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Taking stock of the Dutch tech cluster: What The Netherlands needs to win the European startup scene

The Next Web

We are the most active Twitter country in the world (measured by tweets per account) and the third most socially networked. At home we have entrepreneurs who think global day one. We have 30 procedures to go through when starting a legal business entity – ranking us #5 globally of light bureaucracy when incorporating.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

VI: Revenue-based financing: The next step for private equity and early-stage investment. In addition to a fund, the overall Capacity organization provides direct mentorship, consulting and connects founders to a broad network of talent, diverse forms of capital, and existing resources focused on the post-startup stage of growth.

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Free Startup Docs: How Much Equity Should Advisors Get?

techcrunch.com

Having to invent ad hoc terms to work together, negotiating terms, and throwing money into hiring lawyers can really hamstring the formation of productive founder-advisor relationships — something that can really make or break a startup in its early stages. Enterprise. Smartphones. Digital Cameras. Headphones. CrunchBase.

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Funding goes global: location is no longer your financing destiny

Version One Ventures

It was much harder for a “remote” company in the Mid West, Europe, or Canada to draw any attention to themselves. Look global and local. One of the biggest advantages here is in hiring: you can pull from their local network and local investors can even interview key hires in person.

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

techcrunch.com

In December, AngelList , a service that matches early-stage startups with investors, debuted the ability to allow accredited investors to actually invest in startups on the platform with as little as $1,000. As Smartphones Reach A Global Tipping Point, Why Your Product Isn't As Simple As You. Enterprise. Smartphones.

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Convertible Equity, A Better Alternative To Convertible Debt?

techcrunch.com

Ressi estimates that the debt note now accounts for over 50% of all angel and early stage deals. Yokum Taku, Corporate and Securities Partner at the Palo Alto, California Office of Wilson Sonsini agrees, “I can’t think of a good reason not to shift early stage seed financings toward convertible equity away from convertible debt.”.

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Cracking the Code - Untitled Article

Cracking the Code

For early stage companies, the stakes are even higher, and finding a great country manager is the single most important element of a successful launch. Fortunately, there is another, proven strategy, which I will expand on here – the acqui-hire.

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