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Find an Angel Investor, Without Going Through Hell

Startup Professionals Musings

Since Keiretsu Forum’s founding in 2000, its members have invested over $200M in 260 companies in technology, consumer products, healthcare/life sciences, and real estate. This one claims to be the world’s largest angel investor network, with 850 accredited investor members throughout twenty one chapters on three continents.

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A Non-Profit Lean Startup: The Story of Adopt-a-Pet

Startup Lessons Learned

David Meyer founded Adopt-a-Pet.com (formerly 1-800-Save-A-Pet.com) in 2000 as a way of ending pet overpopulation. Today it’s North America's largest non-profit pet adoption website, with millions of visitors to the site each month and partnerships with more than 17,000 animal shelters, pet rescue groups, humane societies and shelters.

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Flocks of Angels, and All You Need is One

Startup Professionals Musings

Since Keiretsu Forum’s founding in 2000, its members have invested over $180M in 200 companies in technology, consumer products, healthcare/life sciences, and real estate. This one claims to be the world’s largest angel investor network, with 750 accredited investor members throughout sixteen chapters on three continents.

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How to Start a Home Health Care Business

Up and Running

There’s never been a better time to do so— home health care is one of the largest growing industries , not just in North America, but around the globe. percent in 2000 to 19.6 In 2013, North America accounted for just over 40 percent of the global home health care revenue. See Also: Business Startup Checklist.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300. By 2000 the total LP commitments had mushroomed to more than $100 billion. Try charging customers for your product when you have 12 competitors giving the product away free finances by $20 million of VC. The Funding Problem. The Exit Problem.

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SailPoint Closes 2010 with 40 New Global 2000 Customers and Two Strategic Transactions

Austin Startup

In 2010, SailPoint closed two strategic corporate transactions to broaden its product engineering and services teams and further expand its global footprint. SailPoint also added six new delivery and reseller partners in North America and Europe, expanding its geographic reach and centers of expertise.

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London Calling

Startup Lessons Learned

Since then, I have been immersed in a non-stop whirlwind book tour of North America, filled with as many events, interviews, and talks as I could physically manage. It is changing the way companies are built and new products are launched. Happy New Year! For iGAP participants only. But most of those failures are preventable.

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