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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

Other companies, like Blue Origin, Firefly Space and Space X are all conducting operations in Texas, both together with NASA and for their own unique space ventures. In 2000 or 2010, it made sense to build in San Francisco. The Spaceport in Houston is the home of Axiom, builder of the world’s first commercial space station.

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Asset Management Is A Bizarre Industry Ripe For Disruption

David Teten

Angel investors earn higher returns than small VCs, who in turn earn higher returns than large VCs, let alone most other asset classes. By spending more money, investors can justify managing more money, which in turn increases their fees. There is an inevitable tension between size and returns in asset management.

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Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010

SoCal CTO

Welcome to the Lost Decade (for Entrepreneurs, IPO’s and VC’s) - Steve Blank , July 15, 2010 If you take funding from a venture capital firm or angel investor and want to build a large, enduring company (rather than sell it to the highest bidder), this isn’t the decade to do it. The process is called mass syndication, or a party round.