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Startups – Beware The Changing Palo Alto Investment Model

YoungUpstarts

Traditionally, VC investors would invest $X million in a startup for a certain percentage of equity, decision making rights, and the power to block things they didn’t agree with. VC investors were once billed as the mavericks, the risk takers that no one else would follow in pumping money into unknown businesses and industries.

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My 13 Favorite Alternative Funding Options of 2013

Up and Running

Whether you’re a nonprofit, a new small business, a high-tech startup, or an up-and-running company, and whether you’re looking for a loan or a grant or an equity-sharing arrangement, there is an option for you. If you’re looking for an equity-sharing arrangement…. You can offer potential investors equity or convertible debt.

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Heart of Smartness: A Tech Accelerator for Africa

ReadWriteStart

Alliy is managing partner of the Savannah Fund , a $10 million fund that will soon begin investing in technology startups in East Africa, including Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. The Savannah Fund will take 15% equity in each of its companies. It has fast-developing infrastructure.

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Heart of Smartness: A Tech Accelerator for Africa

ReadWriteStart

Alliy is managing partner of the Savannah Fund , a $10 million fund that will soon begin investing in technology startups in East Africa, including Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. The Savannah Fund will take 15% equity in each of its companies. It has fast-developing infrastructure.

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Beware The Consultant

infochachkie.com

Instead of hearing from your long lost third-cousin, you will be inundated with an avalanche of ‘congratulatory’ emails, calls and letters from people who want to relieve you of the burden of your hard-earned equity round. Equity should be saved for people who will deliver ongoing value to your venture. link] Luis Rivera.

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Heart of Smartness: A Tech Accelerator for Africa

ReadWriteStart

Alliy is managing partner of the Savannah Fund , a $10 million fund that will soon begin investing in technology startups in East Africa, including Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. The Savannah Fund will take 15% equity in each of its companies. It has fast-developing infrastructure.

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How many cofounders should your startup have?

The Next Web

A couple years in, I got married and left on my honeymoon for two weeks to Kenya – where I had no email or phone connectivity much of the time. Your company needs to be worth three times more for your equity to be worth the same. Starting with three people total? We split our stock one-fifth each. So, what’s the magic cofounder number?

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