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The Funding Gap

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An experienced software engineer, for example, can develop a new mobile app with his or her own resources and market the product on the web with very little capital. Center for Venture Research. Venture Capital. $20 Pre-seed, startup. Angel Investors. $20 20 billion. Most for startups and growth stages. 20 billion.

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I have an amazing idea for a web based start up which is yet untapped. How should I get started?

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For a more in-depth discussion of this (and a great post by Derek Sivers , please read my answer to Venture Capital: Is it possible for an idea to be funded by a VC? Invested Interests businesses entrepreneur ideas investors startups web based' original post can be found on Quora @ [link] *.

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Is gust.com a difficult platform to replicate?

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Setting up a clean, effective web site that lists companies seeking funding and provides accounts for investors to interact with them is not rocket science. There are literally hundreds of platforms currently operating that connect investors and startups, and there have been at least a hundred others that have come and gone.

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5 Things I Look when Investing in a Startup

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It’s the result of several decades in high tech, three years as an investor in a local Oregon angel investment group , some consulting in due diligence for venture capital, and my experience as founder and co-founder of successful ventures. What I say here is my opinion and mine alone. Startup experience. Closeness.

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What are the biggest global events for Venture Capitalists and Business Angels where they can learn about their own business?

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The group’s respective web sites list these events. Venture Capitalists. The big one for VCs is the annual meeting of the National Venture Capital Association. A calendar of many of these is available from the NVCA web site: NVCA and Industry Events. NVCA Annual Meeting. Both Angels and VCs.

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Nuts & Bolts of Intellectual Property for New Startups

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Today, it can sign one deal with a cloud service provider such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) to replace all of the above. After eliminating all of these types of assets, what remains? Intellectual property. Second in importance only to talented people, IP in all its forms is the key asset comprising most of the value of any tech startup.

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3 Good Reasons to Recheck Your Profitability Projections

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A decent web search will turn up several different sources of standard industry ratios for less than $100 per industry, broken into NAICS codes. Projecting excess profits, at rates way beyond the normal, are bad for at least three reasons: Kills credibility regarding industry knowledge and realistic projections.