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How Founders Get Funding and How Investors Ensure They Deserve It

I spent the past few days listening to founders of seed-stage – and often pre-revenue – startups pitch their worth to potential investors at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco. I was looking for companies that would make good investments for our First Stage Investor members (click here to sign up and discover some startups worth investing in).
It’s a scene I’m extremely familiar with. In fact, I’ve been on both sides of the equation. I’ve asked for funding before. And, as I was this week, I’ve been the investor (or represented the investor).
So as I spoke with founders about their startups …read more […]

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Google Elevates Vacation Rentals With Hotel-Like Treatment in Search

Google took the next step in its own vacation rental and apartments business, giving it special treatment with a four-pack display of rates, photos, reviews, and a map within Google search — and placement above other travel companies’ organic results. With the alternative accommodations sector one of the fastest-growing segments in travel around the world, […] …read more […]

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Trump’s Impeachment Turmoil Follows GOP Senator on 2020 Ballot

(Bloomberg) — Joni Ernst, like most Republican senators running for re-election in 2020, would like to stay focused on the bread-and-butter issues that voters say they care about rather than political fire surrounding President Donald Trump.Many of her Iowa constituents seem to want to avoid the impeachment controversy consuming Washington, as well. At a town hall meeting in Templeton, most voters instead talked about bolstering corn-based ethanol, preventing mass shootings, and coping with Trump’s trade war with China.But Ernst, a target for Democrats looking to take control of the Senate, couldn’t entirely avoid the uproar over Trump’s entreaties to China …read more […]

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Deal or No Deal? How to Trade the Three Possible Brexit Outcomes

(Bloomberg) — Follow @Brexit, sign up to our Brexit Bulletin, and tell us your Brexit story. The pound, U.K. stocks and British government bond yields would all likely plunge should the country leave the European Union without a deal on Oct. 31.Sterling would drop to $1.11 from a current level of around $1.23, according to a Bloomberg News survey of 18 foreign-exchange strategists and investors, while a rush toward the safety of government debt could drive bond yields to record lows. Bloomberg Intelligence forecasts a 13% slide in the fair value of the FTSE 100 index over 12 months in …read more […]