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Helping #startups and #smallbiz attain sustainable success | attorney | investor | mentor | speaker | mom of 3
Oct 2, 2019 29 tweets 273 min read
🔥 MYTH: You need to angel investment or venture capital to start a real venture – or else it's just a "lifestyle" business.

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#DisruptSF #FounderFriendlyStandard 1/ Venture capital in Silicon Valley dates back to 1957. The first VC investment was in Fairchild Semiconductor. Back then, starting a company required lots of capital. Now, not so much as @estraschnov points out.