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Fostering a Startup and Innovation Ecosystem

Feld Thoughts

UP Global just released a great new white paper titled Fostering a Startup and Innovation Ecosystem. Our friends at Google for Entrepreneurs helped with this and I’m doing a hangout with Mary Grove (Director, Google for Entrepreneurs) and Marc Nager (UP Global CEO) on Tuesday September 23rd, 2014 11am PDT for 40 minutes.

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Announcing Multicoin Capital

Austin Startup

We dive deep into white papers, review technology, economics, game theory, etc. In 2014 he launched what was the first cryptoasset venture fund, the Dapps Fund. Diversified funds are the most effective way to manage exposure to this volatile, rapidly evolving asset class. The fund returned ~8x in 24 months.

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How Lemming VCs Cause Venture Recessions

Mucker Lab

Just six months ago, VCs were publishing white papers extolling the virtue of non-bank lending startups, but now no one will touch them with a 10-foot pole. It’s actually hard to find an investment thesis that was hot in 2014 that hasn’t had a corresponding disillusionment today. Whatever happened to IoT after Nest?

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Investors Love A Credible Entrepreneur Market Sizing

Startup Professionals Musings

Competitor''s annual reports, white papers, press releases and presentations are great sources of data and trends that you can use to support your own efforts. Martin Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 8/15/2014. Peruse company reports from your business domain.

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5 Research-Backed Tips for Increasing B2B Sales

Up and Running

According to The Alternative Board’s (TAB) September 2014 Small Business Pulse Survey , only six percent of business owners consider themselves “very trusting” of the information they receive from B2B vendors. Instead of creating a sales brochure, create a white paper. Establish third-party reviews online.

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The State of Small Business [INFOGRAPHIC]

Up and Running

That’s why earlier this year, we wrote a white paper on the state of small business in the first quarter of 2014, based off of the survey that we conducted of nearly 400 small business owners. How successful would small business owners in the U.S. say they are, if you asked them? The news was promising.

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Legal Cannabis: Poised for Growth, But Banking And Tax Hurdles Remain Chokepoints

Early Growth Financial Services

billion at the end of 2014, while growth projections for the medium-term are bullish. This paper outlines the size of the legal cannabis industry and highlights key legislative, regulatory, and major judicial developments, before diving into the hurdles entrepreneurs in this … read more > White Papers'