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Instead of sticking a fork in the venture market, realize. there is no fork

This is going to be BIG.

David's firm most recently participated in the $77 million second round financing of SoFi, a one year old startup focusing on student loans. I suppose, more specifically, the bubble ended in the last two weeks of September--right after this financing. The other entrepreneur quoted in the story is from a guy pitching a Pinterest clone.

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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Cojones (7/11)

Both Sides of the Table

VCs don’t have the same net worth litmus test and great entrepreneurs have a ton of sources for seed money to get financed very early. I joined GRP Partners in 2007 before they raised their current fund (we closed a $200 million fund in March 2009). You have kids, a mortgage, MBA debt? Not my problem.

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How to Meet VC's

Babbling VC

Cellity We've already exited Cellity, having sold it to Nokia in 2009. You better have a good idea which can get financed if you want to talk to VC's. Most importantly though, you have to get that first meeting if venture capital is the path of financing you want to take. . Emporis This one is a bit of an outlier.

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Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret

cdixon.org

4:32 pm on September 3, 2009 Reply Tags: business (100) Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret. § [.]. link] Finance Geek » Mistakes that startups make. [.] link] What’s the right amount of seed money to raise? link] Finance Geek » How To Develop New Startup Ideas. [.] Completely agree with the post.

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A conversation with Scott Kupor of Andreessen Horowitz, author and speaker at Lean Startup Conference 2019

Startup Lessons Learned

He's been with the firm since its inception in 2009 and has overseen its rapid growth, from three employees to 150+ and from $300 million in assets under management to more than $10 billion. Learning everything you can about VC first is important for that reason, but also to ensure it’s the right form of financing for your business.

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How to deal with the Series A crunch

Version One Ventures

Seed financing grew from 89 fundings in Q1 2009 to more than 500 in Q3 2012. That means there are a lot more seeded startups out there: an excess demand for a limited supply of Series A financings. Traditionally, I’ve advised startups to raise enough money to sustain them for 18 months.

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