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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

I highlighted how these tectonic technical shifts have altered the VC industry in this post: How Open-Source & Horizontal Computing Spawned the Micro VC Market. The “big boom” in startup financing started around March 2009?—?more 2007 was the watershed year. more than 5 years ago?—?and and hasn’t abated.

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Startup 101: “Open Source” Start up Legal Documents

VC Cafe

Legal docs don’t have to be a source of stress when you’re trying to set up a business. Don’t use these documents blindly ” Taylor Wessing – offers a suite of seed investment documents which are available on an open-source basis. Link: [link]. All docs are here: [link]. Share/Bookmark.

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What’s Really Going on in the VC Industry? What Does it Mean for Startups?

Both Sides of the Table

One is the “denominator problem&# which says that if an LP invests X% (the denominator) into “alternative investments&# such as venture capital and if their total amount available to invest (the numerator) goes down by 30% then the amount they allocate to VC will by definition need to go down by 30% to stay the same percentage.

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How To Save Money In Business: 10 Tips For Young Entrepreneurs

YoungUpstarts

The internet has a ton of open-source software and other free services you can use for your business. Learning the financial term definitions can help you look at your expenses sheet with more knowledge, too. You can also save on your office equipment like copiers and computers if you buy used ones. Use Free Online Resources.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain the Future Trends They See in Their Industry

Hearpreneur

Contractors should also be prepared with customer-friendly financing options. While captivating, mouth-watering and high-definition photos have always been welcome in the food industry, videos that show food being prepared, cooked and even eaten will rule in the future because they create a more immersive experience for the audience.

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ESADE Business School Commencement Speech

Steve Blank

Cheered on by finance professors, Wall Street analysts, investors and hedge funds, companies have learned how to make metrics like Internal Rate of Return look great by one; outsourcing everything, two, getting assets off their balance sheet, and three only investing in things that pay off fast. Innovation.

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Seed Stage Firms are Dead, Long Live Micro VCs

Genuine VC

First, it’s helpful to provide a definition. Of course CapEx has been transformed into OpEx via changes in the tech infrastructure layer (open source, virtualization & cloud computing, offshoring, etc.). That’s no secret.