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Technical Advisors: Every Web/Mobile Startup Must Have One

SoCal CTO

And it made me come to a new realization: Every early-stage web/mobile/online startup should have at least one technical advisor, probably two. Most early-stage, in-house teams needs to be hands on developers, not strategic. It just didn't dawn on me how common this need is. Strategic Technical Advisor.

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New Meetup on Building Tech Tools for Private Equity+VC Investors

David Teten

My colleague Sebastian Soler, software engineer at ff Venture Capital, is leading the launch of a new Meetup with me. Prior to joining ffVC, I co-founded an early stage fashion messaging startup, and joined a TechStars NYC 2011 company as first engineering employee. I asked him to write a guest post: Hi!

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Boston’s WebInno Is Now BIG

Genuine VC

Back in June, the local Boston tech community together celebrated the ten year anniversary of the Web Innovators Group, affectionately known as “WebInno.” Each gathering showcases early stage startups in their infancy, not as a capital-raising pitch, but rather as a way to show off their product to peers for both exposure and feedback.

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

www.geekwire.com

AMAZON WEB SERVICES. According to the Dow Jones research, 43 early-stage funds raised $3.1 Madrona’s new $300 million fund — while the largest in the firm’s history — certainly qualifies in the early-stage group. Software Developer. Senior Software Engineer - Web-based Applications.

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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. iOS Developer Anki, Inc.

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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

Both Sides of the Table

If you’re working with early-stage companies you need to be spending quality time with them which means you need to be nearby. Or how about the best example – Loic Le Meur gets everybody over to Paris every year for Le Web. If you’re super hot / successful you can resist. Otherwise, good luck!

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Meet Manu Kumar, Chief Firestarter at K9 Ventures

K9 Ventures

What everyone can agree on, though, is that there are definitely more seed and early stage funds now than ever before, and more people willing to give money to young companies looking to make it big. He then served as the Chairman and CEO of iMeet, a provider of web-conferencing services. What are your categories of interest?