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Who are the Major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

David Teten

Feenix focuses on companies in the consumer space across a number of industry verticals including: multi-unit Food & Beverage operators, hospitality, managed workspace (office or food halls), location based entertainment venues, and various direct to consumer online companies.

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2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Groups

Gust

Silicon Valley. Valley Angel Fund. Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley. Speaking with many angel leaders , I believe we have identified several possible explanations for group-to-group variations: 1) Clearly, startup ventures in some business verticals command high pre-money valuations that others.

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The Texas Startup Manifesto

Austin Startup

Partnerships with innovative global companies in major industry verticals provide unique opportunities for customer validation, pilot programs and strategic investment. Entrepreneurs in San Antonio will drive up to Austin for a day of office hours with guest mentors visiting from Silicon Valley. It’s not Silicon Valley.

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Lies Entrepreneurs Tell Themselves « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Convergent Technologies When I was in my 20’s I worked at Convergent Technologies , a company that was proud to be known as the “Marine Corps of Silicon Valley.” Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. It was a brawling “take no prisoners,” work hard, party hard, type of company. What is a dream worth?

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Menlo Park and The Silicon Valley Renaissance

ReadWriteStart

One theme seems to come up over and again, especially from geographies outside Silicon Valley: lack of a reliable pipeline of deals. Tom from Omaha, Nebraska, shared an update about what is going on in that part of the world, as did other audience members from New York City, Israel, and Columbus, Ohio. Discuss.

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Out There Bets and Insider Games: The Social Barriers to Funding Big Ideas

This is going to be BIG.

And what I slowly started to love about the idea was how New York it was. If you’re a Silicon Valley billionaire, you want a flying car—because it’s cool. As a vertical take off and landing vehicle (VTOL) whose engines turn, you need little more than a helipad or an empty lot. The per person cost comes down.

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Google VP: Here's How to Get Bought By Us

mashable.com

GLIIF, LLC is a Hot Silicon Valley Startup designed to disrupt QR Code usage in advertising. It just seems to me that having a great idea without Silicon Valley connections becomes an obstacle. I would like to know, what are the areas/vertical they are looking for acquisition? or Twitter. AlanBologlu1.