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

Both Sides of the Table

Clearly a startup should consult its lawyer before filing or not filing.But the attorneys I relied on to write this piece told me that they’ve done lots of Section 4(2) deals in the past, and would recommend it to clients who had relatively simple financing agreements (not tranched-out, not too many investors, etc.) Short answer: no.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. – angel investor networks ( AngelList , FundersClub , OurCrowd , Republic *, SeedInvest ).

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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. And they were increasing at an aggregate 33 million IOS and Android activations per month.

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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. And they were increasing at an aggregate 33 million IOS and Android activations per month.

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Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

Social networking. Social/Sharing. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. easy business finance software. applicant tracking and social recruiting. YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents. Founder Equity Issues. Legal, Equity, etc.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter October 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

Euromoney magazine, a leading international banking, finance and capital markets news publication, named Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer the world’s best bank governor for 2010 for his leadership of Israel’s economy in the wake of the global financial crisis. Wireless communications chip developer Qualcomm Inc.

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

Professor VC

Angel investments are highly risky and I would estimate that over 90% provide no return to equity investors. My skeptical side assumes that the intermediaries are the only ones that will make money in aggregate on these deals. in fees is a hefty transaction fee considering company will still have legal and other fees on the financing.

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