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Zachary Bogue And Matt Ocko Launch Data Collective, An Early Stage Fund For Big Data Startups

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She attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA, majoring in Writing and Art, and moved to New York City shortly after graduation to work in the Media industry. After four years of living in New York and attending courses at New York University, she returned to Los Angeles in.

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How to Hire for Sweat Equity…

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Well, I am not in the Bay area, I am in the New York city area. I pretty much built a website inside my head, got it down on Photoshop (I have over 100 files on this thing), and I took it to a local web development firm to build. Spent a lot of money on that. Silicon Valley Bank seems interesting.

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Startup Investor Makes a Deal: Engineers for Equity

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As a rule, Kayserian says that Kayweb will take no more than 40% of a company in exchange for development work. The shortage of startup technical talent, especially in New York City, has been well-documented. In exchange for $150,000 to $300,000 of work, each startup has given Kayweb 14% to 40% equity.

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4 Considerations for Expanding Your Startup to International Markets

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For example, angel funding is more prevalent in the United States than in Europe. Also make sure to research which type of investors fit your business. In other words, angel investors and early stage venture capital (VC) firms will have different expectations than late stage VC firms.

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9 Tips for Raising Startup Funds on AngelList

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Joshua Baer is the co-founder and CEO of Otherinbox , a prolific angel investor and the director of Capital Factory , Austin’s seed-stage incubator. First you’ll want to find a lead investor — someone many other investors will recognize and respect. This list of top angel investors is a good start.

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Why Launching a Startup Is More Expensive Than You Think

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Early-stage seed and angel investors all realize that a business will encounter a huge range of flux very rapidly. With more than 50 million monthly pageviews and 14 million unique monthly visitors, Mashable has one of the most engaged online news communities.

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Convertible Equity, A Better Alternative To Convertible Debt?

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From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. There has been no shortage of controversy and criticism around the convertible note, a popular investing vehicle that’s used by seed stage and angel investors. → Learn More.

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