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Taylor: SEIS and EIS tax incentives are boosting UK angel investment
“I think that's something that Silicon Valley had an upper hand in us Over the past few years, because of sort of all of the early employees of Google, Yahoo, all of those guys who cashed out they went back and give back angel investments, and it's something we…”
Scott Taylor May 28, 2015 ▶ 11:29 20 VC 040: The Required Qualities To Be A Great Founder, with Scott Taylor, CEO @ miDrive
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Taylor: Virgin StartUp funded just 3% of 10,000 applications in 2014
“In 2014, there was 10,000 applications, and about three of, three percent of those will successfully get loans dispersed”
Scott Taylor May 28, 2015 ▶ 9:44 20 VC 040: The Required Qualities To Be A Great Founder, with Scott Taylor, CEO @ miDrive
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Taylor: Started and sold 10 to 12 startups between ages 15 and 21
“I think there, I think it was maybe 10, 10 or 12 online startups that, that had started and sold between the age of 15 and sort of 21.”
Scott Taylor May 28, 2015 ▶ 2:03 20 VC 040: The Required Qualities To Be A Great Founder, with Scott Taylor, CEO @ miDrive
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Taylor: 22% of Virgin StartUp applicants are in manufacturing and retail
“22% of the applicants are within the manufacturing and retail space, so it's not specifically just online and tech.”
Scott Taylor May 28, 2015 ▶ 10:40 20 VC 040: The Required Qualities To Be A Great Founder, with Scott Taylor, CEO @ miDrive
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