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When They Are Throwing Money At You

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Awesome post. Sure wish some of that easy VC money existed in Canada. But maybe 3 years from now another bubble will pop and Canada will again fail to notice anything happened.

"I have not seen a better time to raise money for web startups since the late 90s."

oh boy...

The difference is that it is so cheap to do your own startup that you can do it with or without other people's money. That was not the case 12 years ago.

The second thing is that the rest of the country is in the worst recession in 70 years - if you are not going to put your money in tech, where are you going to put them?

When the recession ends, money will flow out of tech and into the general market, but that is going to take time and is unlikely to be a sudden rush, more of a slow stream.

1.) Price of starting a startup has nothing to do with overvaluation of companies and the corresponding investment into those companies, which defines a bubble. Such as "oh I'm sure that those photo-sharing apps will find a revenue model eventually", etc.

2.) We're in a great depression. Not a run-of-a-mill recession. And "if you are not going to put your money in tech, where are you going to put them?" is precisely what a bubble mentality is.

1) Price has a lot to do with how softly we land. The reason the bubble became as infamous as it did was the aftermath, not so much the bubble.

I am not an economists, but it doesn't seem to be a depression from where I am sitting - people don't walk in thread-bare clothing, nor are there "no help wanted signs".

Many VCs and angels will invest outside their geographic area. (For example, I think USV has three investments in Europe now, and a batch on the West Coast.)

Your location isn't an advantage, but if you would benefit from a raise, I wouldn't let that stop you from trying.

There are special visa categories for canadian passport holders. It's entirely possible to come to the US.

http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_CA/ca/pressroom/ca-pressrele...

The rules are changing, its less annoying for American VCs to do business in Canada with the removal of the Section 116 stuff in the most recent budget.

How many people are in the position where they are getting money thrown at them, vs. people who are looking for funding but can't get any?

What does that say about the perspective of the funder vs the perspective of the fundee

Looking for funding

Getting Money Thrown at me

Do you know how to start a poll?

"I've come to believe that entrepreneurs putting away some money to protect the downside is largely a good thing. It allows them to take bigger risks and play for more upside."

One of the best rationales I've encountered to support the recent trend of entrepreneurs selling some of their shares in later funding rounds.

Great post. I sometimes (especially recently) get the impression that startups have been playing up overblown valuations as some sort of marketing tactic.

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