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Now Any Accredited Investor Can Invest in Texas Startups with Capital Factory and AngelList

Austin Startup

With boots on the ground in Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio, we meet the best entrepreneurs in Texas and introduce them to investors, employees, mentors and customers. The Capital Factory Texas Fund is backed by many of the most successful CEOs and technology investors in Texas and across the U.S.,

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8 Expectations Of Investors Who Risk Their Own Money

Startup Professionals Musings

By definition, angels are accredited investors, who invest their own money for a percentage of the business. That means you need to lead with your credentials, rather than your disruptive technology. Angels need to see a proven business model, with a working prototype and preferably a real customer or two.

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8 Potential Entrepreneur Assists From Your Alma Mater

Startup Professionals Musings

These often lead to angel investors and venture capital investments later, or connections to local company venture funds for selected focus and technology areas. They have connections to industry associations and entrepreneur organizations that can kick-start your networking efforts, both locally and globally.

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8 Ways Your Old School Can Energize Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

These often lead to angel investors and venture capital investments later, or connections to local company venture funds for selected focus and technology areas. They have connections to industry associations and entrepreneur organizations that can kick-start your networking efforts, both locally and globally.

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8 Angel Funding Realities In Search Of A New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

By definition, angels are accredited investors, who invest their own money for a percentage of the business. That means you need to lead with your credentials, rather than your disruptive technology. Angels need to see a proven business model, with a working prototype and preferably a real customer or two.

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Is gust.com a difficult platform to replicate?

Gust

A quick look at the really nice sites developed in just a few months by companies like CircleUp, FundersClub, Bolstr, Seedrs, et al will show you that the base technical challenge of creating a marketplace/social network is not particularly difficult.

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How to Get Funding for a Business

Up and Running

A well-written and convincing business plan (and pitch ) presents your business to investors in detail; but they are investing in your business, not just a plan. Normally you have to have a team in place, have made progress toward idea validation , or—better still—traction (paying customers). Nobody invests in ideas or plans.

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