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Re:Springboard startup bootcamp open to applications on Friday November 19, 2010 @08:57AM (#1921386)
Go Jon & team, we're behind you!
I'm obviously biased here but I think a great way for you to get your hands dirty would be to invest in an accelerator, such as (plug alert!) Startupbootcamp or The Difference Engine or Tetuan Valley or a number of others.

By invest I mean either time (as a mentor) or money (as an investor in the accelerator itself) or both.

You get to be involved in 10 early stage startups, but you are not alone. You can follow their progress as they get input from dozens of super star mentors. It's actually an awesome due dilligence process as you get to see which teams are great at generating traction.

It's TUESDAY Nov. 9th, that's fixed now, sorry.
Copenhagen's coolest movie theater: Grand
It's Tuesday Nov. 9th, 09:00-13:00

www.startupbootcamp.dk

90 signed up so far ;) a portion of which are investors, expect north of 150.

This is the culmination of 3 months of 24x7 work for our ten teams(1) and they're dying to show off their stuff!

(1) Our entrepreneurs are from Denmark, Romania, UK, Lithuania, Nigeria, Germany, Latvia, Argentina, Portugal, Iceland, and Russia!

Ask HN: Need more ideas to attract investors to demo day (in Copenhagen)

I run Startupbootcamp in Copenhagen.  I've been squeezing our network and trawling the web but would appreciate more sources and ideas.I've reached out to the main blogs but I'm not sure all angels read blogs (in Europe).  I've also:-downloaded the EBAN (European Business Angel Network) and (X)VCA (country X Venture Capital Association) member lists-done keyword searches in...

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