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Seed Stage Funding 101: What it Is & How it Works

The Startup Magazine

They look for businesses with a novel business plan, proven leadership, and in-depth industry experience to back them. However, there are primarily three channels via which indirect investment can be made in a startup: Angel Network An angel network is a group of wealthy individuals who have banded together to invest in new businesses.

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But There's So Much Content Out There!

This is going to be BIG.

You just have to outrun the slowest camper—and in the world of online thought leadership, there are a lot of slow campers. It’s very easy to get caught up in processing your day to day deal flow without leaving enough time to come up for air and do some research. It would remind your own network that you exist.

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Venture Capital Access Program launches to aid women and diverse entrepreneurs

David Teten

Any company that aspires to maintain a leadership position needs to position itself to exploit these two macro trends. VCAP©, the first program of its kind, bridges the gap between venture capitalists and angel investor networks and women and diverse entrepreneurs, many of whom have not traditionally had access to these sources of capital.

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Does Your VC have an Investment Thesis, or a Hypothesis?

David Teten

USV invests in companies that increase “ access to knowledge, capital, and well-being by leveraging networks, platforms, and protocols ”. a16z’s Cultural Leadership Fund aims to “enable more young African-Americans to enter the technology industry.”. They exist as heuristics, but at the end of the day, deal flow trumps everything.

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What Freedom Looks Like

David Cohen

That’s why, this Juneteenth, I’ve invited Makisha Boothe, Founder and Head Business Coach of Sistahbiz Global Network , a business accelerator for Black women entrepreneurs, to write this guest post which I invite you to help amplify. I wanted freedom.

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Accessibility as an Advantage in Venture Capital: Why Creating Value for Everyone in the Community Wins

This is going to be BIG.

Opening up our circle to create and scale genuine engagement for people outside of typical venture networks is how we do business—and we’re getting exceptional deal flow because of that. You passed on investing in my company but you still made an investment in my leadership and I'm deeply appreciative.”

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

To do this they have to accomplish five things; 1) get deal flow – via networking and legwork, they identify likely industries, companies and teams with the potential for rapid growth (less than 10 years), 2) evaluate those companies and teams on the basis of technology, market opportunity, and team. (tags: vc entrepreneurship) [.]