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“Putting adVenture back into Venture Capital!”- Jeshua Soh’s Unique Approach to Investing

AsiaTechDaily

. “My work with startups and the ecosystem began in 2016 when I founded Startupmedia to help startups and the ecosystem tell their stories and school myself in starting/scaling businesses. This gave me a front-row seat to the world of tech/innovation, and I began making some personal angel investments along the way.”

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

Both Sides of the Table

I gave him the same advice I give nearly all over-worked, control-freak, do-everything-yourself startup founders: “Your number one priority isn’t any of these things. When you think about the success that is Silicon Valley, the unfair advantage is not just the huge amounts of available venture capital.

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Revisiting Paul Graham’s “High Resolution” Financing

Both Sides of the Table

Most early-stage entrepreneurs who have worked with me (either as an angel or as a seed VC) know that I don’t rely at all on the social proof of other investors. Tags: Raising Venture Capital Startup Advice Tech Market Analysis Term Sheets. When I’m in, I’m in. rings true to me.

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How to Find a Job as a VC Scout: Compensation and Which Firms Are Recruiting

David Teten VC

This is part of a series on building your career in venture capital: Reading list for working in private equity/venture capital , including all of the major online communities, programs, and educational options for people studying VC. How to get a job in venture capital. How to find a job as a VC scout.

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One of Nigeria’s high profile angel investors is launching a fund for African startups

TechCrunch

Olumide Soyombo is one of the well-known active angel investors in Nigeria tech startups and Africa at large. Since he began angel investing in 2014, Soyombo has invested in 33 startups, including Stripe-owned Paystack , PiggyVest, and TeamApt. Non-traditional startup founder to an angel investor.

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Investors: Avoid These Investment Event Problems

Gust

Many local angel investment groups work with a local event that creates the illusion of a business pitch contest, awarding investment to the winner. Startups and investors discover each other, and the community wins because the event becomes visible evidence of new business and new jobs locally. Local media cover it.

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What Government funding is available for startups in NZ?

NZ Entrepreneur

Recently they introduced a programme specifically for startup founders. Whether or not this qualifies as “Government funding”, this network of volunteer mentors is on hand to help almost any business for a very low one-off fee. Incubators and accelerator programmes. Work and Income (WINZ) grants.