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10 College Business Incubators We’re Most Excited About

YoungUpstarts

To help foster this innovation, many colleges and universities have opened business incubators, helping students and others in their community to help make their innovative dreams a reality. Within the community, residents get access to co-ops, mentoring, courses, and always-on access to the incubator. enough to participate.

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Open Angel Forum and The Amazing Disappearing Funding Gap in New York City

This is going to be BIG.

About a year and a half ago, I wrote that New York needed more dedicated early stage capital. First Round Capital makes 11 new investments in NYC, hires me to be here fulltime, and announces a new NYC office in Union Square. Roger Ehrenberg is announces a new $25 million fund. The Lerers raise a $7 million fund.

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How do you find a startup investor?

The Startup Magazine

But how do you go about finding startup investors? There are multiple types of investors and each one is different. Angel investors. In many cities with a startup scene, there are angel investors. They are high net worth individuals who are also accredited investors. Startup Incubator or Accelerator.

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

mashable.com

View more jobs » Len Williams Angels, super-angels, venture capitalists and micro-VCs - they all have their advantages and disadvantages. A lot of companies used angel investors money to get off the ground and subsequently turned to VCs for following rounds. Companies like GrowPublic, Inc.

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Should Early Stage Startups Move to Austin because of Capital?

Austin Startup

In terms of access to capital, Austin is not Silicon Valley or New York — but it is Austin. in New York helps put out some of that monthly burn. The other effect of 0% personal income tax is improved access to investor capital. Other than angels, there are a handful of more organised early stage funders around.

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Avoiding the Common Pitfalls of Securing Capital: Innovative Financing Options for Today’s Startups

ReadWriteStart

Between peer-to-peer lending, crowdfunding, and even so-called “angel investors,” a hungry entrepreneur no longer needs to suffer at the hands of greedy, unscrupulous lenders to finally be able to get funding. Angel Investors. Incubators and Accelerators. Finding Alternative Means to Acquire Capital.

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

mashable.com

View more jobs » Len Williams Angels, super-angels, venture capitalists and micro-VCs - they all have their advantages and disadvantages. A lot of companies used angel investors money to get off the ground and subsequently turned to VCs for following rounds. Companies like GrowPublic, Inc.