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Seed Stage Firms are Dead, Long Live Micro VCs

Genuine VC

It’s clear that despite the varied terminology (Super Angel, Micro VC, Seed Stage VC, Seed Firms, etc.), The traditional VCs which have recognized the demand-side issue have launched numerous (sometimes high-profile) separate special programs and initiatives to play at the seed stage, to varying degrees of success.

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Why Launching a Startup Is More Expensive Than You Think

mashable.com

Then we allocated the saved money into hiring the highest quality developers available — especially those who have experience working with a distributed team. In fact, it’s barely even the beginning for most companies in their seed stage financings. And that still doesn’t guarantee they’re going to fund your vision.

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Finding a Technical Partner for Your Startup

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

Or you can find seed-stage investors who will give you the money to hire a developer. Infiltrate the social networks (Facebook and Twitter) and then try to connect face-to-face. That’s why you need to be looking for seed-stage investors at the same time as technologists. Post flyers around the CS labs.

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Venture Capital in the Rockies Winter 2010 Unveils Promising Growth Companies Ahead of Conference

VC Adventure

Ice Energy delivers distributed energy storage and smart grid solutions to leverage higher efficiencies associated with generating and transmitting less expensive off-peak power. Eco-Products is the nation’s leading brand of single use food service products made from renewable and recycled resources. ·

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Venture Capital in the Rockies Winter 2010 Unveils Promising Growth Companies Ahead of Conference

VC Adventure

Twenty Companies Ranging From Seed Stage to Mezzanine Will Showcase Next Generation Technologies from Various Industries at the 27 th Annual VCIR Winter 2010 Conference. Eco-Products is the nation’s leading brand of single use food service products made from renewable and recycled resources. ·

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6/16: What's Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption

David Teten

Our session looks at the rise of socially enabled platforms that blend commerce with community, where reputations trump credit ratings, and where hyper-distributed service businesses outgrow traditional monolithic suppliers.

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Startup Tools

steveblank.com

Github - Free public repositories, collaborator management, issue tracking, wikis, downloads, code review, graphs Pivotal Tracker – Agile project management tool that enables real time collaboration.