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Seeking CEO+team for VC-backed startup: Make America Functional Again

David Teten

Do you want to make America functional again ? Do you have a great team at your seed startup, but your product just isn’t working? For 2 years, I’ve been struggling to think what I can do to help make America functional again, in light of how broken our governance is. Frequently Asked Questions. This work is unpaid.

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Seeking CEO+team for VC-backed startup: Make America Functional Again

David Teten

Do you want to make America functional again ? Do you have a great team at your seed startup, but your product just isn’t working? Our initial test market: We want to make America functional again by helping our initial users– major advocacy organizations such as environmental groups–promote majoritarian-supported policies.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

billion 2013 figure) have been massive financings at Honest Company ($70mm), JustFab ($85mm), ZipRecruiter ($63mm) and lord only knows how much SnapChat has actually accumulated. Over the past 4 years LA’s tech fundings have growing at a 30% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) which is > 4 times the US average VC CAGR (7%).

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Good News! Angels Are Getting More Optimistic

ReadWriteStart

If your business is beyond the seed capital stage, there’s still good news for you. This increase in seed/startup stage and first sequence investing is promising, and this renewed interest in seed and startup financing is an encouraging development for our nation’s entrepreneurs,” he says.

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Three New Types of AngelList Syndicates I Hope to See

Hunter Walker

US-based seed VCs rarely invest outside of the country (500 Startups is one exception) leaving a potential gap in the market for folks with international expertise. Lee Jacobs is one example of a Syndicate lead who is sourcing deals from South America. Maybe they’d throw off cash dividends for years to come.

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Out of the Crisis #27: Eren Bali of Carbon Health on public health, COVID vaccinations, and working as a unified society to solve problems

Startup Lessons Learned

I think one of the things that we, who are, you have the privilege of being here, in America, in California, in Silicon Valley. That is a common experience we hear from outsiders that there's only two cultures of Silicon Valley, and when we get into the funding and financing of companies, that that's really where the bias can come in.

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Essential Startup Funding Tips from 8 Seasoned Investors

mashable.com

Gordon says he’s interested in the “reinvention of proven business categories on the new social graph, especially health, travel, dating and friend management, entertainment/media, advertising, commerce, education, finance.&# Code for America Chooses 20 Developer. Seedups Hi Jeremy. View More » Apple iOS 4.2