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10 Recommendations For Aspiring New Venture Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

The best known ones, like YCombinator , started by Paul Graham in Silicon Valley, and TechStars , located in Boston, provide excellent networking to investors, and on-site technical leadership, which can make your investment less risky. Do your homework before investing. Think long-term.

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10 Keys To Making Money By Investing In Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

Don’t be fooled by thinking that social networks are hot, so you should invest in the next startup you see in that realm. Once invested, you should expect no return until the first “liquidityevent in 3-5 years, maybe longer. Remember that 9 out of 10 startups fail in every realm. Fund an entrepreneur you know and trust.

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10 Steps To Investing Successfully In New Ventures

Startup Professionals Musings

Don’t be fooled by thinking that social networks are hot, so you should invest in the next startup you see in that realm. Once invested, you should expect no return until the first “liquidityevent in 3-5 years, maybe longer. Remember that 9 out of 10 startups fail in every realm. Fund an entrepreneur you know and trust.

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Proceed With Caution Selecting Startup Investments

Startup Professionals Musings

Don’t be fooled by thinking that social networks are hot, so you should invest in the next startup you see in that realm. Once invested, you should expect no return until the first “liquidityevent in 3-5 years, maybe longer. Remember that 9 out of 10 startups fail in every realm. Fund an entrepreneur you know and trust.

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Add Startups to Balance Your Portfolio, If You Dare

Startup Professionals Musings

Don’t be fooled by thinking that social networks are hot, so you should invest in the next startup you see in that realm. Once invested, you should expect no return until the first “liquidityevent in 3-5 years, maybe longer. Remember that 9 out of 10 startups fail in every realm. Fund an entrepreneur you know and trust.

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10 Keys To Giving The Right Entrepreneur Your Money

Startup Professionals Musings

Don’t be fooled by thinking that social networks are hot, so you should invest in the next startup you see in that realm. Once invested, you should expect no return until the first “liquidityevent in 3-5 years, maybe longer. Remember that 9 out of 10 startups fail in every realm. Fund an entrepreneur you know and trust.

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The Playbook for Scale Up Nation

Seeing Both Sides

Are Israeli companies on the verge of developing a repeatable playbook to scale their companies and become market leaders, not just acquisition fodder for the Silicon Valley giants? American VCs have a significantly wider network and have a capability to access management talent, data, partners, and customers to help a company scale.