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How Early-Stage Startups Can Utilize the SVB Collapse as a Wake-Up Call

The Startup Magazine

As an early-stage company that just closed our seed round at $8.1 So what does an early-stage company do to avoid the doom and gloom plaguing the world of startups? If the best client success person is in Oklahoma instead of LA, we’re going to hire her, (in fact, we did). That includes us.

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A VC Puts On His Equity Crowdfunding Hat

YoungUpstarts

This change means that virtually any individual, not just the wealthy, will have opportunities to make equity investments in early stage companies. That suggests, potentially, more early stage capital for entrepreneurs. As a VC and angel investor, I believe deeply in entrepreneurs. What kind of business is being launched?

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

Texas is well capitalized Silicon Valley has traditionally received a disproportionate share of private, early-stage funding compared to other geographies given its density of firms focused on these types of investments and the number of start-ups and private companies in the region. all Bay Area firms?—?investing

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