever for startups to survive. To stay in the game, startups need three things: Money. Naval Ravikant is the founder of AngelList , which connects new startups with funding and talent.

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April 4-Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO

David Teten

I hope that you can join us Monday night, April 4, midtown NYC, at a panel on “Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO” The program is sponsored by the HBS Club of New York and the HBS Angels of NY.

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The rise of the “successful” unsustainable company

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Witness, for example, this terrific Fast Company article on Bill Nguyen , serial entrepreneur who’s seventh startup “Color” famously raised $41m for a new mobile app before it even launched. After all, before the house of cards inevitably tumbles, private equity investors get a tidy return. Support.com — On 2.5m

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Finding Technical Cofounders Is Hard

rob.by

Twelve months into my startup journey I had four half-built websites that had been built by my four ex-technical co-founders. What makes software engineers different in the startup world is that they have the requisite skills to hack together an idea on their own if they so choose. I absolutely want cofounders when the time comes.

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19 Funding Resources for New and Existing Businesses

Up and Running

Equity Crowdfunding. Equity crowdfunding takes the crowdfunding process to the next level. These sites function a lot like the sites listed above, but investors get equity in your startup. Crowdfunder is another crowdfunding option, but this site is geared more toward entrepreneurial startups. Crowdfunder.