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Gust Blog - Thoughts on startups by investors that fund them

Gust

Thoughts on startups by investors that fund them & entrepreneurs that run them. And in January I saw that digital music overtook physical media for the first time in 2011, something I expected since 1998. Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO, Startup Professionals. Founder and CEO , Startup Professionals.

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Entrepreneurshit. The Blog Post on What It’s Really Like.

Gust

I’ve been on the road much of 2012 and part of 2011. As a startup founder you rarely have much money in your bank accounts. I recently had coffee with a young friend who just finished his first startup. I was pretty sure we were going to raise another round of capital. I didn’t sleep much back then.

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Is American Entrepreneurship In Crisis?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Craig Hall, the writer of Boom: Bridging the Opportunity Gap to Reignite Startups , shares his view on the current state of entrepreneurship in the U.S. . In 2011, I heard a speech by Mark Zandi [chief economist of Moody’s Analytics] revealing that entrepreneurship in the U.S. appeared first on THE BLOG. was in trouble.

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Entrepreneurshit. The Blog Post on What It’s Really Like.

Both Sides of the Table

I’ve been on the road much of 2012 and part of 2011. As a startup founder you rarely have much money in your bank accounts. I recently had coffee with a young friend who just finished his first startup. I was pretty sure we were going to raise another round of capital. I didn’t sleep much back then.

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Nigerian founders-turn-investors are now running syndicate funds

TechCrunch

In the past year, syndicates have been emerging as a key force for investing — and for startups seeking capital to get going — on the continent. This is because most of the capital in Africa for promising startups is typically distributed among many investors.

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Gumroad wants to make equity crowdfunding mainstream

TechCrunch

The increase might not turn heads in a world of $90+ billion valuations, but Lavingia thinks the new rules could revitalize a path to raising capital for venture capitalists and founders alike. If this works, startup founders will start to be able to go direct more frequently,” Lavingia said.