"The angel network is asking chapters to waive their presentation fees for “true startups” — companies that have no revenue and less than $500,000 in capital and are trying to raise less than $500,000 from investors, said Randy Williams, Keiretsu’s founder and CEO. Williams said the change is not a response to the recent attacks on the fees launched by investor Jason Calacanis — who has promised to start his own angel network on Monday, November 16, unless Keiretsu and several other angel groups drop their fees — but have been in the works for several months. Keiretsu also has no plans to drop fees for other entrepreneurs."
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Rafer sez:
Gimme a break. Don’t deny that JasonC influenced you about startup pitch fees. ‘We rarely let pre-revenue companies pitch, so we threw the droolin’ loony a bone,’ would have improved your reputation. This silly fable doesn’t achieve that.
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