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SXSW Startups: Steamchain

Austin Startup

SteamChain is based in Milwaukee, Wisc. We love Milwaukee! Michael Bloomberg: He has built an impressive business based on at the crossroads of software, finance and media. Also, if you are an entrepreneur, check out all the cool panels and presentations in the Entrepreneurship and Startups Track , which runs March 8–12 at SXSW.

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Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations - Startups.

Tim Keane

« Power of Angel Investing in Milwaukee | Main. Please see later version of this post on May 16, 2010 Entrepreneurs are often not experts in the area of term-sheet negotiations and all of the surrounding issues.   Investors sometimes “present” the terms they’d like and expect the entrepreneurs to react.

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When All Else Fails.Manipulate The Data - Startups and angels.

Tim Keane

« Listening to Entrepreneurs | Main. I saw that on a t-shirt worn by a bartender at the Milwaukee Irish Fest last night. But I liked it and it got me thinking about entrepreneurs and investors. Who is responsible when investors encourage entrepreneurs to "manage" the data? I have no idea why.

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How To Change The World - Startups and angels: Along the way to.

Tim Keane

Power of Angel Investing in Milwaukee » December 30, 2009. Understand finance.  Never, ever “let Mikey do it.”  Know, yourself, how your venture is financed, what the alternatives are, and when you will know it is time to execute them. Understand finance. Startups and angels: Along the way to success.

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People are the whole game - Startups and angels: Along the way to.

Tim Keane

In brief, my own story involves a software company called RTMS in Milwaukee.   I’ve been fortunate enough to be teaching aspiring entrepreneurs at Marquette University ever since.   I’ve been fortunate enough to be teaching aspiring entrepreneurs at Marquette University ever since. It was bootstrapped. Why the US?