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THE INVESTORS
Tomasz Tungus of Redpoint Ventures dissects how harvesting of purchasing intent has changed on the consumer Internet over the past 15 years in Anticipatory Commerce: The Evolution of Intent on the Web
Kevin Laws of AngelList provides a helpful Crowdfunding Regulations Summary for the most recent proposed changes from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Deborah Mills-Scofield of venture capital firm Glengarry LLC explores investing in invention vs. innovation and the value of putting thought into marketing and sales inInvesting in Innovation: A Venture Capital POV
Ricky Pelletier of Openview Partners presents 6 alternatives to venture capital financing in Can’t Find VC Money? You Still Have Options…
Health tech investing is expected to double (yes 100% increase) according to analysis by Mercom Capital Group (Source: mHealthWatch)
THE OPERATORS
Twitter set their IPO price at $17-20 per share today, will be valued at $11.1 billion. (Source: The Wall Street Journal)
Adii Piennaar of PublicBeta writes about his mission to start a company while putting his top priorities first in Family First Startups
Marc Barros of Contour Camera talks about how he got funding wrong in his company and how other founders can learn from his mistakes in How to Fund a Hardware Startup
Zaarly Cofounder Eric Koester talks about the importance of doing the fundamental math of any business in Don’t Found a Company Unless You Love Excel
Correction: Yesterday I said the comment period for equity crowdfunding legislature proposed by the SEC yesterday was 30 days, when it is in fact 90 days. (Official SEC documentation)