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The Funding Gap

Gust

An experienced software engineer, for example, can develop a new mobile app with his or her own resources and market the product on the web with very little capital. Angel Investors. $20 Super Angels. Most high-impact companies need substantial cash resources to sustain their rapid grow. US Government. 20 billion.

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6 Ways to Make Sure Your Tech Startup Will Succeed in 2018

Up and Running

Rose of Gust, roughly 1,500 startups get funded by venture capitalists, and 50,000 by angel investors in the United States each year. Reputation will be as important as ever in 2018—only now, it’s more about your brand identity spread through digital channels. According to David S. Build a solid online image.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community (Fall 2013 Edition)

Rob Go

Extension Engine - Software engineering and design. Barrington Coffee – Fort Point Channel. Flour – Bakery and Coffee Shop in Fort Point Channel. Bill Warner – Avid, Techstars, Angel investor (@billwarner). Terrible Labs – Ruby on Rails, Web and Mobile. Filament Group – User Interface and Design.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community – August 2012

Rob Go

Extension Engine - Software engineering and design. Barrington Coffee – Fort Point Channel. Bill Warner – Avid, Techstars, Angel investor ( blog , @billwarner ). Hack/Reduce – Big Data Hackspace. Entrepreneurial Development Firms. Bocoup - JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3. Ruby specialists.

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Essential Startup Funding Tips from 8 Seasoned Investors

mashable.com

Gary Vaynerchuk: Personal branding master and creator of Wine Library TV, Gary Vaynerchuk is also an angel investor with an expanding portfolio of companies. Paige Craig: Adrenaline-junkie Paige Craig is a former marine and intelligence consultant who’s now a prolific angel investor and startup advisor based out of Los Angeles.

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Convertible Equity, A Better Alternative To Convertible Debt?

techcrunch.com

There has been no shortage of controversy and criticism around the convertible note, a popular investing vehicle that’s used by seed stage and angel investors. The Weather Channel iPad App Tops 10 Million Downloads. → Learn More. Sometimes these loans have a valuation cap and/or a discount. Crunchboard.

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Tech Diversity & Inclusion Allies at SXSW

Austin Startup

Austin Diversity Evangelists Mellie Price Director of Diversity Capital Factory Managing Director, Health CoLab Dell Medical School Mellie Price is a successful entrepreneur, angel investor, venture capitalist, and now university commercialization disruption at the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas.