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Twitter Link Roundup #153 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Surprising Insights From HubSpot’s $35M Mezzanine Round | ON Startups – [link]. The Evolution of Display: Change Is Here, For Good | John Battelle’s Search Blog – [link]. John Battelle’s Search Blog – [link]. Start something small – [link]. Digiday – [link].

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Changes in Software & Venture Capital – Part 2 of 3

Both Sides of the Table

As some of the last generation of startups have gotten bigger many VCs have also chased later-stage investments that were traditionally dominated by growth equity or mezzanine funds. Ramen profitable is good while you’re in search of a more scalable business model but is not sustainable for most companies in the long term.

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Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy? Think Again.

techcrunch.com

Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. I would assume most businesses are going to claim they should get VC funding in order to help their PR, even if no one at the company actually believes it. A lot of the stats weren’t surprising. Think Again.