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Early-stage Regional Venture Funds–part 2 of 3 of Bigger in Bend

Steve Blank

Late stage large regionally based funds that invest in late stage or mezzanine deals. Today it’s dominated by capital efficient software, web and mobile startups whereas 10 years ago it was dominated by semiconductor and hardware startups that consumed huge amounts of capital before their first dollar in revenue.

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Twitter Link Roundup #153 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

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Surprising Insights From HubSpot’s $35M Mezzanine Round | ON Startups – [link]. Best practices for navigation on the mobile web | Webdesigner Depot – [link]. With all the opinions floating around today, don’t forget to give it 5 minutes – [link]. Start something small – [link].

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ProfessorVC: Survey says VC's invest on Gut Instinct

Professor VC

One other chart worth noting is the the expected returns from various private capital providers (Banks, Asset based lenders, Mezzanine, Private Equity and VC). The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest of the Three. Back to the survey.

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Venture Capital in the Rockies Winter 2010 Unveils Promising Growth Companies Ahead of Conference

VC Adventure

Green Garage aggregates proven, sustainable, energy saving automotive maintenance/repair related products and delivers them through convenient consumer valet and corporate mobile on-site services. Green Garage is a new kind of garage that makes car s gentler on the planet and easier on the wallet. TopSchool, Inc.

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Venture Capital in the Rockies Winter 2010 Unveils Promising Growth Companies Ahead of Conference

VC Adventure

Twenty Companies Ranging From Seed Stage to Mezzanine Will Showcase Next Generation Technologies from Various Industries at the 27 th Annual VCIR Winter 2010 Conference. Mangia allows sports fans to order food and merchandise (and eventually tickets) using a mobile phone and have it delivered right to a stadium or arena seat.

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Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy? Think Again.

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