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MAY 15, 2015

Entrepreneurs seem genuinely surprised to find that investors in Peoria or Little Rock are not willing to invest in startup companies at Silicon Valley prices. The valuation of startup companies shouldn’t be impacted by location, should they? Guess again! A Read more >.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2016

For three out of four quarters in 2015, New York City’s tech ecosystem has led with more startup funding requests than any other region in the country, including California’s long reigning Silicon Valley. The post Silicon Alley Closes 2015 On Top In A Boom Year For Startups appeared first on The Gust Blog.

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AUGUST 22, 2012

Giza was just a one-day side trip on my main mission: Visiting a tech startup tucked away in Alexandria, a bustling seaside metropolis of 5 million. Building a startup is one of the riskiest endeavors to begin with, so predictability is key, even in the face of known adversity. What the heck was I doing in Egypt anyway?

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

Join entrepreneur groups online, like Linkedin “On Startups”, Facebook for Business, and use Twitter to find people with like-minded interests. Major universities, like Stanford and MIT, are flush with smart people from all cultures, many of whom would bring a whole new energy and creativity to your startup. Talk to people at work.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Incubators I hear mentioned most often include YCombinator , led by Paul Graham in Silicon Valley, and TechStars , located in Boston, Boulder, New York City, and Seattle. A few are still trying to make money doing it, but it is hard to make money off startups. group rates for health, life and other insurance plans. billion.

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DECEMBER 1, 2011

For years there has been a pervasive opinion across the entrepreneurial landscape that the US has a shortage of capital required to startup and grow new ventures. Dr. Carl Schramm, Kauffman CEO , recently said that startup formation is stagnant or even decreasing in the US in the second half of 2011.

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OCTOBER 16, 2012

Band of Angels (Silicon Valley). Sand Hill Angels (Silicon Valley). In 2011, we noted that the pre-money valuation of pre-revenue deals funded by angel groups in Silicon Valley, Boston and New York was higher than most other regions of the country. Ohio TechAngels (Columbus). New York Angels.

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OCTOBER 12, 2011

Silicon Valley. Valley Angel Fund. Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley. Speaking with many angel leaders , I believe we have identified several possible explanations for group-to-group variations: 1) Clearly, startup ventures in some business verticals command high pre-money valuations that others.

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JANUARY 19, 2014

Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of working with some of the best entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and elsewhere. A question I sometimes get from startup founders is “What do I talk to these guys about?” Invested Interests challenge entrepreneur money startup' Image via Flickr (Creative Commons). Join us if you dare.

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DECEMBER 13, 2011

Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley. In fact, my sense is that in most regions, angels and VCs are cooperating and sometimes co-funding startups. Here are the trends in venture capital financings from 2006 through 2010 – the number of seed stage deals funded and total investment by region in millions of dollars. .

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JULY 18, 2012

You and seventy of the world’s most carefully scrutinized emerging companies will debut your product in Santa Clara, among the best and the brightest in Silicon Valley. As part of your application, you will create your startup profile on Gust, which you can return to in the future to manage all of your investor relations needs.

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JULY 8, 2012

If you are new to the entrepreneurial world of startups, you are likely confused by the terminology of seed-stage, lean startups, micro-VCs, and Super Angels. The good news is that he is all about helping early-stage startups. Early-stage startup. Every startup is early-stage to someone. Super Angels.

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OCTOBER 8, 2014

A-rounds back then seemed to be anywhere from $2-3 million (LA or NYC) or up to $5 million in Silicon Valley. $5 If you want a great primer on how the VC and startup funding scene changed here’s a great primer. It’s hard building a startup. If you''re newer to VC math here''s a great primer].

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JANUARY 19, 2014

Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of working with some of the best entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and elsewhere. A question I sometimes get from startup founders is “What do I talk to these guys about?” Invested Interests challenge entrepreneur money startup' Image via Flickr (Creative Commons). Join us if you dare.

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OCTOBER 5, 2011

Last week , we gave some attention to the “why” behind convertible note financing for early stage startups. At least one well-known Silicon Valley venture accelerator is using a document referred to as a “ convertible security ” rather than “convertible promissory note.” In fact, there is a recent variation on this theme.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Consider the far less serious, but still newsworthy, disaster that befell startup Airbnb this summer. How could such a well-regarded, highly successful startup be so inept in its response to an entirely foreseeable customer risk/abuse incident that was guaranteed to happen sooner or later?

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OCTOBER 22, 2014

Australia has some very active, organized, groups of angel investors, and they should be embraced and brought into the startup community as a resource. An online central hub of the entire startup ecosystem would be a great way to bring all of the startup constituents and components together. Invested Interests'

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NOVEMBER 25, 2012

This reality has fostered a popular startup approach which dramatically improves the efficiency and speed of these corrections, pioneered by Silicon Valley entrepreneur and author Eric Ries. Changes to the way a startup captures value can have far-reaching consequences for business, product, and marketing strategies.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Content on the site includes the latest news, events, startups, jobs, funding opportunities, and industry insights. universities, Silicon Valley startups, and global businesses; country-specific navigation and content; and access to financing from Gust’s vast early-stage investor network.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

In the case of startup funding, however, the challenge was an order of magnitude more daunting because the market is completely asymmetrical. Instead it was the proverbial ‘chicken and egg’ question that bedevils all two-sided market place ventures.

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OCTOBER 26, 2011

I have to admit my West Coast bias here, having learned the ropes at a large Silicon Valley firm ; it makes little sense to me to have investor’s counsel drafting documents that are woven into the fabric of a company’s governance and capital structure, with which the company will likely be living for years after the investment is made.

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