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Are Business Plans Still Necessary?

Both Sides of the Table

Many of these businesses were what First Round Capital called FNACs (features, not companies – this acronym has always stuck with me). If you’re a consumer destination the revenue and COGS lines should tell me about how big your funnel is, how you fill the top end of the pipe and what your conversion rates will be.

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Now Any Accredited Investor Can Invest in Texas Startups with Capital Factory and AngelList

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Capital Factory has partnered with AngelList Rolling Funds to better meet the needs of today’s investors.

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Why Was Winter in Venture Capital Funding so Short?

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While the M&A story has been widely reported perhaps far fewer people know that Limited Partners (LPs), the people who fund VC firms, have finally been able to restock their coffers in the past 4 years with significantly more money coming to them in distributions than capital calls to fund VC firm investments.

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The Loneliness of Success that Nobody Talks About

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They interweave off-stage lives and conversations with amazing musical performances and they both have amazing editing and cinematography. It was a heavy day, for sure. Both films were must watches for artistry. They are essentially the same story.

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Chronic Under-financing of EU Start-ups Driven by Mindset

Babbling VC

Conversely you could blame the LP's (limited partners: the investors in venture funds) and say they are the one's not risking it enough. Therefore, it's an illusion to think that you can get by raising far less nowadays if you want to deliver the necessary returns venture capital calls for. . What does this all boil down to?

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In The Long Run, We Are All Dead

Seeing Both Sides

Every start-up board is having the same conversation these last few weeks: how will this economic crisis affect us and what should we do in our own business? GigaOm reports that Sequoia Capital called an all-hands, emergency meeting with its portfolio CEOs to walk through a recommended plan of action.

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What Makes a Great Independent Board Member?

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While it’s true that they are investing LP money from a fund, it’s also true that the VCs are required to write large checks into their funds so every time they do a “capital call” (request money from an LP to fund you) they are also having to wire their own money into the deal. VCs most certainly do have skin in the game.

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