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Ending the Toll Roads to LP Fundraising

This is going to be BIG.

Picture this: Your family builds a tremendous business in Nebraska over four generations making black socks. Your team does a good job hustling around to find good teams, but the reality is that your dealflow is more dependent on your network than it is any kind of objective criteria. The next generation isn't interested in socks.

LP 97
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VolunteerSpot Lands $1.5 Million Investment

SiliconHills

ff Venture Capital of New York led the investment along with the Central Texas Angel Network, Nebraska Angel network, Angel List and Baylor Angel Network. VolunteerSpot, which creates tools for moms, nonprofit organizers and others to coordinate volunteers, has received $1.5

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VolunteerSpot Raises $1.5M Financing

Austin Startup

Led by ff Venture Capital of New York, with participation from members of the Central TX Angel Network, Nebraska Angel Network, Angel List and Baylor Angel Network, VolunteerSpot expects to double its user base during this year’s back-to-school season. Continue reading →

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Getting high on your own Svpply: When who’s using the service is part of the product

This is going to be BIG.

It's been done before--whole social networks have been built out around the idea of product sharing and cool finds, but their comprehensiveness (complexity) seemed to be their downfall. There hasn't been a lot of buzz about the service yet, so the people in my network who are using it are the people I'd consider to be tastemakers.

Nebraska 102
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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

It possesses a strong corporate base, talented workforce, and a vast network of nationally ranked universities, startup development organizations and innovation-minded companies to support a robust tech ecosystem,” said Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner. In Houston, we are not just running, we are sprinting?—?in

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Getting high on your own Svpply: When who’s using the service is part of the product

This is going to be BIG.

It's been done before--whole social networks have been built out around the idea of product sharing and cool finds, but their comprehensiveness (complexity) seemed to be their downfall. There hasn't been a lot of buzz about the service yet, so the people in my network who are using it are the people I'd consider to be tastemakers.