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Venture Capital

Venture Capital Report

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Recent trends in Venture Capital investing.

Raise Your Own Money!

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Reasons why you should be bootstrapping instead of outsourcing the raising of funds.

What about Georgia?

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An article in the Atlanta Journal Constitution over the weekend revealed that Georgia is the only state in the union that does NOT offer tax incentives for money invested in venture capital.  We must change this to grow the funds for entrepreneurs.

Angel Investing for the Musician

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How can small business owners and musicians raise funds over the Internet?

Shark Tank August 30th Episode

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Welcome to another Shark Tank recap!  These week’s show had some big winners and some big losers……  And we saw Barbara Corcoran’s soft side.  Final count of “You are dead to me!” outbursts this episode, 4 – and 1 “then I kill you!” The first contestant was immigrant from Ghana, Kwame Kuadey who started Gift [...]

Shark Tank – August 23rd Episode

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Just finished watching this week’s installment of “Shark Tank,” and again, it should be required viewing for all entrepreneurs or people that want to escape their financial uncertainty by learning how to start a business.  First thought, I do see how the VCs could at first come across as nice, but they are rude, arrogant, and mean.  [...]

Shark Tank

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I hope you have seen the new TV show, the Shark Tank.  Anyone seeking VC funding should watch this show to learn what egos these VCs have.  They are all trying to out-asshole Simon from American Idol.   There is one bald VC guy that is the biggest jerk I have never seen.   There was one entrepreneur, a guy [...]

Is Venture Capital Funding right for You?

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As an entrepreneur, when should you use Venture Capital funding?

2Q Venture Capital Numbers

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The Dow Jones VentureSource just released data regarding the amount of Venture Capital invested in the USA during the 2nd Quarter of 2009.  The numbers are quite startling when compared to last year: Venture Capital investments during 2Q 2009 were $5.27 billion (down 37% over same period last year). Venture Capital investments during 2Q 2008 [...]