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May Business Angels Spread Their Wings Over Kenya?

Transformify

I met Innocent Moranga, the founder of the Founder Magazine , at a round table peer group at CEOWorld. Having a great idea is just the beginning, the execution, network, funding and the support are key. All this inspired Innocent Moranga to found the Founder Magazine. Johnni Kjelsgaard Founder and CEO at GrowthAfrica.

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #17: On failure and resilience

Austin Startup

this post is all about the resilience required to keep going as an entrepreneur, not as an angel investor. Bob Fabbio was the founder and CEO of eRelevance and he was the man in the arena here?—?and For all of us Austin fans, I’m talking about Cotter Cunningham, the founder and CEO of RetailMeNot. But I digress?—?this

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Should Early Stage Startups Move to Austin because of Culture?

Austin Startup

Openness, trust, and the ability to connect with local academic, business and customer networks are increasingly understood as key components of flourishing innovation ecosystems. Tech is absolutely a boon the city — the city has doubled in size since 1999 on the back of countless new tech jobs.

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Where are the Deals? How VCs Identify the Next Generation of Startups

David Teten

But in practice, these phenomena create a tremendous volume of startups, which investors then have to filter. Most investors rely on their network of colleagues and service providers to source investments. Annual Deal Pipeline for Selected VCs and Angel Investor Groups. Acquirer/ Investor. 2009) [ii].

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Learn your Austin ABC’s and become a local super-connector

Austin Startup

the Connectors, Angels, Venture Capitalists, Founders, Professors, Hackers, Press… and the Legends. Find the Connectors , the Angels , the Venture Capitalists , the Founders , the Professors , the Hackers , and the Legends you need to meet and get some hints about the best ways to meet them. How do you meet them?

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #14: Selling to the “Cool Kids”

Austin Startup

I discuss category creation with one of the co-authors of Play Bigger , Christopher Lochhead, in episode #232 of Legends and Losers if you would like to really delve into that (it is a very important topic). But Shop.org is where you go to learn and network. In the digital retail industry, Shop.org is where the “cool kids” hang out.

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Feb. 28, Stamford, CT: HBS Event on Angel Investing 101 – Best Practices

David Teten

8:30 Networking. Susan Balloch is a Managing Director of Golden Seeds, an angel fund that invests in early stage companies founded or led by women. Balloch’s 20+ year career prior to becoming an angel investor was in financial services both in the private equity world- fundraising and investor relations, and in investment banking.