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ProfessorVC: Crowdfunding - Good Idea or Really, Really Stupid.

Professor VC

I cant remember if the SEC was one of the government agencies that Rick Perry wants to get rid of (but neither can he ), but it seems like this is the exact type of investor that the SEC was set up to protect. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? There is a reason the SEC exists.

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ProfessorVC: Bootstrapping 101

Professor VC

We dont know the end of the story, but they have built a real business with hundres of machines sold to gyms all over the world along with government contracts for military purchases. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► 2010. (7).

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22 Entrepreneurs Share Their Thoughts on The Future of Entrepreneurship

Hearpreneur

To build an app, you can purchase a cheap Chromebook, connect to an incredibly powerful array of supercomputers for next to no cost on AWS, and you can distribute your minimally viable product across large social networks like Linkedin and Facebook with just a key stroke. 10- Solopreneurs will join other progressive businesses.

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ProfessorVC: Where did Summer Go?

Professor VC

A 2005 report by the Government Accountability Office indicates that textbook prices have outpaced inflation by more than 2-1 over the past two decades and account for 26% of tuition and fees at four-year public universities and nearly three-quarters of costs at community colleges. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal.

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ProfessorVC: Do you have a U.S. Strategy?

Professor VC

A similar trend is happening in alternative energy, the industry that has greatly benefited from both venture capital and US government assistance over the past decade. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? He points out that manufacturing employment in the U.S. million workers.

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

Companies raised too much money in 2005-08 and had high burn rates. Most of the informed people I know are telling me that the sharp sell-off has more to do with European national debt (PIGS as it is called: Portugal, Italy, Greece & Spain) than the current US dilemma of a S&P downgrade of the US government debt.

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