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Startup Investing: The New Trend in Alternative Assets

Onevest

There were over 200 as of 2006.” This is in contrast to going it alone in direct investments or publicly traded REITs and stocks. Wikipedia notes that “in 1996 there were about 10 angel groups in the United States.

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Boston offers a world of advantages for startup founders

TechCrunch

It requires accelerators and incubators and coworking spaces to help nurture early ideas, and it needs VC firms investing across stages. It needs a couple of successful exits, which in turn drives angel investing as entrepreneurs growing increasingly wealthy look to help new founders building companies reach their own goals.

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The Double Standard of Female CEOs Moving Fast and Breaking Things

This is going to be BIG.

The tech community has been having a long-overdue conversation about mental health and work/life balance and it’s something I’ve been talking up as far back as 2006 , 2009 , and 2014 on my blog and in public. Don’t get me wrong--the mental and emotional well-being of startup employees is a serious issue.