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How Well Versed Are You In Startup Investor Jargon?

Startup Professionals Musings

Super-angel investors (micro-VCs). These terms refer to a class of professional investors who invest their own money, like angels, but have the larger resources and scope of venture capitalists with other people’s money. These alternatives are used in lieu of traditional media such as radio, newspaper and television.

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Gust Blog - Thoughts on startups by investors that fund them

Gust

And in January I saw that digital music overtook physical media for the first time in 2011, something I expected since 1998. June 19th, 2012. Don’t believe the urban myth that you can sketch your idea on a napkin, and professional investors will throw money at you. June 17th, 2012. June 13th, 2012. Power Pitches.

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Twitter Link Roundup #150 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! But once in a while, SNL can still knock it out of the park, as they did with their recent funny look at the complaints from the media about the iPhone 5. Then Act - [link].

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[Asia] [Event] Demo Asia 2012

YoungUpstarts

If you loved the emerging startup vibes of the DEMO conference, Asia will be getting its very own version with DEMO Asia 2012 slated for February 29 to March 2 in Singapore next year. DEMO Asia would like to invite all startups to participate in the first audition for DEMO Asia 2012. DEMO Asia Singapore Audition.

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6 Ways to Make Sure Your Tech Startup Will Succeed in 2018

Up and Running

When we established Ready4S back in 2012, the tech startup scene looked completely different than it does today. Rose of Gust, roughly 1,500 startups get funded by venture capitalists, and 50,000 by angel investors in the United States each year. Use scheduling software for social media and be consistent.

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4 things to know about crowdfunding versus raising capital

The Next Web

While the latter is not yet legal in the United States, the JOBS Act, which was signed into law in April 2012, mandates that the SEC makes it legal by January 1st of 2013. The traditional capital raising process is conducted in a bubble, with limited exposure to the media, customers and investors.

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How to Get Funding from Billionaire Investor Mark Cuban and Other Stories

Up and Running

Thinking of a business plan as a formal, long, “stuffy” document is old-school, and we’ve heard time and time again from the likes of angel investors and venture capitalists that most people just don’t read the business plan. Founded in 2012, FINEX Cast Iron Cookware Co. Enter grant competitions.

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