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How early should you connect to a VC? Here's some data.

This is going to be BIG.

Theoretically, someone could meet you, sign your document, and write you a check for deposit that day, but that''s not how it usually works. It''s also not the best way to create a helpful syndicate of investors that share the founder''s vision for the company. How long does it take from first meeting a VC to getting cash in the bank?

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9 Keys To Finding The Perfect Angel Investor For You

Startup Professionals Musings

Typically, individual investments will be less than $100K, but a group of angels may syndicate multiples. Thus, with angels, early networking with potential investors and successful peers is highly recommended. Document your plan and your financial projections. Angels spread their risk by making multiple smaller investments.

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An Investor’s Personal Social Media Tech Stack: In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 followers

David Teten

Gil Eyal, CEO, HYPR , recommended, “The “commercial” world of influencer marketing is centered in Instagram and Youtube (with some spillage towards smaller networks like Snap, TikTok and Twitch). 3) Documenting best practices. As a manager, one of my key responsibilities is identifying, documenting, and disseminating best practices.

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Good Times Ahead for VC-backed Tech Companies?

Both Sides of the Table

We meet to discuss trends in the industry and to find ways to work together to help with SoCal deal syndication – somethings that happens automatically on Sand Hill Road in NorCal due to proximity. If you want to download the document I’ve made it available at my favorite document sharing site DocStoc).

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Yahoo! vs Facebook: Lame Lawsuit, Good Timing ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

You can read the whole complaint in the embedded document here (from AllThingsD’s coverage). In the early days of LinkedIn we jointly acquired an issued patent of the defunct SixDegrees.com which directly pertains to social networking as well as acquiring a nascent startup in part for its in-process patent filings.

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Does Your New Year’s Resolution Include Reorganizing Your Data? Cross That Off The List Right Now!

YoungUpstarts

A search engine can instantly search terabytes of your documents, emails, online data, etc. by running on an individual PC, across a network, over an “on premises” web server, or on a remote platform like Microsoft Azure or AWS. That way, an index can hold ordinary documents, email files and web-based data enabling integrated search.

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Groupon's S-1: From Zero to Like? Billions in 30 Months ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Even for those who don’t care to dive into the numbers, it’s worth a quick glance because co-founder/CEO Andrew Mason wrote a letter which forms the preamble of the full document. A good read on his philosophy and how they intend to continue building the company. Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $713M.