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Venture Capital Q&A Session

Both Sides of the Table

The A round was done in February 2000 (end of the bull market) and my B round was done in April 2001 (bear market). In fact, far better if you haven’t raised venture capital. The longer you wait the higher the price they’ll have to pay and the less time the clock will be ticking on long-term capital gains tax.

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Property Investing 101

Start Up Blog

A startup blog regular – Josh Moore has been asking for as post on Property Investing. Which is quite similar to the share market on. Period buildings (unique styles, historical) have higher capital growth than the average property. Investors should choose between yield or capital growth when investing.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. "Authentic" is dead - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , May 3, 2010 It's time to retire the following phrases. You could just outspend. Enjoyed this post? The Application.

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Version 2.0 and why Series Seed Documents are better than capped convertible notes

www.seriesseed.com

Series Seed Financing Documents Blog. Blog Archives.   Based on the comments received, both on the blog and in the many deals in which these documents have been used, I am convinced that the terms of a simple set of equity documents are really not an issue.  Most of the comments are on the Blog. 09/02/2010.

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Thoughts on Convertible Notes

K9 Ventures

That’s an invaluable exercise, which is probably even *more* important in the early stages of the company, while you’re still trying to figure out the technology, the product, the market, the pricing, the team. In the case of equity holders, they would have been in long-term capital gains and pay 15% on the gains.

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Stocks Approach All-Time High (Who Cares)

Growthink Blog

Whether they be Wall Street investment analysts, venture capitalists, or even plain old stockbrokers, the bull markets of the 80s and 90s raised all boats and reputations. Now THAT was a bull market. The muted reaction to the major U.S. Since then, not so much. And it gets worse. But all is not lost. Who Are They?

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Getting Robbed at the Bank, Part II

Growthink Blog

This has mirrored a solid rise in the Public Stock Market, which despite its extremely Poor Long-Term Performance , is up 5.5% And as good as the news has been in the Housing and Stock markets, it pales in comparison to this Golden Age of technology and venture investing that we are currently experiencing. Year-over-Year increase.