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Cake Over Heels – In Love With Baking

YoungUpstarts

Ang then worked in the advertising world, but he would continue making cakes during the nights and weekends, selling them to friends. After four years in advertising, he realized he wasn’t happy – advertising just wasn’t as creative as he thought it would be, compared to baking. Model-making has helped.

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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. Users participate by performing tasks, taking surveys or watching advertiser videos. Addressable advertisements are capable of being targeted to the individual household.

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How Crowdfunding is Affecting Angel Group Investment

Business Plan Blog

In September of this year, the SEC voted to overturn the ban on “general solicitation” that made it illegal for companies to publicly advertise that they are raising capital. Download our free Raising Capital from Angel Investors eBook. Download our free Raising Capital from Angel Investors eBook. Want To Learn More?

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Five Questions Every Start-Up Should Ask About Accelerators

Austin Startup

I put that in quotations, because, as I’ll expound, there is a start-up industrial complex that is designed to fleece novice founders from their seed capital with predatory fees, terms, etc. It is OK to recognize that a program isn’t going to accelerate you as advertised. OK, enough with disclosures. A good policy.

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The Role Venture Capital is Playing in Online Schooling (Guest Post)

VC Cafe

A Wall Street Journal piece from April 2012 reports on the impact of $16 million in venture capital awarded to Coursera to increase the scope of the program. Elite education is too expensive, and it’s available to too few,” said John Doerr , one of the venture capitalist partners backing Coursera.

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How to bootstrap a Startup with less than $10k

www.thestartup.eu

Home RSS About Contact Advertise Partners How to bootstrap a Startup with less than $10k. Posted by Stefano Bernardi On June - 21 - 2010 It’s a known fact that seed capital is very scarce in Italy. The app obviously geolocalizes every info and integrates with Facebook and other social networks. TheStartup.eu

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

How to stay lean and iterate quickly while you’re building a two sided marketplace, especially when “network effect” and “critical mass” are the two main focuses? What is the best advice you can give for finding a business partner? Don’t quickly choose any business partner. Do something together.