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Angels Rush in Where VC Fear to Tread

Up and Running

And the beneath-the-surface rumblings were about how it was screwing up the venture capital business model. The article suggests – and we agree – that angels are disintermediating traditional VCs in many cases. That’s where venture capital is normally strong.

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Winners and Losers in the Coming Crowdfunding World

Growthink Blog

To envision this, visit (or revisit) Kickstarter.com, and browse through the incredible diversity of cause and passion - based projects, from charitable to design to artistic to technological, crowd funded on a donations basis on the site. These businesses - think of the Inc. small and medium-sized companies.