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https://geekli.st/home

http://www.webespy.com/

http://breue.com/

http://thisweekinstartups.com/

https://news.layervault.com/

http://www.crunchbase.com/

https://www.angel.co/

http://www.betali.st/

http://betali.st/startups

http://www.romanianstartups.com/

http://www.startupli.st/

http://www.kickoffboost.com/

http://www.geekopedia.me/startupsubmit/

http://www.killerstartups.com/

http://www.startupbird.com/

http://www.ratemystartup.com/

http://www.new-startups.com/

http://www.nextbigwhat.com/

http://www.leanstack.io/

http://www.launchingnext.com/

http://www.startupproject.org/

http://www.erlibird.com/

http://www.thestartuppitch.com/

http://www.startuplift.com/

http://www.feedmyapp.com/submit/

http://www.siliconallee.com/contact

http://www.f6s.com/

http://www.paggu.com/

http://www.aboutyourstartup.com/

http://www.eu-startups.com/directory/

http://www.go2web20.net/

http://www.101bestwebsites.com/

http://www.vator.tv/

http://www.springwise.com/

http://www.techpluto.com

http://www.cee-startups.com/

http://www.appuseful.com/

http://www.startupwizz.com/

http://www.startuptunes.com/

http://www.venturebeatprofiles.com/

http://www.techhunger.com/

https://www.gust.com

http://www.cee-startups.com/

http://www.startupbook.co

http://www.launch.it/contact_form/1/0/contact

http://www.netted.net/contact-us/

http://www.minisprout.com/about/

http://www.makeuseof.com/contact-team/

http://www.venturevillage.eu/about-us/contact/

http://www.appvita.com/…

I've added a few more to that list:

* https://news.ycombinator.com/news (Show HN)

* http://www.reddit.com/r/startups

* http://www.reddit.com/r/sideproject

* http://thenextweb.com/market/

* http://momb.socio-kybernetics.net/

* http://headlinr.com/

* https://www.favsync.com/common/publicTab/v274z25464-3312a1d297ed261ecb3cc34928347c43/biggest-collection-of-sites-to-submit-your-site

* http://www.crunchbase.com/

* https://www.angel.co/

* http://www.betali.st/

* http://www.romanianstartups.com/

* http://www.startupli.st/

* http://www.kickoffboost.com/

* http://www.geekopedia.me/startupsubmit/

* http://www.killerstartups.com/

* http://www.startupbird.com/

* http://www.ratemystartup.com/

* http://www.new-startups.com/

* http://www.nextbigwhat.com/

* http://www.leanstack.io/

* http://www.launchingnext.com/

* http://www.startupproject.org/

* http://www.erlibird.com/

* http://www.thestartuppitch.com/

* http://www.startuplift.com/

* http://www.feedmyapp.com/submit/

* http://www.siliconallee.com/contact

* http://www.f6s.com/

* http://www.paggu.com/

* http://www.aboutyourstartup.com/

* http://www.eu-startups.com/directory/

* http://www.go2web20.net/

* http://www.101bestwebsites.com/

* http://www.vator.tv/

* http://www.springwise.com/

* http://www.techpluto.com

* http://www.cee-startups.com/

* http://www.appuseful.com/

* http://www.startupwizz.com/

* http://www.startuptunes.com/

* http://www.venturebeatprofiles.com/

* http://www.techhunger.com/

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> This is basically saying, "Let's package together a bunch of volatile high-risk, high-return investments in a completely unregulated market and sell that to people".

1. Your "unregulated market" claim is baseless. This fund, which is no different than any other venture capital fund, has registered with the SEC in accordance with Regulation D. You can find the filing on the SEC website.

2. Angel investing is not exactly "high-return" these days. See http://gust.com/blog/2012/03/27/the-reality-of-returns-on-angel-investment/ and http://rightsidecapital.com/assets/documents/HistoricalAngelReturn.pdf for some data points. For reference, the S&P 500 gained nearly 30% last year.

3. In regards to your overall concern that people are being sold "volatile high-risk, high-return investments", consider that there are variety of leveraged products, including triple-leveraged ETFs and double-leveraged ETNs yielding 15-20% annually, that retail investors can purchase on major stock exchanges. Notwithstanding the fact there's nothing inherently wrong with "volatile high-risk, high-return investments" and there is a place for them in many portfolios, picking on a tiny pseudo-fund of funds targeting accredited investors is not the most effective way to make your argument.

4. As for "Silicon Valley financiers are beginning to think like Wall Streeters", the notion that Silicon Valley venture capital has somehow existed in isolation until now is simply not accurate. That said, my…

We're launching Blogvio (http://www.blogvio.com) tomorrow, after 10 months of work.

We submitted the project to the following websites:

1. CrunchBase http://www.crunchbase.com/company/blogvio

2. Angel List https://www.angel.co/blogvio

3. http://www.betali.st/ 39$ - http://betali.st/startups/blogvio

4. http://www.romanianstartups.com/

5. http://www.startupli.st/

6. http://www.kickoffboost.com/

7. http://www.geekopedia.me/startupsubmit/

8. http://www.killerstartups.com/

9. http://www.startupbird.com/

10. http://www.ratemystartup.com/

11. http://www.new-startups.com/

12. http://www.nextbigwhat.com/

13. http://www.leanstack.io/

14. http://www.launchingnext.com/

15. http://www.startupproject.org/

16. http://www.erlibird.com/ - they ask 199$.

17. http://www.thestartuppitch.com/

18. http://www.startuplift.com/

19. http://www.feedmyapp.com/submit/ (http://feedmyapp.com/p/a/blogvio/28928)

20. http://www.siliconallee.com/contact

21. http://www.f6s.com/

22. http://www.paggu.com/

23. http://www.aboutyourstartup.com/ (http://aboutyourstartup.com/?s=blogvio)

24. http://www.eu-startups.com/directory/

25. http://www.go2web20.net/

26. http://www.101bestwebsites.com/

27. http://www.vator.tv/

28. http://www.springwise.com/

29. http://www.techpluto.com

30. http://www.cee-startups.com/

31. http://www.appuseful.com/

32. http://www.startupwizz.com/

33. http://www.startuptunes.com/ - http://directory.startuptunes.com/b/Blogvio

34.…

Disclaimer: I work at Gust.

That said, https://gust.com/launch/comparison/delaware-corp-vs-llc will give you a good idea of the trade-offs and considerations. Based on the homework we've done, C-Corp is a cost- and paperwork-competitive choice if you want to leverage equity for funding or employee incentives.

In terms of changing from LLC to C-Corp, statutory conversion is relatively straightforward especially if you structure your original LLC with future conversion in mind (choose a state that supports statutory conversion, understand how membership interest will convert into shares). I _think_ Stripe Atlas might still offer an LLC with an easy conversion path. Some more info on different ways to manage the change here: https://gust.com/launch/faq/articles/i-already-have-an-llc-do-i-have-to-dissolve-it-to-be-able-to-use-gust-launch (some Gust specific info in there, but most is general purpose).