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Starting Startups - Startups and angels: Along the way to success

Tim Keane

  He is a partner in a pretty much exclusively software seed stage fund, Y Combinator that you can read more about.    He is a partner in a pretty much exclusively software seed stage fund, Y Combinator that you can read more about.  October 2010. September 2010. Bootstrapping.

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ProfessorVC: How Much Diligence is Due.

Professor VC

I strongly believe (at least for very early stage technology ventures) that you will get diminishing returns and arguably negative returns once you get past an initial threshold of team, product, market and financial diligence. ► 2010. (7). Bootstrapping 101. work at home. May 1, 2011 10:32 PM. ► February. (1).

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ProfessorVC: Card Counting for Investors

Professor VC

Below is a short description of their philosophy: "The part of our philosophy that makes us most different from other startup investors is that we dont believe gut feel is a reliable indicator of potential at the seed stage. ► 2010. (7). Bootstrapping 101. Why I Hate Convertible Debt.Let Me Count the Way.

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Technology versus market risk in angel investments - Startups and.

Tim Keane

.   I talked to a company recently that had market risk in the educational business but also had a distribution agreement with a big player.  My advice was to execute with the big player by bootstrapping and then, as the market risk retires, to think about deploying outside capital.  October 2010. March 2011.

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ProfessorVC: Would a Dart Board Provide better VC Returns?

Professor VC

Friday, February 26, 2010. Seed stage investing is all about the team, so there may be something to this idea. ▼ 2010. (7). Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases.

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Startup Resources

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Design/Front End: Twitter Bootstrap : Include this in your website, and you are half finished. Seed Stage Valuation Guide. broken vc model. Business Culture. Business Model Canvas. Business plan. business symbiosis. Get Satisfaction. Event platforms. Eventbrite. Women Focus. VC Experts.