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You Think You Screwed Up? Have I Got a Story for You!

Babbling VC

Ultimately, money ran out again and this fund decided not to participate in a further financing round. This was absolutely catastrophic to the business as new investors were swayed by an insider (a reputable one at that) not going along with the investment. In Germany alone, there was something like 85 active funds in 2000.

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

SoCal CTO

How To Pitch A Product - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , August 4, 2010 I've said a bunch of times on this blog that the perfect pitch is a very short intro to provide context followed immediately by a demo. While I agree that many VCs are crummy seed investors, I think there are some that are excellent seed investors.

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