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More Cash for Entrepreneurs, Crowdfunding, and Indiegogo

David Teten

It was created before the Internet age to protect investors by promoting full disclosure of information. With public support, the passage of this type of crowdfunding legislation would not only provide entrepreneurs with the money they need to fund innovation, it would also be easier for people to become angel investors.

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ProfessorVC: Touched by an Angel

Professor VC

Thursday, January 17, 2008. Touched by an Angel. I think the title of this post is a TV show, but fitting as there has been much debate in the venture community as to the whether angel investors are good or bad for entrepreneurs and VCs. What would the VC corollary to Touched by an Angel, be. ▼ 2008. (14).

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ProfessorVC: Crowdfunding - Good Idea or Really, Really Stupid.

Professor VC

I wont go into the details of the bill, but at a high level, it allows entrepreneurs to raise funds over the Internet up to a maximum of $1M annually (or $2M with audited financials). Maximum investment from each individual investor would be the lesser of $10K or 10% of annual income and investors do not need to be sophisticated.

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25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time

www.chubbybrain.com

Between the worse data aggregation method and the much higher amount of work Wesabe made you do, it was far easier to have a good experience on Mint , and that good experience came far more quickly. Thin line between life and death of internet service is a number of users. Post-Mortem Title : Why Wesabe Lost to Mint. Accel Partners.

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Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010

SoCal CTO

SaaS 101: 7 Simple Lessons From Inside HubSpot - OnStartups , July 19, 2010 It’s been a little over 4 years since I officially launched my internet marketing software company , HubSpot. Each of those domains would get one point in the aggregated list. I got a taste of that within my first weeks on the job.

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The Series A crunch is hitting now. Have we even noticed?

pandodaily.com

I’ve been hearing about the so-called Series A Crunch for at least six months, and in recent weeks, I’ve spoken with more than 20 venture capitalists, angel investors, incubator heads, lawyers, and other necessary cogs in the ecosystem trying to get some details about it. On November 28, 2012. November 29, 2012.