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Avatar Posted by archAngel 189 days ago (http://bx.businessweek.com)
Category: General Primers | Tags: angel investor angels
Angel investing has become an increasingly common way to fund a small business in the U.S., as start-up costs continue to drop across various industr read more »
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Avatar Posted by archAngel 493 days ago (http://www.startupcompanylawyer.com)
Category: General Primers | Tags: startup legal
There are various things a potential founder of a new startup company needs to do before quitting their job. The article recommends:
** Review all a read more »
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Avatar Posted by theBest 684 days ago (http://entrepreneurship.mit.edu)
Category: General Primers | Tags: primer resource
This has an extensive list of article on nearly all issues startup entrepreneurs should be familiar with -- valuation, IP, raising money, dilution, l read more »
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Avatar Posted by admin 696 days ago (http://www.paulgraham.com)
Category: General Primers | Tags: startups primer starting out
You need three things to create a successful startup: to start with good people, to make something customers actually want, and to spend as little mo read more »
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Avatar Posted by geek1 706 days ago (http://entrepreneurship.mit.edu)
Category: General Primers | Tags: fundraising
This guidebook is not meant to be a comprehensive treatise on entrepreneurship for technology companies. Instead, it is meant to provide only the bas read more »
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Avatar Posted by theBest 707 days ago (http://www.payne.org)
Category: General Primers | Tags: stock options restricted stock
The re-heating of the venture funded tech market has pushed a heat up of the hiring market, and I'm getting more calls from friends asking for help read more »
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Avatar Posted by archAngel 707 days ago (http://www.gsb.stanford.edu)
Category: General Primers | Tags: vc business plan
Entrepreneurs approaching venture capitalists must have a business plan; however, it should be short and concise, rather than presenting the business read more »
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Avatar Posted by archAngel 707 days ago (http://www.angelcapitaleducation.org)
Category: General Primers | Tags: fundraising angel angel groups
Get answers to these questions:
* What is an angel investor?
* What are angel groups?
* How do I find an angel group?
* What is read more »
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Avatar Posted by mba 716 days ago (http://barrymoltz.com)
Category: General Primers | Tags: tips
Despite the current economic downturn that seems to be lasting longer than expected, angel funding and venture capital dollars are still available to read more »
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Avatar Posted by archAngel 728 days ago (http://paulgraham.com)
Category: General Primers | Tags: y combinator primer
Paul Graham made his fortune selling his ecommerce platform Viaweb to Yahoo for $49 million in 1998.

More recently, he has become something of a 2 read more »
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Avatar Posted by archAngel 728 days ago (http://www.cooley.com)
Category: General Primers | Tags: legal
Most entrepreneurs face common legal issues when building a company such as "Should I incorporate?" "Where can I raise money?" "How can I protec read more »
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Avatar Posted by archAngel 729 days ago (http://www.derbymanagement.com)
Category: General Primers | Tags: primer fundraising
Talk is cheap. If you're looking for investors to fund your startup, you'd better have something to throw into the pot. Don't expect others to put read more »
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Avatar Posted by theBest 736 days ago (http://www.readwriteweb.com)
Category: General Primers | Tags: startup tips primer
This is a collection of startup tips covering software engineering, infrastructure, PR, conferences, legal and finance. They describe best practices read more »
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Avatar Posted by theBest 738 days ago (http://www.wral.com)
Category: General Primers | Tags: video angel investor
An Angels discuss aspects of Angel Investing and reveals how many Angels think about deals and risk. read more »
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Avatar Posted by theBest 738 days ago (http://www.connect.org)
Category: General Primers | Tags: primer fundraising examples
A comprehensive resource guide for entrepreneurs that cover most aspects of starting up and fundraising. Has example business plans, executive summar read more »
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Avatar Posted by theBest 738 days ago (http://www.scribd.com)
Category: General Primers | Tags: primer startup
A series of presentation on many aspects of starting a company and its challenges. read more »
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Avatar Posted by theBest 738 days ago (http://alexiskold.wordpress.com)
Category: General Primers | Tags: startup primer entreprenuer
Often people start a company without any clear idea of what a company is. Entrepreneurs closet themselves in the garage and start writing code. While read more »
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