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28 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

We also wanted to avoid any potential brand confusion with words such as New York City, Metro, Gotham, etc. Additionally, not limiting ourselves to a New York-linked name allowed us the eventual freedom to produce in other cities without having to qualify ourselves. ‘Streets’ is symbolic for this community.

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How to Scale a Venture Capital (or Private Equity) Fund

David Teten

– Encourage founders to turn to other founders and their broader community as resources, not just the VC’s own staff. Another example is Correlation Ventures ($300M+ AUM), a VC firm which co-invests in financings with at least one other new outside VC. Manhattan, New York City, in 1911.

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Avoiding the Common Pitfalls of Securing Capital: Innovative Financing Options for Today’s Startups

ReadWriteStart

These days, though, getting the financing for a startup doesn’t have to be the herculean task it once was. Unlike venture capitalists, though, angel inventors use their own money to finance a startup. hey are also often reserved for specific demographics (like women or minorities), or those that give back to a community.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. Part of the magic of revenue-based financing is how historical performance and strong, achievable financial projections are ultimately the backbone of how RBI/RBF investment decisions are made.” Lower level of community familiarity. Of the Inc.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

Texas exported more than California and New York combined in 2019. Only California and New York have a few more, and maybe not for long. Our community colleges are excellent as well, including the Alamo Colleges, Austin Community College, the Dallas College and the Lone Star Community College.

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ProfessorVC: Touched by an Angel

Professor VC

I think the title of this post is a TV show, but fitting as there has been much debate in the venture community as to the whether angel investors are good or bad for entrepreneurs and VCs. One of my comments was that we would likely see more institutionalization of angel groups and syndication of deals among groups. 3 hours ago.

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Behind Every Great Product

SVPG

However, the Mac community was also very vocal, with passionate fans of their platform, and is also important to note that this community had very little love for Microsoft. Of course, most of the Mac user base was not on new PowerMacs, they were on 'regular' Macs -- hardware upgrade cycles were much slower then.

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