A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

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CapitalFactory: Your startup gets $20k cash + 20 mentors for a summer

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

I'm a mentor and investor in CapitalFactory , a seed-stage startup mentorship program in Austin, TX. We like to say we're the #3 most popular seed-stage group after Y-Combinator and TechStars. Help me spread the word about this program! Help me spread the word and keep us at #3! Leave a comment.

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Smart Bear Live 5: Dan from SyncBloc.com with Mark Suster

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

So VCs invest in different stages. You have seed stage, A round, B round, C round, D round. What it also means is, I don’t actually want to tell you no, because then you might be pissed off with me and not come back if you get that aforementioned traction. What Vcs are investing?