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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

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Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round). You can sometimes attract capital from farther away but typically harder to do at early stage.

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Why Your Startup's Name Matters

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Jobs Events Try Our New Social News App Welcome to Mashable! Naming can be one of the most difficult challenges in the early stages of a startup. Latest Social Media News. Today in Mobile. The Social Good Brief. Mobile Lists. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists. Social Media.

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4 Considerations for Expanding Your Startup to International Markets

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In other words, angel investors and early stage venture capital (VC) firms will have different expectations than late stage VC firms. With the help social networking tools it has became much easier for start ups to venture in the competitive market.

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Why Launching a Startup Is More Expensive Than You Think

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No doubt early-stage companies can be started on a shoestring by low-paid entrepreneurs, but when financing a scalable, sustainable product, a free application server won’t make much of a difference. In fact, it’s barely even the beginning for most companies in their seed stage financings. Have an account?

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7 Common Mistakes Startups Make on Accelerator Program Applications

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As a side note, if you’re interested in applying to TechStars Seattle for this fall, the application page just went live a few days ago and can be found here: [link] It was by far the best decision we’ve made, and I’d highly recommend this route for any early-stage entrepreneurs. an iPad 2 Killer?

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

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Boardex and Relationship Science make it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. Point Nine Capital uses Qwilr to create modern, mobile-native collateral. Data companies focused on early-stage startups include Aingel , fundsUP , Preseries , PredictLeads , and Sploda.

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10 Essential PR Tips for Startups

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Not to mention, early-stage startups usually only employ a few people focused on product and development. Latest Social Media News. Today in Mobile. The Social Good Brief. Mobile Lists. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists. Social Media. Social Networking.

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