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Interview with Sramana Mitra on 1M/1M Program

Life Beyond Code

Over approximately 100 roundtables, I have personally coached more than 400 early-stage entrepreneurs, and between the free and the premium program, as well as the blog, Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn we have a community of more than 200,000 people engaged in the initiative at various levels.

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Startup Fairy Tales and Other Tall Tales That Venture Capitalists Tell

Growthink Blog

The typical wisdom regarding the appropriate financing course for a new company goes as follows: 1. An entrepreneur starts a company in classic " bootstrap " fashion - with a combination of sweat equity and their own financial resources. My suggestions for the investors seeking emerging companies to back?

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How much equity for investors and employees?

dondodge.typepad.com

Community is more powerful than money or technology » August 11, 2007 How much equity for investors and employees? It isnt always possible to have a competitive bidding situation at each financing round so here are some guidelines for funding sources and percentages. Angels will usually invest between $300K and $2M.

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