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The Shift from FOMO to FOLD in Early Stage Investing

View from Seed

This led to a number of repercussions that most VC’s have lamented during this time, including higher prices, larger rounds, shoddy due diligence, and many companies raising large sums of venture capital that probably aren’t suited to VC funding. VCs are always founder focused no matter the market environment.

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[INTERVIEW] Mark Attanasio, Toronto Financial Services Executive, Managing Partner Of Hillcrest Merchant Partners

YoungUpstarts

Today, Mark Attanasio gets to flex his full range of expertise and interests as co-founder and Managing Partner of Hillcrest Merchant Partners, a Toronto-based merchant bank focused on early stage and mid market growth companies. Even better, Attanasio says, is if they have done extensive due diligence first.

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Exploring Tax Strategies For Small Businesses: Insights Inspired By Troy Renkemeyer’s Experiences

The Startup Magazine

Partnerships share income and losses among partners, affecting individual tax brackets. Maintaining diligent records is paramount to ensuring these deductions are accurately captured and substantiated in the event of an audit.

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A Seriously Great Story and Why We Funded Them

Both Sides of the Table

By September 18th we were ready to bring them to a full partner meeting and as a group we were bought into the vision and the experience of this exact team to pull things off. By September 26th we had submitted a term sheet which was signed on October 4th and financing was closed in less than 30 days. And Seriously.

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Your Toughest Competitor May be Your Best Partner

Startup Professionals Musings

Your goal is “ coopetition ” - to find a way to partner with your competitor in such a way that both parties can substantially benefit from the other's resources - without stealing customers or damaging anyone's credibility. They may have the finances you need and are ready to invest in a business area they know.

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One of the Biggest Mistakes Enterprise Startups Make

Both Sides of the Table

And of course the most successful technology companies: Google, Facebook, Salesforce.com [duh], Oracle, Microsoft all have loads of sales people. As in, “Well, as a tech firm we put tons of effort into APIs so that you can do your own integrations. Channel Partners Not Yet Formed. You need to implement them.

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8 Myths Technologists Believe That Sink Businesses

Startup Professionals Musings

That’s why I recommend that they find a co-founder who loves business challenges, including marketing and finance. I usually envision a 50-50 ownership split for their efforts, but every engineer believes the technology side deserves the majority share. Fabulous solutions require great technology.