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- ↑ "Investor Capital Expo". Investor Capital Expo. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
- ↑ "ACA Guidelines on Fees".
- ↑ My Latest War: Angels Who Charge Startups To Pitch
- ↑ Calacanis Bludgeons Angel Group Keiretsu Forum Into Submission