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Innovate Israel Conference Brings 28 Israeli startups to London

VC Cafe

Innovate Israel 2012 aims to connect Israeli web, mobile & digital entrepreneurs & businesses with their UK & European counterparts. Check out the 28 Israeli startups coming to London next week to showcase at the Innovate Israel 2012 portfolio. There will also be a free networking reception at Campus on Monday, June 25th.

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Today For The First Time in 80 Years, You Can Ask Total Strangers to Invest in Your Business

Up and Running

The Securities and Exchange Commission is lifting an 80-year-ban on the practice , freeing up privately-owned businesses across the country to openly seek investment funding. As of September 23, 2013, American businesses can advertise that they are raising money, and it won’t be considered a crime.

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The Skinny on Equity-Based Crowdfunding Opportunities

Growthink Blog

The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (called the JOBS Act) was passed with support from Republicans and Democrats alike and signed by President Obama in April 2012. Work on your business plan: Make sure you have a solid plan for how much funding you need, how you will spend it, and what effects it will have on your operations and revenues.

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Update on the JOBS Act and Raising Equity from Crowdfunding

Growthink Blog

As you may recall from last year, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (called the JOBS Act) was passed and signed by President Obama in April, 2012. This was predicated on the SEC writing the crowdfunding regulations by December 31 2012 like they were supposed to. This was supposed to start on January 1st 2013. more on this below).

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Cracking The Code: The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008.

Cracking the Code

Be prepared to cross the desert - SaaS requires R&D and sales expense up front for a multi-year stream of revenue, so it demands enough investment capital to fund 4+ years of runway. Farming is also often overlooked, but can help grow customer accounts and revenues from 30% upwards (if successful). Great list! Philippe Botteri.