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Are Business Plans Still Necessary?

Both Sides of the Table

This is part of my ongoing series of posts and I need to file this one under both Raising Venture Capital and Startup Advice. Many of these businesses were what First Round Capital called FNACs (features, not companies – this acronym has always stuck with me). Cisco and others went out to fill out their Web 2.0

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

Austin Startup

For the past decade, Capital Factory has been building a pipeline of tech startups and investment rights and now we’re opening up to everyone through AngelList. The Capital Factory Texas Fund is backed by many of the most successful CEOs and technology investors in Texas and across the U.S.,

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Why Was Winter in Venture Capital Funding so Short?

Both Sides of the Table

This past year was also the year that startup boards also got more disciplined about containing burn rates and pushing for companies to be run more pragmatically. So VCs made fewer investments at lower prices and generally on terms that were more favorable to investors relative to 2015. or Walmart buying Jet for $3 billion.

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

Hippoland

I enjoy learning about new technologies and ideas – and you get to see a lot of them in this business especially in early stage investing. more on this later) Much like running a product-startup, you’re your own boss, so you sometimes end up working really hard and at all hours depending on where you are in your fund life cycle.

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

Hippoland

I enjoy learning about new technologies and ideas – and you get to see a lot of them in this business especially in early stage investing. more on this later) Much like running a product-startup, you’re your own boss, so you sometimes end up working really hard and at all hours depending on where you are in your fund life cycle.

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Rolling Closes Versus Synchronous Closes

Haystack

What I do feel deeply, however, is that we all in the early-stage startup ecosystem are likely being a bit too over-protective. For any startup selling an annual license, the deal may not get signed right away. For any investor raising their own funds, you may have to chase down capital calls for each investment.

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

thestartuplawyer.com

Contact The Startup Lawyer: Home Page About Contact FAQs Glossary Ryan Roberts Law: Home Page Social Networks: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flickr Delicious Digg Last.FM 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.