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How to Raise Investment Capital - According to VC Jeff Clavier

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Clavier began his presentation at the beginning of a company's lifecycle, asking how many co-founders a startup ought to have. Money man and pundit Paul Kedrosky also spoke at the International Startup Festival and offered humorous, blunt advice about how to get what you want from investors and investment bankers.

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My new Startup Board Mantra: 1-1-1

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There are signs that this is starting to change slowly — one big one is that of all the board searches we are running at Bolster, about ? Here are four tough conversations you may have to have along the way, with some suggestions on how to navigate them. This is also something that I would expect to take some time to change.

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After Raising $6.7M For Startups And Winning SEC Approval, AngelList Opens Up Investment Platform To More Companies

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Co-founder Naval Ravikant explains that 18 pilot companies in the program, including Transcriptic, Double Robotics and Tred, received $6.7 million in commitments from 620 investors in the past four months, with about $2 million raised per month on average. Investors included Founders Fund, 500 Startups and Marc Cuban.

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The Difference Between ?No? and ?Not Yet? ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Yet a clear and quick “no” is often the best response other than an enthusiastic “yes” But there’s a difference between “no” and “not yet” And “not yet” responses can depend both on the investor and the entprereneurs. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search.

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Out of the Crisis #12: Curative founder Fred Turner and Celine Halioua on diagnostic supply chains, scaling up testing, and partnering with government

Startup Lessons Learned

The story of how Curative pivoted and scaled is about moving with entrepreneurial speed to find a solution, then collaborating with investors and government for the public good. Celine Halioua , founder of a company called Celevity that is developing drugs to extend the lifespan of dogs, also played a key role.

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9 Tips for Raising Startup Funds on AngelList

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Facebook Co-Founder’s Startup Asana Launches Publicly. Joshua Baer is the co-founder and CEO of Otherinbox , a prolific angel investor and the director of Capital Factory , Austin’s seed-stage incubator. Make It Easy for Investors To Write Checks. Look for Your Lead Investor.

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Raising $$ on AngelList? Working w/ McClure? Ask Jody Sherman

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I was hanging out the other day with my buddy Jody Sherman, founder & CEO of EcoMom. I was an angel investor in his company, made a bunch of calls on his behalf and then I personally sent it out on AngelList. Might as well cut off our conversation and just restart it 48 hours later on camera for This Week in VC.

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