C# 411 Crazy Stuff! Lookout Below!If you have a software startup and are looking to raise big money from venture capitalists, Silicon Valley in California is the place to be. But new data from PricewaterhouseCoopers, National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) and Thomson Financial shows that several cities outside Silicon Valley have the highest growth rates for startups and venture capital (VC) investments over the past decade.
A debate is raging on the ‘net these days as to whether all software, music and digital content should be free.
Wouldn’t it be great if all software was free? And if cars, homes, sex and big-screen TVs were free too. And I wish I could stop paying my taxes, fly like a bird, see through solid objects with X-ray vision, and poop out golden eggs by the dozen.
But unfortunately there’s a big difference between fantasy and reality, and in the real world:
If something has value,
we have to pay for it.
Tags: Free Music, Free Software, Open-Source
Launching a startup software company is like legal gambling: The stakes are high, the odds are against you, but with persistence and good luck, you could strike it rich. But as the saying goes, you have to spend money to make money, and software startups can burn through cash like a brush fire through Silicon Valley. So the trick is to find enough capital to fund your startup until it can sustain itself with customer revenue, without giving up too much ownership and control to your investors.
Tags: Angel Investors, Funding, Software Startup, Startup Company, Startup Funding, VC, Venture Capital, Venture Capitalist
