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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Not Coming To The Rescue Of Victory

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I have seen this criticism at various places where this recap is syndicated on a weekly basis, as well as in certain random forums on the internet. Well, I have coached early stage entrepreneurs for a couple of years now - diligently, patiently - and have learned a few things. All first-time entrepreneurs, arguably, are amateurs.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Niche Marketplace Businesses Can Be Interesting

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Now, as for today's entrepreneurs, first up today was Hardika Shah presenting Mesoloan, a small enterprise loan program for Indian entrepreneurs in the $2,000-$20,000 loan size bracket. Next Annette McClellan presented DaisyClip , a non-surgical contraception device for women that she is in the process of syndicating a $1.8

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ProfessorVC: Negotiating an Angel Deal in your PJ's

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The last blogger in Silicon Valley. was part of a Dow Jones VentureWire webinar last week titled Negotiating An Angel Deal: What Angels, Entrepreneurs & VCs Need to Know. This will both reduce the number of angel investors and make it more difficult to syndicate across stage lines. Bootstrapping 101.

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ProfessorVC: Touched by an Angel

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The last blogger in Silicon Valley. I think the title of this post is a TV show, but fitting as there has been much debate in the venture community as to the whether angel investors are good or bad for entrepreneurs and VCs. I was on a panel earlier this week with several other investors from Angel Groups in the Valley.

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ProfessorVC: How much is enough?

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The last blogger in Silicon Valley. There are definitely some lessons in the story for entrepreneurs and angel investors, but before discussing, I thought Id share a bit about the early financing history for iControl. A talent acquisition or bootstrapping are still options, but need to include buy-in from the investors.

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ProfessorVC: Angie's List or AngelList?

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The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Entrepreneurs struggle to find investors and investors struggle to find the best start-ups. This is a brutal process for entrepreneurs and many have no interest in the angel groups for this reason. Bootstrapping 101. ProfessorVC. Thursday, September 2, 2010. ► July. (1).