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Startup Capital: Feast or Famine?

Gust

For years there has been a pervasive opinion across the entrepreneurial landscape that the US has a shortage of capital required to startup and grow new ventures. Dr. Carl Schramm, Kauffman CEO , recently said that startup formation is stagnant or even decreasing in the US in the second half of 2011.

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How to Find the Perfect Startup Job: Part I "Start with 'When'"

Genuine VC

Much of the VC blogosphere commentary about startups covers venture and angel financing with advice focused on company founders. But most people in the startup game aren’t VCs nor are they founders (yet)… but rather they’re employees of startups. “I want to work for a startup.”

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Top 10 Tech Trends To Watch

ReadWriteStart

The company is profitable and has so far raised only $400,000 in friends and family and angel financing. Jimmy already has about 65 customers and about a million dollars in annual revenue. The top two competitors are both venture funded to the tune of $5 million each, and have about the same or lower customer traction.

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The most important person on the startup team

Berkonomics

500 CEO, serial entrepreneur and the founder of New York Angels. founder and CEO of Gust, the angel financing platform used by over 50,000. accredited investors in 1,000 angel groups and venture capital funds to. Described by BusinessWeek as a “world conquering. collaborate with over 250,000 entrepreneurs in 95 countries.

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The Microsoft Accelerator, round 2!

David Cohen

Most of those companies from the Kinect program are doing great, and many have gone on to raise venture capital or angel financing since the program ended. The Microsoft Accelerator is “ powered by TechStars “, which means that TechStars operates it on Microsoft’s behalf.

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Why Capital Factory?

Austin Startup

The application deadline for Austin-based Capital Factory ’s 2011 program is Sunday , and momentum for tech startups and entrepreneurship in general are riding high as the SXSW Interactive festival wraps up. In our inaugural year, we supported one of those long weekend programs where startups were formed in three days.

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What Should You Do with Your Crappy Little Services Business?

Both Sides of the Table

It’s nearly impossible to get a services company financed by VCs. Service as a bridge to a product business - One of the best ways for young startups to finance their business without any dilution is what I call “customer financing,&# which is mostly only possible in businesses that target businesses rather than consumers.