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Why Was Winter in Venture Capital Funding so Short?

Both Sides of the Table

Yet as we enter February 2017 the VC funding markets are booming, Snap, Inc has filed for its IPO, AppDynamics was just purchased for $3.7 But the reality is that “global warming” massively blunted the effects of winter and my prognosis for VC fundings of entrepreneurs in 2017–2018 is now very sunny indeed.

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How we redesigned our Product in 5 months at Techstars.

Austin Startup

After spending 4 months accelerating my startup at Techstars , I realized that what most of tech startups are selling is an experience. Techstars Austin 2017' Hi there! We had gathered total more than 250 feedbacks from killers in different domains (marketing, tech, product, finances…).We

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An Inside Scoop on the Funding Environment and What it Might Mean for You

Both Sides of the Table

2012-2015 were boom times in tech startups as prices were always moving up leading to FOMO leading to higher than normal multiples driven by a massive entry of new investors in the market. We had grown into a more reasonable burn rate so raising capital meant we would have many years of cash on the balance sheet.