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How to Fund a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

Some angel investors join together in syndicates. The fund managers, who are called"general partners," get about 2% of the fund annually as a managementfee, plus about 20% of the funds gains. Not all the people who work at VC firms are partners. Its the partners who decide, and they view things witha colder eye.

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HOW TO: Sign Up Users Even Before You Launch Your Startup

mashable.com

Philadelphia-based startup LaunchRock thinks a company’s “coming soon” page should be more than a placeholder; it should be a place for users to sign up and provide a way to share a new startup with friends. Have an account? Here are four tricks startups have used to make it happen. Reproduction without explicit permission is prohibited.