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Top Startup Winner: Balodana

The Startup Magazine

The top startup at this year’s FUND Conference in Chicago, Illinois was Balodana , a fashion purchasing platform disrupting the women’s e-commerce fashion industry. The FUND Conference brings together over 100 startups to present their early-stage products and pitches in front of hundreds of investors and industry leaders.

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Top 3 Startup Winner: Digs

The Startup Magazine

At this year’s FUND Conference in Chicago, Illinois, over 100 startups presented their early-stage companies in front of hundreds of investors and industry leaders. HQ Location : Chicago, Illinois. Overall I think that is going to benefit us in the long run. Sounds like you’re off to a good start. Thank you Digs.

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A Venture Capital History Perspective From Jack Tankersley

Feld Thoughts

The key reason for the explosion in capital flowing into the industry, and therefore the large increase in practitioners, had nothing to do with 1970’s performance, early stage investing, or technology. Some were Silicon Valley early stage companies, such as Apple, Quantum, and Masstor Systems.

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Top 3 Startup Winner: Happenstance

The Startup Magazine

At this year’s FUND Conference in Chicago, Illinois, over 100 startups presented their early-stage companies in front of hundreds of investors and industry leaders. HQ Location : Chicago, Illinois. The Happenstance Team. Team Info: Co-Founder/Managing Editor: Stephanie Choporis. Co-Founder/CEO : Kathy Bartlett.

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Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Business Schools And Early Stage Entrepreneurship

ReadWriteStart

Then Jay Dias from Barrington, Illinois, presented Eventbin.com , a site where she plans to bring together discounts and coupons from numerous vendors, all targeted towards moms. No, Jose, you need to build your market while building your product - in parallel, not sequentially. Eventbin.com. Jay's age band is 18-45.

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MentorMob.com Aims To Revolutionize Learning Through Crowdsourcing

YoungUpstarts

“The Internet is the first place most people turn to find information and learn virtually anything, but there’s no sense of organization — you have to stumble through, often running into dead ends along the way,” says Kris Chinosorn, who started MentorMob with fellow University of Illinois graduate and co-founder Vince Leung. “At

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VC Activity In Q1 2011 Back To Pre-Recession Levels

ReadWriteStart

Early stage deals and funding were about the same this past quarter as they were in the last quarter of 2010, with seed VC funding accounting for about 10% of overall deal flow. But when you look at activity, it's worth pointing out that early stage deals account for almost half of all deals done. Go Groupon, Go Illinois.

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