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Convertible Equity, A Better Alternative To Convertible Debt?

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” Ressi also says that the percentage of companies with convertible debt that successfully raise Series A funding is shrinking, due to an explosion in new angel financings and just moderate growth in venture funding. Enterprise. Smartphones. Digital Cameras. Headphones. CrunchBase. Hot topics. Disrupt SF. Crunchboard.

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Simple editing. signup, upgrade, trial pricing Zuora – online subscription management FeeFighters – find the cheapest credit card processors HealPay – Collections made easy Customer Support Tender – support, knowledgebase tool for your site GetSatisfaction - conversations between companies / customers.

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ProfessorVC: Baby's All Grown Up

Professor VC

I started working with the founders of iControl at the concept stage, prior to the first $100K of angel financing. The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest of the Three. MBA Mondays: Guest Post From Donna White. 5 hours ago.

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ProfessorVC: How much is enough?

Professor VC

Staged financing gives investors options in deciding whether and when to invest more and gives entrepreneurs options in how much to raise and when to think about exiting. While bootstrapping, there are multiple options from doing as a side project, changing the business, raising angel or venture, etc. 5 hours ago. 3 days ago.