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Don’t Be Fooled By All The Hype For Crowd Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

As a current Angel investor, I can attest that any investments in startups are more risky than the commodity markets, and you shouldn’t expect to see any return for many years. Of course, this might also lead to investors, partners, and licensing opportunities. This is not a get-rich-quick vehicle for consumers.

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Will the Real Crowd Funding Model Please Stand Up?

Startup Professionals Musings

As a current Angel investor, I can attest that any investments in startups are more risky than the commodity markets, and you shouldn’t expect to see any return for five years. Of course, this might also lead to investors, partners, and licensing opportunities. This is not a get-rich-quick vehicle for consumers.

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Bitfusion Flex:

Austin Startup

Catapulting Deep Learning Discoveries As an active angel investor and advisor, I derive huge energy from the startup journey. I take great pride when my portfolio companies break technology barriers and launch products and/or partnerships that truly move the needle for customers. In the end, IMPACT is what matters.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community, Sept 2011

Rob Go

Entrepreneurial Development Firms. Thoughtbot - Web application development and design. Andy Payne – OpenMarket, Fansnap, angel investor ( blog , @payne92 ). Bill Warner – Avid, Techstars, Angel investor ( blog , @billwarner ). MassChallenge - Startup competition and accelerator.

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Excerpt From "Do More Faster" by David Cohen and Brad Feld

ReadWriteStart

Oneforty rallied a community of thousands of Twitter application developers in just a few months. At TechStars and as an angel investor in general, I've been involved with a few startups that couldn't do more faster. Intense Debate went from concept to being installed on hundreds of blogs in the course of a single summer.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community – August 2012

Rob Go

Entrepreneurial Development Firms. Thoughtbot - Web application development and design. Bill Warner – Avid, Techstars, Angel investor ( blog , @billwarner ). AngelHack – Hackathon with cash prizes. Hack/Reduce – Big Data Hackspace. Bocoup - JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3. Ruby specialists.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community (Fall 2013 Edition)

Rob Go

Entrepreneurial Development Firms. Thoughtbot - Web application development and design. Bill Warner – Avid, Techstars, Angel investor (@billwarner). Bocoup Loft - Coworking and events. And here is another pretty comprehensive list of co-working spaces in town. Ruby specialists.

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