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The Next Generation Of Funding For The Next Generation Of Entrepreneurs

YoungUpstarts

By Ingrid Vanderveldt, Dell’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence. With new crowdsourced fundraising operations like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo , entrepreneurs are finding that they might be able to rely on the kindness of thousands of strangers who are willing to invest in their ideas. It’s the paradox of the modern startup.

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Who Just Raised A $225 Million Financing in North Carolina?

Feld Thoughts

The price of admission for us to make an investment like this is that we think the company is extraordinary and will be an unambiguous long term market leader. Through YEO, I got to know Mike and Cindy (who is also an entrepreneur and was in YEO) very well. With that, we decided to invest and Mike got me to join the board after all.