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The Screwy Logic of Crowdfunding and Venture Fund Regulation

This is going to be BIG.

Jersey Shore Ventures anyone?). Until you realize that vetting and helping companies is actually really hard--or did you not notice all the news that venture capital as an asset class doesn't beat the market. Who wouldn't want in on the next Union Square Ventures or First Round Capital funds? tanning salon/seed fund combo.

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Venture Capital Q&A Session

Both Sides of the Table

We received so much positive feedback from our This Week in Venture Capital show walking through valuation calculations & term sheets that we decided to do a Q&A show this week to address topics that entrepreneurs want to learn about. In fact, far better if you haven’t raised venture capital. This is minutes 8-11.

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3 Keys to Navigating the Entrepreneurial Maze

Entrepreneurs' Organization

My mentor’s advice felt like a parental reprimand. Many successes (and even more failures) later, the advice still rings true. After all, starting and running a business is a high-stakes venture. His advice for business leaders is simple and follows in the same vein: Follow your effort, not your passion.

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How Do You Reference Check a VC?

Both Sides of the Table

This is part of my ongoing series on Raising Venture Capital. Not so in venture capital. So my first advice is not to rush in the fund raising process. Don’t take my advice, take Eric Clapton’s. My chips were down in late 2000 / early 2001. You’re tied at the hip to your VC. My story briefly.

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JOBS Act Title III and Crowdfunding: What We Know So Far

Onevest

Join the rest of the nation including equity crowdfunding platforms like 1000 Angels , the private investor network that connects startups with investors, where currently only accredited investors are allowed to invest. Onevest does not give investment, legal or tax advice. Photo credit: Getty Images. will increase from 3.5

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Want to Know How First Round Capital was Started?

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In the early 80’s he left academia to work on venture capital investing with Jim Simons, Renaissance Technologies. Infonautics went public in 1996 and Half.com was sold to eBay in 2000. CEO Network – CEO’s from the portfolio companies are introduced to each other. and Half.com. They have sixteen people on staff.

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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

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I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. On December 3rd Brad Feld wrote a one paragraph blog post titled “ Raising Venture Capital &# in which he linked to my blog. There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. Tempus Fugit.

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