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Convertible Equity, A Better Alternative To Convertible Debt?

techcrunch.com

” Ressi also says that the percentage of companies with convertible debt that successfully raise Series A funding is shrinking, due to an explosion in new angel financings and just moderate growth in venture funding. Enterprise. Smartphones. Digital Cameras. Headphones. CrunchBase. Hot topics. Disrupt SF.

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Interview with Sramana Mitra on 1M/1M Program

Life Beyond Code

You can watch a video on this subject to understand more about what VCs do and don’t fund, and why.]. He has veered away from angel financing, and has decided to bootstrap with customer money, and preserve equity ownership, foregoing any immediate dilution related to financing. on a global scale.

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The Microsoft Accelerator, round 2!

David Cohen

Most of those companies from the Kinect program are doing great, and many have gone on to raise venture capital or angel financing since the program ended. For a recap of the Kinect focused programs, you can check out the video series “ Kinect Accelerated ” by the always amazing Megan Sweeney.

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Startup Tools

steveblank.com

This video should be the gold standard in explaining contract terms. – Mike [link] Reply Jeff Skinner , on May 24, 2010 at 9:28 am said: Steve, you don’t know me though I use your ‘Customer Development process’ video in my classes (Entrepreneurship at London Business School).

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Top 10 Tech Trends To Watch

ReadWriteStart

The trends include Cloud computing, outsourcing, social Web, vertical and local Web, smartphones and tablets, online advertising, online video, online gaming, e-books, and bootstrapped entrepreneurship. The company is profitable and has so far raised only $400,000 in friends and family and angel financing.

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Crowdfunding Sites Offer 5 Hidden Benefits

Growthink Blog

The program is a series of videos I recorded that walk you through each of the 14 steps to raising rewards-based Crowdfunding. Raising money from Crowdfunding is so much easier and faster than traditional sources of funding like venture capital and angel financing. Want Crowdfunding for your business?

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The 5 Key Stages of Equity Funding

Growthink Blog

For most of my readers, the main concern will be preparing your business for angel financing until the time is right for venture capital. This video explains more. read more.

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