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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

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Not only that, but the growing battle between venture capital firms and “super angels&# presents an amazing opportunity for entrepreneurs trying to build the next big thing. All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. Angel rounds also tend to close quicker.

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

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Not only that, but the growing battle between venture capital firms and “super angels&# presents an amazing opportunity for entrepreneurs trying to build the next big thing. All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. Angel rounds also tend to close quicker.

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HOW TO: Hire the Perfect CTO

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He is a serial entrepreneur, internationally syndicated columnist, angel investor, public speaker and author of the best-selling book Never Get a “Real&# Job: How To Dump Your Boss, Build a Business and Not Go Broke. As a non-technical founder of an IT company, it’s important to know when to dish responsibilities off.

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How to Hire for Sweat Equity…

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Application programming Expertise: PHP, ColdFusion, AJAX, Web Services (RSS, REST, SOAP, XML-RPC, etc.). I don’t have a technical co-founder on my team but am apt in graphics design and have a lot of ideas bursting out of my head. JS (for web/internet and mobile devices). We’ll have to see how this one goes.

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Startup Investor Makes a Deal: Engineers for Equity

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But a new angel fund is hoping that they’ll do the same in exchange for engineering talent. “Most of that money [from venture capitalists and angels] is used to build a product,&# explains Haig Kayserian, the CEO of Kayweb Angels. “Once that product is built, you will probably have given away a lot of equity.&#

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4 Considerations for Expanding Your Startup to International Markets

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For example, angel funding is more prevalent in the United States than in Europe. Also make sure to research which type of investors fit your business. In other words, angel investors and early stage venture capital (VC) firms will have different expectations than late stage VC firms.

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9 Tips for Raising Startup Funds on AngelList

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Facebook Co-Founder’s Startup Asana Launches Publicly. Joshua Baer is the co-founder and CEO of Otherinbox , a prolific angel investor and the director of Capital Factory , Austin’s seed-stage incubator. AngelList is an online community that matches startups with investors to streamline the fundraising process.