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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. While banks are typically the go-to for many, they are no longer the only option available.

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Always be pitching…

Hippoland

A lot of entrepreneurs just think to pitch to VCs or well-known angel investors or people who have signaled they are angels on Angelist. But the reality is that angel investors can be anybody, especially these days, now that non-accredited investors can invest much more freely. Always be pitching…

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

The second wave of companies were mainly concentrated in Silicon Valley, and coincided with the rise of platforms (Google, Facebook, etc.) Frisco has become a hot spot in North Texas for venture capitalists, angel investors, startups, universities, pitch competitions and seed accelerators,” said Frisco Mayor Jeff Cheney. “In

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How Can Israeli Startups Raise Funding in Silicon Valley?

VC Cafe

VC investors rely heavily on referrals, but what should a non US startup do when looking to raise funding in Silicon Valley? How best can European startups land VC funding in the US / Sillicon Valley? For example, in response to “ How do I raise funds in Silicon Valley for a European-based startup ? &# Eyal S.

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Objective Logistics & Keeping Things in Perspective ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

seed round from NextView, Atlas Venture, and Google Ventures, and angel investors. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Objective Logistics just closed a $1.5M This team knows the really hard work lies ahead and remains totally focused on that. Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized.

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Pari Passu or F.U.little guy

Professor VC

It is the story of the founding of the venture capital industry in Silicon Valley and features many of the iconic companies created including Apple, Intel, Genentech and Cisco. I was working closely with an entrepreneur and introduced another angel investor to the company. Seems like my rant is picking up steam now.

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ProfessorVC: Negotiating an Angel Deal in your PJ's

Professor VC

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Negotiating an Angel Deal in your PJs. was part of a Dow Jones VentureWire webinar last week titled Negotiating An Angel Deal: What Angels, Entrepreneurs & VCs Need to Know. Labels: Angel Investors , fundraising , term sheets , venture capital , venture financing.