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SXSW Startups: Steamchain

Austin Startup

SteamChain is based in Milwaukee, Wisc. We love Milwaukee! Michael Bloomberg: He has built an impressive business based on at the crossroads of software, finance and media. Tell us about the startup ecosystem there. We feel very fortunate for the support we received from the entire community.

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Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations - Startups.

Tim Keane

« Power of Angel Investing in Milwaukee | Main. For angel groups, the distinction between groups and VCs on this issue is dwindling, especially as angel groups do bigger rounds of financing.   Note that this applies only to earl stage Series A-type equity financings and assumes no cash dividends are paid to investors.

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When All Else Fails.Manipulate The Data - Startups and angels.

Tim Keane

I saw that on a t-shirt worn by a bartender at the Milwaukee Irish Fest last night. As the venture progresses from financing to revenue (whether financed by an investor or the entrepreneur) that first big, critical issue has to be the first miss on projections. « Listening to Entrepreneurs | Main. I have no idea why.

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How To Change The World - Startups and angels: Along the way to.

Tim Keane

Power of Angel Investing in Milwaukee » December 30, 2009. Understand finance.  Never, ever “let Mikey do it.”  Know, yourself, how your venture is financed, what the alternatives are, and when you will know it is time to execute them. Understand finance. Startups and angels: Along the way to success.

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People are the whole game - Startups and angels: Along the way to.

Tim Keane

In brief, my own story involves a software company called RTMS in Milwaukee. Here in America, 95+% of all entrepreneurs never have had any external investment financing. In brief, my own story involves a software company called RTMS in Milwaukee. It was bootstrapped.   We had a customer and a value proposition.