Startup Professionals Musings

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Find an Angel Investor, Without Going Through Hell

Startup Professionals Musings

They probably won’t respond well to high pressure sales tactics, information overload, or bribes. 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. Angel investors are people too.

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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. They probably won’t respond well to high pressure sales tactics, information overload, or bribes. Angel investors are people too.

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Is Your Startup Ready For The Challenges Of An IPO?

Startup Professionals Musings

IPO market showed more activity than any other first quarter since 2000, with 64 companies raising $10.6 Public ownerships usually lends prestige and credibility to your sales, marketing, and acquisition efforts, but it may work counter to your vision of saving the world. In the first quarter of 2014, the U.S.

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6 Trends Are Driving A Data Tsunami For Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

This is nearly 30 times the size of the entire global Internet in 2000. There is still infinite room for new startup sales modes and models. Per a new study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic grew 69 percent in 2014, reaching 2.5 exabytes per month at the end of the year.

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5 Flocks Of Investors Looking For An Enticing Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

They probably won’t respond well to high pressure sales tactics, information overload, or bribes. Since its founding in 2000, its members have invested over $800 million dollars in over 800 companies in technology, consumer products, healthcare/life sciences, real estate and other segments with high growth potential. Keiretsu Forum.

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10 Business Areas Where Data Is The Key To The Future

Startup Professionals Musings

According to IBM , companies have captured more data in the last two years than in the previous 2000 years. By transforming a single shopper's path into data points, companies can see how you move through a store, and how that tracks with sales. Every day, we create 2.5 Protecting the environment. Data is the new weapon of defense.

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Finding The Right Angel Investor For Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

They probably won’t respond well to high pressure sales tactics, information overload, or bribes. Since its founding in 2000, its members have invested over $800 million dollars in over 800 companies in technology, consumer products, healthcare/life sciences, real estate and other segments with high growth potential. Keiretsu Forum.