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Do my startup’s lawyers need to be local?

Austin Startup

Silicon valley startups generally use silicon valley startup lawyers. And in both cases, that works very well, because there isn’t a cost to ‘going local.’ For startups with less dense ecosystems than Silicon Valley or Austin, however, the cost to going local can be much higher.

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How Founders and CEOs Can Raise Early Checks (With Pavel Cherkashin)

ReadWriteStart

Pavel told me that although there’s a category of investors who are willing to fund ideas in early stages, the truth is that in most cases is that funding will include your friends and family at the beginning. Institutional investors would want to first see that there’s a strong team. Startup Programs with Large Companies.

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How the Seed-Stage VC Trend Began, The Downsides of Unicorns & Much More

Both Sides of the Table

If you are a 20-something tech entrepreneur you could be forgiven for thinking that seed-stage investors, Angellist Syndicates and widely available angel money always existed. Let me take you back just 10 years ago to 2005 in Silicon Valley where I returned after 11 years of living in Europe.

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Reversing Unintended Consequences From Regulation is Critical to Restoring Small Company IPO’s

Pascal's View

I liked the Friday, August 7 Wall Street Journal editorial, Washington vs. Silicon Valley , but it does not go far enough. economy: “… Sarbanes-Oxley compliance costs, Eliot-Spitzer’s stock analyst settlement and the economic downturn have created an historic drought in venture-backed companies going public. .

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Looking Back On Our First Couple Years at NextView

Rob Go

Our intended pace is roughly 10 investments per year, and we had a handful of legacy angel investments that we rolled into the fund at cost. In the rest, we were part of the first “institutional round” We have not participated in any seed extensions or full-blown series A investments as our first check into a company.

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The Most Misunderstood Facts About Building a Business on YouTube

Both Sides of the Table

Along with Greycroft, I was the first institutional investor in Maker Studios (sold to Disney for nearly $1 billion) and am still the largest investor in Mitu Network , the largest online video producer of Latino content. Any reader of this blog for a period of time will know that I’ve been long YouTube for years.

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How Can Israeli Startups Raise Funding in Silicon Valley?

VC Cafe

VC investors rely heavily on referrals, but what should a non US startup do when looking to raise funding in Silicon Valley? How best can European startups land VC funding in the US / Sillicon Valley? For example, in response to “ How do I raise funds in Silicon Valley for a European-based startup ? &# Eyal S.