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Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S

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GeekWire Events. VENTURE CAPITAL. TECH EVENTS. You are here: Home / Startups / Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S. Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S. Startup Resources. Dispatches from the Digital Frontier.

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9 Austin Startup Week Sessions at Capital Factory That Blew Us Away

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From tips on international expansion strategies to using XR as a musical instrument, these sessions at Capital Factory showcased some amazing innovation in Austin’s startup community. You found someone that really cares about something,” says Pete Kooman , CTO at Optimizely. If someone gets mad, that’s usually a good sign.

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Should You Share Equity with Consultants?

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Join our community. Technology | Thursdays. Should You Share Equity with Consultants? Science and Technology Technology. Back in 1997, Randy Parker was staring at a blank whiteboard, wondering where hed find the money to hire the employees and consultants he needed to build his new product. "We Newsletters.

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Hacking Innovation Education in New York

This is going to be BIG.

This is the case when the requirements of these events don’t actually include building a real business or product. They just booked some space at NYU, threw up a fundraising page on Kickstarter, and started talking it up in the community. It’s a recipe for failure. No revenues, no costs.

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What is Sweat Equity Worth?

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Being an entrepreneur is lonely, but there are better ways to make friends or build a community of credible supporters than by giving early-stage equity to people who make small contributions to your business.). Million in Venture Capital. More Video » Entrepreneur Events. How Daisy Cakes Reeled in a Shark.

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FinTech Innovation Lab Launch Event – June 2, 2011

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The new FinTech Innovation Lab , an annual program run by the New York City Investment Fund and Accenture, had their launch event on Thursday night. It attracted a very high quality crowd of senior executives from major investment banks and members of the innovation community — two groups that don’t normally mingle.

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

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Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. The scene is the siren song of the innovation community. How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter. It may be that all the doomsayers are right.