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What Future for Accelerators?

Both Sides of the Table

I had witnessed a number of early-stage tech startups in LA raise seed capital from the Bay Area and relocate. By 2011 the market had started to change dramatically. We announced Fund I in 2011. Demo’d to death. We’ve all been demo-day’d to death. We had a specific goal in mind.

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The Seeds Have Changed: An Epilogue to The New Venture Landscape

K9 Ventures

Another thing I noticed was that I was now referring companies that I had invested in at a “pre-seed” (capitalization intentional) stage over to folks who would previously be considered my peer venture funds doing Seed-stage investments.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

Build something then demo it to people. The great thing is, in 2007, we visited 75+ resorts for a demo tour, and have many leads I can follow up on. I did over $12,000 USD in sales in the Q1 of 2011, i’m being outweighed by the demand, i feel the time has come for me to get few investors onboard. Thanks alot! startupcto