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2010 VC Funding Outlook for Startups – Prepare for Winter (Part 3/3)

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Consumer spending is 70% of the economy and will continue to be stretched – We can look all we want at tech innovation, VC funding cycles and hot M&A deals, but ultimately growth and therefore investment must be underpinned by revenue. So we loaded up on flat screen TVs, multiple generations of iPods and trips to Hawaii.

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5Q03: Puneet Agarwal (True Ventures) on pitching investors, maker culture, and big trends he’s watching. — The Orchestrate.io Blog

Scalable Startup

via 5Q03: Puneet Agarwal (True Ventures) on pitching investors, maker culture, and big trends he’s watching. — Angel Investor CEO Succession early stage founder Hawaii PHP SaaS Scalability startup CEO Tom Nora venture Cash Flow CEOing google revenue growth scalability Software Development The Next Level tom nora vc venture capital'

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The Greenshoe = how to repay all those that helped along the way.

Scalable Startup

startup venture Scalability early stage startup CEO Revenue Growth founder Angel Investor Tom Nora Hawaii CEO CEOing first revenue venture capital angel investor tom nora CoFounder The Next Level Cash Flow Silicon Valley Entrepreneur' The rewards are pretty amazing.

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The Greenshoe = how to repay all those that helped along the way.

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Angel Investor early stage founder Hawaii Revenue Growth Scalability startup startup CEO Tom Nora venture angel investor Cash Flow CEO CEOing CoFounder Entrepreneur first revenue Silicon Valley The Next Level tom nora venture capital' #Web #Development #Digital #Strategy #Art| tomnora.com.

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How SaaS + Mobile has changed our world.

Scalable Startup

Angel Investor early stage founder Hawaii SaaS Scalability startup startup CEO Tom Nora angel investor CEOing first revenue leadership software Software Development The Next Level tom nora twitter venture capital' > Connect with me here and on twitter @tomnora.

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2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Groups

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To provide some reference points, I surveyed thirteen angels groups in North American to determine their recent experience in negotiating the pre-money valuation of pre-revenue companies. See the 2010 data reported here: Current Pre-money Valuations of Pre-revenue Companies. Pre-money Valuation of Pre-revenue Companies.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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SIGNIFICANCE PROMINENT. --> The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. The National Venture Capital Association estimates that 25% to 30% of venture-backed businesses fail. NAME David Cowan.