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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

Both Sides of the Table

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

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Microcredentials for the effective VC or private equity investor

David Teten VC

Historically VC has been an apprenticeship business. VC ASSOCIATIONS. Let’s Talk Ops , Venture Capital Operations Association – fund operations professionals. VentureForward (NVCA), includes list of all VC organizations focused on diversity. Modeling for Venture Capital. Reboot VC Bootcamp.

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What happens when you take 12 investors to Silicon Valley?

Startup Catalyst

The third day started with a session from DLA Piper on legals in the US, followed by a meeting with VC firm Accel, then a private chat with famous angel investors Jason Calacanis and Jay Adelson, before a combined networking event with the River City Labs Accelerator and muru-d Melbourne teams who were in town on their own mission.

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"Money is Local, Impact is Global" for Angel Investing

Onevest

By Michael "Luni" Libes In the traditional world of early stage, Angel and VC investing, money is local. Studies show that over 80% of funding at Angel groups and Series A VCs goes to businesses in the same city/region as the funders. This post was originally published on the blog of Michael “Luni” Libes.

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Five common misconceptions about building a startup in New York City

This is going to be BIG.

The simple fact of the matter is that most startups seeking angel or vc capital just don’t receive it—and that’s just anywhere. In terms of who is here and what does get funded, the average entrepreneur spends way too much time doing after investors that have a shingle on their door that says angel investor or VC.

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Current State of Angels and Boards of Directors

Angel Capital Association

But angel Board seats can be short-lasting, particularly when follow-on round VCs impose their view of corporate governance and reallocate Board seats from founders and early angel Directors to VCs or VC Director nominees. Author: Dr. Ronald Weissman , Band of Angels , Chairman, Angel Capital Association.

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Regulators appear to be growing increasingly wary of banks and fintech startups getting too cozy

TechCrunch

I did reach out to Wealthfront for comment and a spokesperson told me: “We unfortunately can’t discuss more than what’s been shared publicly in our blog or by UBS via their press release.”. The company is mostly bootstrapped, having raised about $2 million from family offices, angels, Capital Factory and its own management team.

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