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Five entrepreneurs get free plane tickets to pitch for $100,000 in seed funding from Austin’s top…

Austin Startup

Indeed.com said that Austin is the best place for a software engineer to get a job where his paycheck goes the farthest compared to the cost of living. The Central Texas Angel Network is one of the most active angel groups in North America. for the second year in a row.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

Versatile has built out a suite of no-cost portfolio acceleration services to help its companies succeed. We determine a salary cap with the founder based on a software engineer in the closest major city. Founders have the discretion to buy out almost all of Versatile VC’s stake by paying an agreed-upon percentage of revenues.

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How Venture Capitalists and Government Can Promote Entrepreneurship

David Teten

By contrast, as a venture capitalist, I can report that almost all of our portfolio companies are desperate to hire talented software engineers, and eager to hire in a range of other roles. Just like me, they’re distressed about the poor economy and jobs situation.