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Amsterdam-based Rockstart Accelerator’s first graduates head to Silicon Valley

The Next Web

If you’re going to the Demo Day in Silicon Valley, these are the startups you’ll be hearing from: Peerby : Peerby enables people to rent goods in their neighborhood and just won over 100,000 euros at the Green Challenge. Pastbook : help users rediscover their memories online and offline (see our earlier coverage ).

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St. Louis Startups Strut Their Stuff

ReadWriteStart

Capital Innovators put on the event, called Demo Day, at the cherished Pageant Theater, which normally is a concert venue. Each presenter had small demo booths where investors could ask questions about the venture and see the software in operation. The second event was the annual Invest Midwest conference on Thursday.

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Innovate, don’t duplicate: Why the ‘me too’ mentality does nothing for your company

The Next Web

Yet, through the massive areas of product and people, booth after booth of techno music and adrenaline-filled video demos, something was amiss. Sun Yellow (the color of the year for the sports industry, I was told), intense lavenders, explosive oranges, blues, and greens were all out to grab your eyes’ attention.

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How Many Investors Should You Talk to in a VC Fund Raise? And How Do You Prioritize?

Both Sides of the Table

Other signs of engagement are: they ask you to meet with portfolio companies (they want feedback on your product and you), they ask you to meet a colleague, they set up a call to go through a product demo / financial walk-through, they ask to speak with customers, etc. Most entrepreneurs don’t put enough effort into these phases.

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #14: Selling to the “Cool Kids”

Austin Startup

For us, this was the color green and our SellStrong bands. On the final days of the quarter, everyone at Bazaarvoice dressed in green to emphasize company unity?—?that Third, you need a really great demo. So at Coremetrics, it was imperative to focus on creating an amazing demo. Some backgrounds are better than others.

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Microsoft’s Bing Fund will give online startups cash, advice, and discounts

venturebeat.com

The Bing Fund will invest $50,000-$100,000 in early-stage startups, through standard convertible notes (loans that convert to equity at Microsoft’s option). Cloud services. Cloud storage. Enterprise. Acquisition. Venture capital. Developers. Entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs. Infographics. Management. Electric cars. Hybrid cars.

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten

And of course, effectively all venture capitalists are going to require some equity for their investment. I emphasize my focus here is organizations which are backing for-profit companies and do not take equity. Echoing Green is a foundation that distinguishes transformational leaders via its fellowships.