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SXSW Startups: CargoX

Austin Startup

among them the Smart L/C and other trade finance solutions, and Smart Air Waybills for the air freight industry. The startup community and ecosystem is developed to a certain stage that does not currently provide long shots, which are possible in larger cities with better VC and investors background. What is your competitive advantage?

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Finance Fridays: Getting Started – Allocating Equity and Founder’s Investment

Feld Thoughts

Finance Friday’s gets off the ground with today’s post by introducing you to an imaginary startup, the entrepreneurs that we’ll being following throughout the series, and their first challenges: splitting up the founders’ equity and addressing the case where one of the founders provides the initial seed capital for the business.

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The Summer of Initial Coin Offerings

Seeing Both Sides

Instead I will make a few observations about how an investor might think about the impact of ICOs / token launches on the venture capital industry, in particular, and some of the downstream ramifications that need to wrestled with. Need for growth capital. But many are. Shift of value from equity holders to token holders.

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The Summer of Initial Coin Offerings

Seeing Both Sides

Instead I will make a few observations about how an investor might think about the impact of ICOs / token launches on the venture capital industry, in particular, and some of the downstream ramifications that need to wrestled with. Need for growth capital. But many are. Shift of value from equity holders to token holders.

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

Both Sides of the Table

Nevertheless, if you share too much in your funding process or meet too many VCs expect a certain amount of your ideas to spread around the startup community. Often times when companies raise “bridge” financing (this is money from internal investors. This is unintentional and inevitable. We spoke briefly about why. Short answer: no.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

Other sources of capital. If you believe in it – then finance whatever you can yourself. Create a strong brand, solid social community, sell advertising. I’ve been reaching out to such users in the startup community and have gotten very positive feedback so far. Government grants – Credit cards / debt. P.S. Do #1.

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Essential Startup Funding Tips from 8 Seasoned Investors

mashable.com

And for those in the coveted in-crowd, Silicon Valley, San Francisco and the greater tech community become a world of opportunity where you’re only limited by the quality of your idea and the caliber of your friends. Passion was certainly a recurring topic of conversation amongst the investors we interviewed. Seedups Hi Jeremy.