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Fearless (Baseless) Predictions for 2014

Mucker Lab

VC’s start investing in technology-enabled “offline” businesses (distribution, services etc) – most of whom would never have gotten venture money 3 years ago. Google finally fixes the problem with mobile (discovery, search, distribution, tracking, monetization, a/b testing) and races ahead while Apple waxes nostalgically for 2010.

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Fearless (Baseless) Predictions for 2014

Mucker Lab

VC’s accelerate investments in “internet of things” except sometime in Q4, wake up and realize it’s no different than “consumer electronics” – and that we still need to innovate around the manufacturing infrastructure, distribution economics, and consumer liability of the consumer goods business to really make this a venture fundable category.

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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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Finding a Technical Partner for Your Startup

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

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. It’s basic bootstrapping; you’ll want to leverage a little bit of high-level technical expertise to minimize risk.

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Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

Design/Front End: Twitter Bootstrap : Include this in your website, and you are half finished. free, distributed source code control management system. Seed Stage Valuation Guide. Get Satisfaction. Event platforms. Eventbrite. Women Focus. Girls in Tech. Add a class name to buttons, forms, quotes, etc. Pivotal Tracker â??