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If you are the founder of a high-tech startup company, you know it's a daunting task, and the odds of success are slim. All founders dream of achieving a rewarding outcome like Steve Jobs or Bill Gates, but few reach such a pinnacle. In The Fundable Startup: How Disruptive Companies Attract Capital, Fred M. Haney, an experienced venture capitalist, angel investor, and company founder, explains startup strategies that will help you understand the thinking of investors, build a virtual team, create initial value in a product or prototype, and recruit management that will help you raise capital. The Fundable Startup contains eight personal interviews with executives and entrepreneurs that will change the way founders think about managing a startup company.

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"The Fundable Startup is a bible of information; a must read for entrepreneurs! It lights the road for successful venturing activity. -- ""Robert Gottdener, Director, Wayne Browne Institute"" The Fundable Startup offers a proven framework for evaluating product ideas, attracting management talent, and raising capital for a new venture. -- ""John W. Jarve, Managing Director, Menlo Ventures"""

The Fundable Startup is a bible of information; a must read for entrepreneurs! It lights the road for successful venturing activity. -- Robert Gottdener, Director, Wayne Browne Institute The Fundable Startup offers a proven framework for evaluating product ideas, attracting management talent, and raising capital for a new venture. -- John W. Jarve, Managing Director, Menlo Ventures

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"Dr. Fred Haney has over fifty years of experience as a venture capitalist, angel investor, mentor, corporate director, entrepreneur, and corporate executive. Haney was the founder and manager of 3i Ventures, California, a venture capital fund that invested $80 million in sixty startups and produced nineteen public companies and top quartile returns. He created Monday Club, a 950-member mentoring network that assists startup companies monthly in Santa Monica, Torrance, and Orange County, CA. He was a cofounder of Tech Coast Angels, one of the largest angel groups in the US. He has served as an active director of more than twenty companies. He has been a cofounder or founding chairman of six startup companies. Before 1983, he held executive positions at Xerox, Computer Sciences Corporation, and TRW. In 1999 he was selected ""Mentor/Angel of the Year"" by the American Electronics Association in Orange County. In 2002, he was named ""Director of the Year for Early Stage Companies"" by the Forum for Corporate Directors. He holds a BA degree from Ohio Wesleyan University, an MS degree in mathematics from Colorado State University, and a PhD in Computer Sciences from Carnegie-Mellon University. Dr. Fred Haney has over fifty years of experience as a venture capitalist, angel investor, mentor, corporate director, entrepreneur, and corporate executive. Haney was the founder and manager of 3i Ventures, California, a venture capital fund that invested $80 million in sixty startups and produced nineteen public companies and top quartile returns. He created Monday Club, a 950-member mentoring network that assists startup companies monthly in Santa Monica, Torrance, and Orange County, CA. He was a cofounder of Tech Coast Angels, one of the largest angel groups in the US. He has served as an active director of more than twenty companies. He has been a cofounder or founding chairman of six startup companies. Before 1983, he held executive positions at Xerox, Computer Sciences Corporation, and TRW. In 1999 he was selected ""Mentor/Angel of the Year"" by the American Electronics Association in Orange County. In 2002, he was named ""Director of the Year for Early Stage Companies"" by the Forum for Corporate Directors. He holds a BA degree from Ohio Wesleyan University, an MS degree in mathematics from Colorado State University, and a PhD in Computer Sciences from Carnegie-Mellon University."

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