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[Interview] Patrick Mackaronis, Director Of Business Development At Brabble

YoungUpstarts

You need a strong CFO or some sort of financial advisor working with you right out of the gate, and always make certain that you start your business with the advisement of strong legal counsel and a securities attorney if you ever want to raise even one dollar. You also talk about “family and friends” funding.

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NextIO Secures $12.3 Million in Series F Financing

Austin Startup

This round included investment by existing investors and an undisclosed strategic investor. NextIO, the pioneer in I/O consolidation and next-generation networking solutions, today announced it has closed a Series F funding round of $12.3

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More Tech Startups are LLCs

Austin Startup

Many angel investors, and also strategic investors, are comfortable investing in LLCs, particularly under a convertible security structure that doesn’t immediately result in equity holdings.

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Three Startup Financing Myths You Should Avoid

YoungUpstarts

If talking to investors is turning out to be a full time job, it’s possible that you are talking to too many investors or that you need to refine your pitch. Gurinder Sangha, a securities lawyer who started Intelligize (sold to Lexis-Nexis), put it best when he said that you want to go after investors that are “in your tribe.”.

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Need money? Read this!

Berkonomics

Whether the partner is a supplier looking to gain a lock on your business as it grows or a customer looking to create a competitive barrier through use of your product, such an investment typically carries fewer restrictions than from a professional investor and less oversight. The post Need money? first appeared on BERKONOMICS.

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5 ways to advance your term sheet: AKA “How to think like an investor”

The Next Web

My daily work consists of connecting innovative A round startups with potential investors or strategic partners. The five suggestions below are designed to help facilitate the investment process which may lead to a more expeditious term sheet and teach entrepreneurs to think more like an investor.

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This Week in VC with Om Malik & Paul Jozefak

Both Sides of the Table

Are “strategic investors&# (e.g. industry investors rather than VCs) a good idea for entrepreneurs. Similar service to Verisign for SSL certificates and e-commerce transactions and McAfee SECURE (HackerSafe) for online retailers. Paul discussed his perspective having been at SAP Ventures. Total raised: $22.0mm.