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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). Tags: Startup Advice startup technology vc venture capital. Unfortunately this was reinforced by the many conferences that rushed to espouse the benefits of Web 2.0 portfolios.

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

Austin Startup

Capital Factory has an early investor in many of the most successful startups in Texas over the past decade including Aceable , AlertMedia , BigCommerce , Coder , data.world , ICON , Spredfast , Storable , WP Engine and ZenBusiness. Capital Factory has partnered with AngelList Rolling Funds to better meet the needs of today’s investors.

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Group Finance Director

Transformify

The successful candidate must be a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with experience in a lead finance role within a start-up environment, preferably within the Technology or Fintech sectors. You must also have excellent presentational and communication skills.

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Why Was Winter in Venture Capital Funding so Short?

Both Sides of the Table

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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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. And then later, when the fund needs money, the fund does a capital call. Typically, capital calls are done over the course of 3 years.

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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. And then later, when the fund needs money, the fund does a capital call. Typically, capital calls are done over the course of 3 years.

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Rolling Closes Versus Synchronous Closes

Haystack

For any investor raising their own funds, you may have to chase down capital calls for each investment. For any startup selling an annual license, the deal may not get signed right away. Payment may be delayed. People will say one thing, and then do another, or drag their feet. That is what happens to everyone. It is not fair.