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From Airbnb to TaskRabbit to Zimride, sharing is becoming big business

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The dot-com boom of early 2000 saw a proliferation of similar anything-at-your-service start-ups. RelayRides, which also provides $1 million-per-incident in insurance for car owners, is dealing with a case in Massachusetts that might have a sobering effect on its operations. Thats real money." Most Popular E-mail Newsletter.

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Returns for brand-name VC funds

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Accel Partners VII (2000): 122% (97%). ARCH Venture Fund V (2000): 41% (11%). Commonwealth Capital Ventures III (2000): 110% (56%). HIG Venture Partners (2000): 44% (22%). Insight Venture Partners IV (2000): 169% (119%). Lightspeed Venture Partners VI (2000): 112% (80%). Onset Ventures IV (2000): 31% (4%).

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

Our community colleges are excellent as well, including the Alamo Colleges, Austin Community College, the Dallas College and the Lone Star Community College. In San Antonio we take great pride in our diverse, artistic, affordable and culturally rich community filled with a young and burgeoning creative class workforce.

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Where To Find The Most Angels To Fund Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Since its founding in 2000, its members have invested over $400 million in companies in technology, consumer products, healthcare/life sciences, real estate and other segments with high growth potential. A caveat is that this is a for-profit organization, so fees to present may be significant. New England Investment Network.

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Start Here if You are Looking for Angel Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Although relatively new, they announced early last year that their community had already grown to more than 500 startups, and 2,500 investors. This is an online platform connecting entrepreneurs based in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont, with Angel investors worldwide.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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The results were similar when he examined data for companies funded from 2000 to 2010, he says. Massachusetts. Massachusetts. Journal Community. Journal Community. A community of WSJ readers interested in franchising news, trends and issues. Journal Community. California. Connecticut. Mississippi.

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Impact Entrepreneurship

Seeing Both Sides

A company I co-founded back in 2000, Upromise , is focused on helping families save money for college, a necessary ticket to the American Dream. The founders are focused on helping millions of people learn to code so that they can improve their job prospects and move up the income ladder. one from Israel came into my inbox this morning).