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The Coming Brick Wall in Venture Capital & Why This is Good for US Innovation

Both Sides of the Table

Or the Cliff Note’s version: Open Source & Cloud Computing (led by Amazon) drove down tech startup costs by 90%. The result was a massive increase in startups & a whole group of new funding sources: both angels & “micro VCs&#. The series started here if you want to read from the start.

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Gust Blog - Thoughts on startups by investors that fund them

Gust

Now, with open source software components, and low-cost development tools, the same job can be done by one good hacker for a few thousand dollars. 22 » More than 40,000 investors worldwide trust Gust. Investors: Sign up Entrepreneurs: Get started. Angel Investor , Frontier Angel Fund.

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How to Start a Business: A Step-by-Step Complete Guide (2019)

crowdSPRING Blog

There are self-hosted open-source e-commerce services available that allow you to use your own uniquely branded website with their e-commerce functionality. Check out services like WooCommerce , Magento , and Open Cart. Things used to be more straightforward: venture capitalists and angel investors were the most common options.

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The Cost Equation for a Startup is Better Than Ever

Startup Professionals Musings

Now, with open source software components, and low-cost development tools, the same job can be done by one good hacker for a few thousand dollars. No need to make the assumption that you will need a rich uncle or an angel investor for every idea you come up with. That wasn’t even possible a few years ago.

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Zhongguancun in Beijing – China’s Silicon Valley (Part 4 of 5)

Steve Blank

In the few days I was in China I met with several VC’s, angel investors, business press and spoke to hundreds of entrepreneurs. The <10% that decide to go global early do so by starting outside of China. Beijing Venture/Angel Ecosystem. Entrepreneurship in Beijing. I was blown away by what I saw in Beijing.

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You Don’t Need to be Rich to be an Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

Now, with open source software components, and low-cost development tools, the same job can be done by one good hacker for a few thousand dollars. No need to make the assumption that you will need a rich uncle or an angel investor for every idea you come up with. That wasn’t even possible a few years ago.

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Entrepreneurs, not the government, will save Europe’s economy

The Next Web

Dries Buytaert is the co-founder and CTO and Acquia , a venture-backed software company that offers products and services for open source content management system Drupal. Look at the 500 largest companies in the world (Fortune Global 500). Without a vibrant exit market, it’s harder to attract both entrepreneurs and investors.

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