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Are Business Plans Still Necessary?

Both Sides of the Table

This is part of my ongoing series of posts and I need to file this one under both Raising Venture Capital and Startup Advice. Many of these businesses were what First Round Capital called FNACs (features, not companies – this acronym has always stuck with me). Cisco and others went out to fill out their Web 2.0

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Why Was Winter in Venture Capital Funding so Short?

Both Sides of the Table

It was only a year ago that many in the Venture Capital industry were predicting that “winter was coming” and to be fair the author of this post was chief amongst them. With nearly 2/3rd of all VCs citing cost-cutting in 2016 as the norm — this is a clear indication that winter made an appearance. Baidu alone raised $3.2

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Now Any Accredited Investor Can Invest in Texas Startups with Capital Factory and AngelList

Austin Startup

While the Texas weather is preferable to New York City and the cost of living preferable to San Francisco, there are many more reasons that entrepreneurs are flocking to Texas. Capital Factory has partnered with AngelList Rolling Funds to better meet the needs of today’s investors. it has been decades in the making.

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Chronic Under-financing of EU Start-ups Driven by Mindset

Babbling VC

I personally believe that one of the major drawbacks to venture capital in Europe is chronic under-financing and people skirt around this issue. We keep hearing about lean start-ups and how much costs have dropped when launching and growing a business. Initial costs are peanuts to get something up and running.

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