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2010 VC Funding Outlook for Startups – Prepare for Winter (Part 3/3)

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I obviously don’t have a crystal ball so the economy could fare better than my gut, but here’s why I’m cautious for some time in 2010 or early 2011: Why is the future still so unpredictable? So we loaded up on flat screen TVs, multiple generations of iPods and trips to Hawaii. So why the ’09 bounce?

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Thanksgiving Day

Steve Blank

Since our kids were little our Thanksgiving tradition was to head to Hawaii with friends and eat Thanksgiving dinner under the palm trees to the sound of the waves next to the warm ocean. ( Families gather from across the country to spend time with each other and feast on a traditional turkey dinner.

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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

state to adopt this structure in 2010. Currently this structure is available in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington D.C., Maryland was the first U.S.

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2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Groups

Gust

During the summer of 2010, I developed a workshop, A New ACEF Valuation Workshop for Angels and Entrepreneurs. See the 2010 data reported here: Current Pre-money Valuations of Pre-revenue Companies. See the 2010 data reported here: Current Pre-money Valuations of Pre-revenue Companies. Hawaii Angels. Toronto, ON.

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What Is a Benefit Corporation?

Up and Running

It’s a fairly new structure, with the first one of its kind coming into existence in 2010, but since then it has rapidly taken off. The benefit corporation option is one such legal structure. with many more states in the pending legislation phase.

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Founders and dysfunctional families « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Reply ericnakagawa , on May 27, 2009 at 1:03 am Said: I was raised in a pretty rough neighborhood (Halawa Housing, in Hawaii). Reply Kamal Ravikant , on May 26, 2009 at 11:07 pm Said: Interestingly, this is exactly what Hemingway said when asked for the one trait a great writer needed.

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