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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

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The rise of “micro VCs” or seed-stage funds. 15 years ago we were at the peak of Internet hype with the launch of many over-capitalized businesses with a market size & opportunity was limited. 50x more Internet users (2.4 The “big boom” in startup financing started around March 2009?—?more

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Israeli Startups Raised $2.14 Billion in 2011

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Reports on the drop of local VC financing in Israel don’t tell the whole story. billion raised in 2009. In 2011, Israeli venture capital funds invested $525 million in Israeli companies, an increase of 42% from 2010, and a rise of 28% from 2009 levels. Mid and later stage companies attracted $1.48

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Israeli Startups Raised $2.14 Billion in 2011

VC Cafe

Reports on the drop of local VC financing in Israel don’t tell the whole story. billion raised in 2009. In 2011, Israeli venture capital funds invested $525 million in Israeli companies, an increase of 42% from 2010, and a rise of 28% from 2009 levels. Mid and later stage companies attracted $1.48

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Startup Tools

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Managewith.us - Collaborative Task Manager Mavenlink - manage project communications, documents, schedules, budgets, payments Industrial Logic – Agile eLearning Misc Office Help Google Apps – cloud mail server, calendar, docs, etc. This video should be the gold standard in explaining contract terms.

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Advice for CTO Founders: Don't Let Business Kill the Business

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Read more » Recent Press The New York Times April 22, 2009 - A Company Plans to Market Illiquid Assets CNBC.com April 8, 2008 - Social Stock Picking Reuters April 6, 2009 - Bit.ly And from my perspective as an engaged seed stage venture investor, this makes them unfundable.

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Finding a Technical Partner for Your Startup

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Or you can find seed-stage investors who will give you the money to hire a developer. That’s why you need to be looking for seed-stage investors at the same time as technologists. says: July 10, 2009 at 11:17 am fantastic article. says: July 25, 2009 at 3:56 am [.] You have two avenues open to you.

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Zhongguancun in Beijing – China’s Silicon Valley (Part 4 of 5)

Steve Blank

But what made the overwhelming impression for me was finding an entrepreneurial software cluster on par with the Internet software portion of Silicon Valley. If it’s driven by profit then the ecosystem needs both entrepreneurs as well as Venture Finance. Out of that total, they funded 967 Internet deals with $6.7