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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

Both Sides of the Table

So we have five themes – Digital Life and Distribution are the other two.”. Distribution. So I was an Angel investor from 1994 to 1996. So having spent a lot of time thinking about this Silicon Valley is a thing in and of itself. So everybody goes through this phase of we want to be the next Silicon Valley.

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Practical Strategies For Starting A Business

Duct Tape Marketing

Well, Steve Hoffman (02:34): First of all, I did three venture funded startups in Silicon valley and two bootstrap startups. We called them founder space, round tables, and we'd meet, I'd introduce 'em to angel investors and marketing experts and lawyers, and really try to help them get off the ground.

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Seth Sternberg – Meebo

Both Sides of the Table

Again, Seth: “One of the things I noticed when I looked around at startups is that often the founding teams hired people just like themselves. Stanford was also the right place because of nearby Silicon Valley. Meebo angel investors also include Marc Andreessen and Auren Hoffman. We then spoke about startups.

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VC Evolution: Physician, Scale Thyself.

500hats.com

note: apologies in advance for the west coast bias; i’m in silicon valley). Many of these now-trendy Micro-VC funds began as individual angel investors who gradually grew up and started small funds (myself included). These two divergent groups have optimized for very different market conditions and behaviors.

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The Rise of the Lean VC – Consumer Internet Gets Its Own Investors

Steve Blank

When I first came to Silicon Valley the world of Venture Capital looked pretty simple. VC’s invested in things that ran on electrons: hardware, software and silicon. But these VC’s aren’t Lean because they fund startups with web-based distribution models. Lean Angels. Here’s why.

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Learn your Austin ABC’s and become a local super-connector

Austin Startup

Andy is a global thought leader in remote work, telecommuting, and distributed workforces having served as CEO of Crossover and Sococo and on the board of Texas Central, our new bullet train. He was also born here and went to UT Austin before heading out to Silicon Valley for a stint. Edwards University.

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Lean Business Planning with Tim Berry [VIDEO]

Up and Running

I’m in my seventh year now as a leader and an angel investment group where we just announced an investment last Thursday, and I’m very familiar with how this works for angel investors. Tell your angel investors a story about need. Depending on who the investors are, some want more, some want less.

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