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The Investors Guide to SXSW 2019

Austin Startup

The Capital Factory Center for Defense Innovation is an unprecedented collaboration between the public and private sector that brings together entrepreneurs and government innovators shoulder-to-shoulder in a coworking environment where they can learn from each other. Vanessa Dawson, Integris Software C.E.O, What gives?

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The Basics of Small Business Loans [WEBINAR]

Up and Running

The cost: it’s much more profitable for traditional lenders to do a two million dollar loan, or a three million dollar loan than doing a $150,000 loan or $100,000 loan. Angels and equity: there are businesses and angel funds out there in various parts of the U.S. Sabrina you think that answers the question? Hopefully that does.

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How Venture Capitalists and Government Can Promote Entrepreneurship

David Teten

I’ve recently met with several universities, nonprofits, and government employees who’ve all asked the same question: how can we promote entrepreneurship? By contrast, as a venture capitalist, I can report that almost all of our portfolio companies are desperate to hire talented software engineers, and eager to hire in a range of other roles.

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How to Fund a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

I wassurprised recently when I realized that all the worst problems wefaced in our startup were due not to competitors, but investors.Dealing with competitors was easy by comparison. Infact, the more prominent the angel, the less likely they are tobelong to a group. Deal terms with angels vary a lot.

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Startups: It’s not Thelma & Louise

Austin Startup

swing for the fences category-building B2C software capital?—?wasn’t We have the consumer market, but not investor market for what I’m selling : B2C software.) If you have a consumer solution, particularly one for women or people of color, even if it’s software, don’t wait for the “minimum $25k check”.

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ESG in Venture Capital: Interview with Blue Future Partners (VC Fund of Funds)

David Teten

One of the impact initiatives I’m proudest of is founding Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of New York , a nonprofit and now the East Coast’s largest angel group. When we launched in 2010, I saw a white space: a burgeoning NY tech ecosystem, but only one angel group regularly writing checks.