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Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

.” Hackernews list of “Tools of the Trade” for startups - includes over 150 SaaS tools used by startups, and over 150 comments with interesting insights from founders. Founders Institute Plain Preferred Term Sheet â?? Founder Equity Issues. Founders Workbench. BPS : Business Plan Servicesâ??

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Why haven’t European investors fully accepted the ‘failure is good’ mentality yet?

The Next Web

However, in October of last year the European Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs reported that risk averseness is now so extreme in Europe that the discrepancy in investment between USA and EU investors is massive: The numbers for VCs were even more astounding: apart from Israel, investments by EU VCs were only 10 percent of their US counterparts.

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Where are the Deals? How VCs Identify the Next Generation of Startups

David Teten

We have three in Israel , two in Canada , one in the UK, and the remainder scattered all over the US. A number of the funds we studied use an origination approach that allows them to proactively co-create companies or opportunities. Targets selected” figure indicates number of business plans received. [v]

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Eyeview Raises $1 Million Round from Innovation Endeavors

VC Cafe

Three friends won the Harvard Business School business plan competition, carried on with the venture to raise money from respectable VCs in Israel and land clients like Yahoo and eBay. One of Eyeview’s co-founders is Oren Harnevo, the brother of Ran Harnevo, who started 5min and sold it to AOL.

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35 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

When my father had his business plan all set up, he brought it to the rabbi and got a benediction for a successful business. When he left the neighborhood, he decided that because he got a benediction from the rabbi in Crown Heights, he’d name his business (CrownTV’s parent company) Crown Heights.

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E&Y Journey 2011, The Great Debate: Go Public or Stay Private

VC Cafe

Last week Ernst & Young held their annual conference Journey 2011 at the Hilton hotel in sunny Tel Aviv, Israel. Founders are often restricted to how many shares they can sell in the IPO, and this is to keep their skin in the game. Do companies know what your business actually is? It is a 1-mile marker on a 100 mile road.

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Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

SoCal CTO

November 23, 2010 Entrepreneurs, Using Outsourcing to Obtain Capital Efficiency Needs to be Thought Through to be Effective - Robert Ochtel , June 7, 2010 Teen Entrepreneur, Brian Wong, Youngest Founder to Receive Angel Funding - teenentrepreneurblog.com , October 28, 2010 Build Your Own Silicon Valley?