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

Steve Blank

The cloud , open-source development tools and web 2.0 Late stage large regionally based funds that invest in late stage or mezzanine deals. However, four critical advances over the past decade (cloud, accelerators, Lean, and Angels) not only changed the math for tech investing but made regional tech clusters possible.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

I spoke about how Amazon Web Services deserves far more credit for the last 5 years of innovation than it gets credit for and how I believe they spawned the micro-VC category. And this is happening in mezzanine (pre-IPO) deals as well. I said that I felt that Micro-VCs were the most important change in our industry.

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

crowdSPRING Blog

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Surprising Insights From HubSpot’s $35M Mezzanine Round | ON Startups – [link]. 30+ Creative vCard Designs for Inspiration | Bloom Web Design Blog – [link].

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

VC Adventure

Additional Colorado Representatives · TruEffect merges the interactivity and reach of the Web, with the precision and effectiveness of direct marketing to deliver increased media performance and unparalleled new insights to global advertisers. TopSchool, Inc. Clementine Arts markets the first full line of natural art supplies for children.

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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. Additional Colorado Representatives. TopSchool, Inc. Clementine Arts markets the first full line of natural art supplies for children.

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

techcrunch.com

Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. cheers [link] Article Playground This venture is surely worth it Dougie Howse I think another problem with VC investments into web companies is the expectation to make 30-50+ times of return. for sometime now.