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More Cash for Entrepreneurs, Crowdfunding, and Indiegogo

David Teten

About a year ago, the Crowdfunding Campaign to Change Crowdfunding Law raised $1,321 (out of a $1,099 Goal) through Indiegogo’s campaign platform in order to fund a petition against the Securities Act. The company has experienced extraordinary growth: in March 2011, it had funded around 20,000 campaigns in 159 countries.

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

Both Sides of the Table

Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. Following several completed advertising campaigns, Ad.ly WordStream – Provides software and services that help businesses manage SEM and SEO campaigns.

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Marching through quicksand

Startup Lessons Learned

We faced this same problem in entrepreneurship and venture capital, but we are getting past it. Each new campaign is a startup where Lean principals can be applied to maximum effect. The problem is that there are no other metrics they can look at to judge the content of a book to know if it’s worth reviewing.

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

Professor VC

An investor in a crowdfunding campaign is likely to lose much less than an investor in Enron did. This blog post compares the existing crowdfunding bills and provides an ideal solution which carefully balances the viability of crowdfunding as a source of capital against the risk of fraud: [link]. ► 2008. (14). 7.5 - 10.5%

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Crisis Shmisis: Q2 2010 Closes with 40 deals and more than $400 million raised in Israel (Deal Summary)

VC Cafe

T he second quarter of 2010 has come and gone and despite the depleting VC and incubator capital in Israel, the quarter has brought approximately 40 deals with over $400 million invested. Looking at the aggregated list gives a quick sense of what funds are actively making investments. Carmel Ventures; Sequoia Capital 6.

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Crisis Shmisis: 40 deals, more than $400 Million raised in Q2 2010 in Israel (Deal Summary)

VC Cafe

T he second quarter of 2010 has come and gone and despite the depleting VC and incubator capital in Israel, the quarter has brought approximately 40 deals with over $400 million invested. Looking at the aggregated list gives a quick sense of what funds are actively making investments. Carmel Ventures; Sequoia Capital 6.

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@altgate » Blog Archive » Law Firm Wilson Sonsini Now Preparing.

Altgate

"  The beauty of having the option to select from "standard" options is that WSGR has included some market data , e.g. what percent of term sheets in up rounds in 2008 included this term.  Obviously, WSGR has a much larger sample size and the fact that they make it public (in aggregate) is impressive.