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What are the most valuable recommendations in order to raise money from VCs connected via Gust?

Gust

To begin with, it is important to understand some basic facts about the world of entrepreneurial finance: There are many more entrepreneurs than there are investors, with the result that only one company out of every 400 that seeks venture funding actually receives it.

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20 Recommended Quora Threads for Startups

ReadWriteStart

This weekend, Polaris Venture Partners' Ryan Spoon wrote a post on his blog, offering with a curated list of "must-read" Quora threads for entrepreneurs. So drawing on Spoon's post, here's a list of 20 recommended threads that address questions of team-building, financing, and press coverage.

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Advice for VCs from a serial founder

Austin Startup

Just don’t do reference checks ever until the term sheet has been issued and you’re almost ready to fund. If an introduction was properly curated (meaning double opt in) then you need to treat it with great care. Many VCs have backgrounds in finance. Give advice from the trenches Founders want advice. That’s awesome.

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