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The Market Diversifies: International Innovation Captures Larger Share Of Startup Funding Applications

In Q3 the global startup ecosystem continued to thrive, with 25% growth over the same quarter last year and up 18% from last quarter, as the innovation economy expands around the world. Quarterly data from Gust, the online platform for the global angel investment industry, reveals that while incumbent leaders show no sign of slowing down, […]
David S. Rose
David S. Rose , Founder and CEO , GUST INC.
30 Oct 2015
Startup Strategies: The Strategic and Financial Significance of Intellectual Property

Ask A Founder: Startup Lessons Learned from Planitar’s Kevin Klages

Kevin Klages, Co-Founder and CEO of Planitar, raised a $500,000 seed round after four pitches to angel investors. We sat down with Kevin as he shared what his fundraising journey was like, the startup lessons he learned, and his advice to fellow founders. Here is what he had to say: HK: Tell me a little about […]
Hillary Keller
Hillary Keller , Senior Marketing Manager , GUST INC.
26 Oct 2015
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Challenges and Rewards for Angel Investors

One of the most common questions we get is: What are the biggest challenges and rewards of angel investing? High net worth individuals become angel investors for a number of reasons, but the opportunity to work with entrepreneurs and provide guidance to founders is typically high on the list. In this video, angel investor Chenoa Farnsworth explains why, interestingly, […]
Hillary Keller
Hillary Keller , Senior Marketing Manager , GUST INC.
21 Oct 2015
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Raising Capital as a First Time Founder

A year ago, in mid September 2014, I walked out of a Starbucks in San Francisco with the very first check from an angel investor for Glassbreakers. Though it was only $5,000, it was enough to prove to myself and my co-founder, Lauren Mosenthal, that we could actually fundraise for our startup. We already had […]
Romain Debordeaux
Eileen Carey , Co-Founder & CEO , GlassBreakers
5 Oct 2015
Test Your Business Model Against These 10 Elements

18 Ways to Make Your Financial Model Stand Out to Investors

  The median investor looking at your proposal is in her 40s. Her eyes are going, not to mention her brain. I look at a lot of spreadsheets and analytic reports, and way too many are difficult to read and therefore hard to understand. In an effort to make my life easier, I’ve summarized here […]
Romain Debordeaux
David Teten , Partner , ff Venture Capital
28 Sep 2015
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