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

Austin Startup

The Capital Factory Texas Fund is backed by many of the most successful CEOs and technology investors in Texas and across the U.S., including Charles Butt , founder of H-E-B; Dean Drako , founder of Barracuda Networks and Eagle Eye Networks; and Tim Draper , of Draper Associates.

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Every founder and startup investor should be contrarian

The Equity Kicker

Doing better than average requires what Howard Marks of Oaktree Capital called ‘different and better’ thinking in a recent memo to his investors. This logic applies to startup founders as well as their investors. If around 10% of startups go on to be successful then to be an average founder is to fail.

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How to Do Research on VCs (Written by a VC)

View from Seed

In a typical first meeting between a VC and team of co-founders, the investor typically ends up asking more questions than the founders. And of course, many individual VCs blog or have social media presences, so you can get a sense of what a particular partner is interested in or what themes they’ve concentrated on.

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The Loneliness of Success that Nobody Talks About

Both Sides of the Table

I felt this myself as we went from a few founders huddled into a tiny room to the front page of the Financial Times, an influx of VC interest, magazine covers, invitations to high-profile events and the pressures of trying to live up to this perception and the economic opportunities everybody expected. Every founder knows this.

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11 Things I've learned from running a micro VC in the last year

Hippoland

It’s been about a year since I started working on Hustle Fund with my business partner Eric Bahn. And I enjoy working with founders immensely. 3c) You also will make General Partner contributions to your fund. And then later, when the fund needs money, the fund does a capital call.

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11 Things I've learned from running a micro VC in the last year

Hippoland

It’s been about a year since I started working on Hustle Fund with my business partner Eric Bahn. And I enjoy working with founders immensely. 3c) You also will make General Partner contributions to your fund. And then later, when the fund needs money, the fund does a capital call.

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Why Co-Founders Are a Startup's Biggest Liability | The Startup Lawyer

thestartuplawyer.com

He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder. He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder. You can start by examining every aspect of the co-founder relationship. In fact, if your co-founder is a friend or relative, that should trigger even more issues and discussions.