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What’s Really Going on in the VC Industry? What Does it Mean for Startups?

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So as of 2008 total LP commitments were still at nearly $250 billion. What accelerated this was the collapse of the public stock markets. Our current fund was raised in 2008/09.] You’ll have to find alternate ways of financing your dreams and that’s OK. Nobody understands this better than First Round Capital.

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How to Manage a Startup Through Troubling Times

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Like the downturns in 2008 and 2001, this has been a very trying time for entrepreneurs running startups. Alex Haro says that when they only had a few weeks of runway left and weren’t sure if their next round of financing was going to close, they tried every crazy idea they could think of.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. Contrary to some press reporting, the boom in startups, the creation of accelerators and seed funds as well as the deserved popularity of AngelList do not signal doom for our industry. From this we have seen a commensurate boom in the number of startup companies.

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

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Clearly a startup should consult its lawyer before filing or not filing.But the attorneys I relied on to write this piece told me that they’ve done lots of Section 4(2) deals in the past, and would recommend it to clients who had relatively simple financing agreements (not tranched-out, not too many investors, etc.) Short answer: no.

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Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table

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In 2008, he founded StackOverflow , and it has become the foundation for a question and answer platform called StackExchange. There’s a big business in Finance working with Excel, but that’s an outlier. Stackoverflow was created in 2008. He then went on to work at Viacom and Juno in NYC. His Tenure at Microsoft.

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Nigerian fintech Appzone raises $10M for expansion and proprietary technology

TechCrunch

The company based in Lagos, Nigeria, was founded by Emeka Emetarom , Obi Emetarom and Wale Onawunmi in 2008. Since its inception , the Google for Startups Accelerator alumnus claims to have led Africa’s fintech sector in some global firsts from the continent. This is where Appzone has found its sweet spot.

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Swimming With EO’s Angel-Sharks at the Inaugural MyEO Deal Exchange Conference

Entrepreneurs' Organization

The Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) ’s Accelerator program empowers early-stage entrepreneurs with the tools, community and accountability necessary to aggressively grow and master their businesses. How has your participation in EO Accelerator impacted your entrepreneurial journey?

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