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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

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Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round). You can sometimes attract capital from farther away but typically harder to do at early stage.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Boardex and Relationship Science make it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. Data companies focused on early-stage startups include Aingel , fundsUP , Preseries , PredictLeads , and Sploda. The Pocket Negotiator is very early-stage attempt to aid in the negotiating process itself.

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4 Considerations for Expanding Your Startup to International Markets

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In other words, angel investors and early stage venture capital (VC) firms will have different expectations than late stage VC firms. With the help social networking tools it has became much easier for start ups to venture in the competitive market. Reproduction without explicit permission is prohibited.

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Why Launching a Startup Is More Expensive Than You Think

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No doubt early-stage companies can be started on a shoestring by low-paid entrepreneurs, but when financing a scalable, sustainable product, a free application server won’t make much of a difference. In fact, it’s barely even the beginning for most companies in their seed stage financings.

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10 Essential PR Tips for Startups

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Not to mention, early-stage startups usually only employ a few people focused on product and development. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists. Social Media. Social Networking. Social Good. Social Media. social media marketing. social networking.

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7 Common Mistakes Startups Make on Accelerator Program Applications

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Why I’m Doubling Down on the Twitter Ecosystem

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We’re co-leading the $6 million investment with Roger Ehrenberg at IA Ventures in NY and one of the most respected early-stage investors in the country in “big data&# companies. DataSift is one of only two companies today that has the rights to re-syndicate the way it does. Twitter is inherently viral.

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