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Rally Software Acquired By CA Technologies for $480 Million

Feld Thoughts

For example, from a post in 2008 about Rally’s $16.85m financing , I riffed on the origins of the company. About a year after he got started, he was ready to raise a venture financing. Ryan was encouraged to team up with Tim and shortly after that happened we co-led the first round VC financing with Boulder Ventures.

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How to Attract Talent to Your Start-up

www.inc.com

That was the thought behind Meebos decision to offer a $5,000 reward to anyone who referred qualified potential employees to the company that launched in 2005. Ive done a lot of placing people into positions, and I have never used a job board as a way to do that," says Rich Sloan , co-founder of StartupNation. So are referrals.

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Tango Health Raises $3M Series A

Austin Startup

The funds from S3 and several angel investors will help to accelerate the nationwide rollout of its innovative web-based Health Savings Account (HSA) management service. We are pleased to be working with this strong team of investors to support our expansion efforts.”.

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4 Reasons You Might Not Want to Be VC Funded

Up and Running

What a lot of startup founders don’t realize is that when you take on VC funding, you also take on business partners. Your startup might be chugging along nicely, and then one day an investor comes to you and offers to give you a round of funding (this fairy tale scenario is unlikely, but still possible, especially as your success increases).

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ProfessorVC: Are DEMO's days numbered?

Professor VC

With all of the new ways to see early companies such as TechCrunch and YCombinator, I had a feeling that much of the luster was gone and debated whether it was worth the time to attend.The last time I went to DEMO was in 2005 for the launch of one of my companies, iControl Networks. What does it take to be an Angel Investor?

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Want to Raise Venture Capital More Easily? Clean Up Your Own Shite First

Both Sides of the Table

Many companies that are raising B or C venture capital rounds right now raised their initial money in 2005-2008. Liquidation preference is the amount of money that an investor gets paid before the common stock (e.g. management, founders, angel investors) get any money. It is 2010. But pass they will.

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April 4-Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO

David Teten

We will discuss liquidity options appropriate for a wide range of people with private company stock, including private equity funds, venture capitalists, angels, founders, and employees with options. David Weild IV, formerly Vice Chairman of The NASDAQ Stock Market Mr. Weild is the founder of Capital Markets Advisory Partners.