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What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common

Both Sides of the Table

That would mean that the increased number of new business startups will lead to a “funding gap&# of deals that can’t get financed. I saw VCs doing crazy things in 2007-08 when I first entered the VC market – crazy prices, limited due diligence, large funding rounds. I avoided much of this.

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Bitesize Monday: Indian Summer in Israeli VC funding (Takadu, Celeno, Superfish, Headway, Real Match)

VC Cafe

Fred Wilson warns that it is starting to feel like a bubble again, with VCs writing $5 and $10 million dollar checks with very little due diligence, sometimes showing up to a first meeting with a term sheet… Israeli startup headlines for Nov 15, 2010. Realmatch was started in 2007 by Gal Almog. [ Source ]. Funding news.

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Bitesize Monday: Indian Summer in Israeli VC funding (Takadu, Celeno, Superfish, Headway, Real Match)

VC Cafe

Fred Wilson warns that it is starting to feel like a bubble again, with VCs writing $5 and $10 million dollar checks with very little due diligence, sometimes showing up to a first meeting with a term sheet… Israeli startup headlines for Nov 15, 2010. Realmatch was started in 2007 by Gal Almog. [ Source ]. Funding news.

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Bitesize Monday: Indian Summer in Israeli VC funding (Takadu, Celeno, Superfish, Headway, Real Match)

VC Cafe

Fred Wilson warns that it is starting to feel like a bubble again, with VCs writing $5 and $10 million dollar checks with very little due diligence, sometimes showing up to a first meeting with a term sheet… Israeli startup headlines for Nov 15, 2010. Realmatch was started in 2007 by Gal Almog. [ Source ]. Funding news.

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Bitesize Monday: Indian Summer in Israeli VC funding (Takadu, Celeno, Superfish, Headway, Real Match)

VC Cafe

Fred Wilson warns that it is starting to feel like a bubble again, with VCs writing $5 and $10 million dollar checks with very little due diligence, sometimes showing up to a first meeting with a term sheet… Israeli startup headlines for Nov 15, 2010. Realmatch was started in 2007 by Gal Almog. [ Source ]. Funding news.

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Attracting a CTO to your startup

www.thisisgoingtobebig.com

Lets start with finances. As the businessperson, financing is just one of the things you bring to the table. That would be my due diligence on you if I was a technical partner--lots of people saying yes. So, what makes you worth 50%? (Or Or 60,70, or 80% if you plan on giving out less.)

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There is no “Foundry Group Boulder Signaling Problem”

VC Adventure

And while writing about it might drive some traffic Forbes.com, the reality is that there’s no due diligence line item on other venture firms’ checklists for Boulder companies that says “find out why Foundry passed&#. There is no signaling problem. . And the numbers support me. Strongly. .