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Startup Business Investments Around The World

YoungUpstarts

They are investors who provide you with all the resources you need, including seed money, physical space for your startup, advice, and connection with other investors in their network. Professional Social Networking Sites. Personal Marketing Efforts.

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Why Kickstarter and crowdfunding can’t replace traditional investors

The Next Web

Are traditional investors really that great when you can leverage your social networks for cash? Starting up a Kickstarter campaign instantly puts a ticking clock above your head when it comes to delivering your product or service. Sure you can raise your seed money on Kickstarter or another crowdfunding platform… then what?

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This Week in VC with @VCMike Hirshland of Polaris Ventures

Both Sides of the Table

This includes seed funding Automattic (who produce WordPress, the blog I use for this website) and investing in formspring.me, stickybits, Thing Labs (producer of Brizzly), KissMetrics and many others including Quantcast. So how is Mike able to do this at a time where others have warned against taking seed money from VC funds?

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The Series A crunch is hitting now. Have we even noticed?

pandodaily.com

If you are raising a seed round now, there are a few things you can do to protect yourself. There are still the same debates on whether or not you should take seed money from VCs. HealthTab acquires Avvo Health to double its doctor network. Entrepreneurs are survivors by nature. November 29, 2012. Source: YouTube ]. -