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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

Seed-stage compatible: Like traditional equity VC investors, Flexible VCs accomodate early-stage investment risk within their portfolios better than a traditional RBI funder. Early-stage: Cofounder with engineering/ product background from top-tier university or major technology company. Short track record.

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Is gust.com a difficult platform to replicate?

Gust

As I’ve discussed elsewhere, Gust’s long-term goal is to serve as the infrastructure platform for the entire global, early stage finance industry. Instead, it is our eight years of indefatigable relationship and customer building with large segments of the world’s early stage finance industry.

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Accelerator Spotlight: Nuw

View from Seed

We’re live in the UK and Ireland with a US launch coming soon. . AB: Aisling, originally from Dublin, Ireland, now living in London, UK. . RH: What’s your favorite thing about being an early-stage founder? RH: Who are your customers? One that is affordable, enjoyable, frictionless. Get to know the founders.

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Angel Funding Advice

Both Sides of the Table

Make sure these people understand the nature of early-stage angel investing. Hairy dentists / Pig farmers – I told the story last night how when I set up my first company the seed investor was a pig farmer from Ireland. It helps that my first company was actually founded in Ireland! That is a true story.

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New Accelerator Fund in Ireland Hopes that Entrepreneurship Will Be Key to Country's Recovery

ReadWriteStart

While the economic news coming out of Ireland has been dour, to say the least, Dublin City University's Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurship believe that this might not be all bad news for those looking to found tech startups in the country. A number of Ireland's leading companies will provide senior executives as mentors.

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The Legal Side of Entrepreneurship

YoungUpstarts

taxes are a company’s biggest worry, it might think about incorporating in the Cayman Islands or Ireland. John Vrionis ( @jvrionis ) is a partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners who focuses primarily on early stage enterprise and consumer technology investments. If high U.S. However, the U.S.

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My Life as a CEO (and VC): Chief Psychologist

Both Sides of the Table

This is the failure of many early-stage companies when they try to scale. My first company was founded in Ireland, headquartered in England and had country operations in the UK, France & Germany. Some entrepreneurs make the mistake of never devolving power. They are control freaks and have to own all of the decisions.

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