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Will Your Startup Get Venture Capital or IPO in 2013?

Startup Professionals Musings

Based on the final report for 2012 from Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), it may appear that IPOs are back as a viable startup exit strategy. billion from 49 listings, and represented the strongest annual period for IPOs since 2000. Remember you only have one chance for a good first impression.

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Q&A Wednesday :: GuruStorms

Austin Startup

Q: Give us the elevator pitch that you gave at SXSW Accelerator? It’s also financially rewarding, with up to $2000 in rewards for a great idea. Guru recruitment has been very successful, and we have customers who are waiting for us to bring our first Guru team specializing in Hi-Tech startups online.

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How to Make Profits Serve a Purpose With Your Startup

Up and Running

Silicon Valley is on a tear, so it might seem like the US is teeming with startups. But, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research , the number of high-growth startups has been declining since the 90’s. After the turn of the century, startups created fewer jobs than they did before the year 2000.

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Thank you Israel for welcoming our British startup (Guest post)

VC Cafe

I’ve always been intrigued by the success of the ‘Startup Nation.’ That of a British startup which naively arrived for three months in Tel Aviv and hasn’t looked back since. The Israeli startup community is: “Pashut Magniv” (simply spectacular). By Daniel Abrahams *. In this post, I want to share my story.