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AppDirect’s Developer Incubator aims to help engineers become entrepreneurs through apprenticeship

The Next Web

AppDirect , the cloud-based services marketplace company, has set up a Developer Incubator program in order to help it staff up, but also to give engineers an opportunity to get some entrepreneurial experience without risking their paycheck. If you want to apply, you have until the end of the year to submit your name for consideration.

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How to Get World Class Experts to Support Your Company

David Teten

I’ve written on the expert network industry a fair amount in the past: see How to Earn More Consulting Revenue from Expert Networks and How Executives Can Work with Private Equity and Venture Capital Portfolio Companies. They use GLG to quickly and efficiently answer some of their toughest questions.

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What the AngelList Debate Means for the Future of Startup Investing

www.readwriteweb.com

Since most companies have little to no revenue, who else has already invested in the deal is heavily weighted to prove value. This, he argues, leads to a herd mentality. The startups and investors can do the round however they like. Follow McCann on Twitter @Mccannatron. Roberts also takes issue with the emphasis on ?social

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Five Ways You’re Not Going To Get An Investor For Your Startup

Duct Tape Marketing

Knowing how much it costs to acquire a customer is debatably the most important variable in an investor’s equation. than investors can use this equation: Cost of getting 100 customers = X. Revenue from 100 customers = Y. Amount of money investor is willing to invest = Z. (Y Y minus X) times Z = total profit.

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Should every startup get funded?

This is going to be BIG.

So if we’re talking everyone getting funded without getting the benefit of an experienced set of mentors in a small, focused program like TechStars, or a lead investor who will spend a lot of time with you upfront, I’m not on board with that. This is a good thing. Want to get these folks help?

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9 Tips for Raising Startup Funds on AngelList

mashable.com

Joshua Baer is the co-founder and CEO of Otherinbox , a prolific angel investor and the director of Capital Factory , Austin’s seed-stage incubator. AngelList is an online community that matches startups with investors to streamline the fundraising process. Look for Your Lead Investor. Don’t focus on press.