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Fundraising Debt And How To Avoid It

YoungUpstarts

Ten years ago, Ward Cunningham published a Youtube video that introduced the concept of “technical debt” to the world. Of course, a certain amount of initial capital without financial performance is absolutely necessary to get a business off the ground, especially in regulated industries.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

The seeds planted by those who came in the 90′s have begun to blossom 15 years later literally into seed capital, blossoming new entrepreneurs and an ecosystem of experienced operators that powered LA 1.0 Many of the early winners sold for north of a half a billion dollars. Success begets success. and are guiding LA 2.0.

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What are the most valuable recommendations in order to raise money from VCs connected via Gust?

Gust

Browse through the many hundreds of video answers to startup questions that we’ve filmed from the world’s leading VCs and angels. Luminaries contributing to the Gust video library include Dave McClure , David Hornik , Esther Dyson , Howard L Morgan , Josh Kopelman , Mark Suster and many others.

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Harvard’s Big Moves to Improve Its Startup Spirit: An HBS Student’s Take

View from Seed

And done well, local seed capital can be the catalyst for the new Harvard engineering campus in Allston. You can watch a video from Harvard about their Allston expansion and future vision here. The post Harvard’s Big Moves to Improve Its Startup Spirit: An HBS Student’s Take appeared first on The View From Seed.'

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Is the Lean Startup concept of MVP dead?

VC Cafe

But when it comes to launching a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) these days, as incremental and iterative prototypes, things have changed significantly: Capital abundance: There’s never been more seed capital in the market. Capital resources alone don’t do the trick. Cash (alone) isn’t king.

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Building a new startup hub

Startup Lessons Learned

If you watch the video/audio below, youll get to see some of the questions I was asked after my presentation. Provide early seed capital, and be the ones to make those introductions. leanstartup I could recap these - but just go watch the video already! Labels: audio , events , slides , video 4comments: TSFalls said.

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Telstra Sets Up Startup Accelerator muru-D In Singapore

YoungUpstarts

muru - D will be hosting a roadshow in six Southeast Asian cities, including Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila and Singapore, and selected startups will receive S$40,000 in seed capital, space in muru - D Singapore’s central business district office and as well as introductions to world-class mentors, coaches and investors.

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