The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

We see this all the time at Forward Partners where we invest right from the idea stage and most of the companies get a first version of their product live for less than £30k (that generally includes founder salaries and time spent doing customer research). The second development is SEIS and EIS.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

. – Forte has developed an innovative structure to finance vocational reskilling at no cost to individuals or governments. Starship was launched by the co-founders of Skype. They provide retail clients with sophisticated risk management tools that previously only ultra high net worth investors could access. . Why is that?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

some fun, big tech issues like privacy, net neutrality, location-based services and real-time data. A very big thanks to Alexandra Harris, the founder of FanCause , a company that aims to connect entertainment brands with their fans to raise money. Founders need to see eye-to-eye or things will be very difficult. Speak human! (0:46:20)

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 17, 2020

Here's my conversation with the founders of Revolution Foods. I'm the co founder and Chief Impact Officer at Revolution Foods. I'm the co-founder and CEO of Revolution Foods. I mean, number one, having a co-founder who has always held that space of look, we've got each other's back, and that has been absolutely key.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Right on time, I’ve got a company from my first fund doing a roadshow right now that could net a big exit by the end of the year. One of my founders texted me, “What are you telling people to do about the Coronavirus?” It’s not the telling my story or that of the founders I’ve backed. He seemed paranoid.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2012

Yet, I find that startup founders often fixate on one or two sources, often to the detriment of their business. This source often gets overlooked, but it should be a major focus these days due to government initiatives on alternative energy and technology. Small business grants. Angel investors. Venture capital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Under all of these, net income flows easily into your personal income. Non-equity funding has to come from personal sources, or government grants, or bank loans. entrepreneur startup get rich quick lifestyle founder business' Corporate versus personal growth really becomes a lifestyle decision. There is no free lunch for money.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

I’ve been meaning to write this post since September of last year when Brad Feld first wrote about the The Founders Visa Movement. TWTFelipe is the founder of TWTApps , who had developed some really cool add-on applications for Twitter to extend its functionality. university in math or science&# (Thomas Friedman).

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 4, 2021

Just before the IPO, I had a far-reaching conversation with co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong as he approached this major milestone for the company he co-founded back in 2012. What is the role of public and private organizations in governing our shared civic fabric? I'm the co-founder and CEO of Coinbase.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 5, 2022

His way of leading is a great example of how people should lead whatever organization they're in – government or business. Bethenny Frankel, Founder of Skinnygirl is really an inspiration for me. Someone I've always followed and admired is Anne Boden, CEO & Founder of Starling Bank. Photo Credit: Ryan O’Donnell.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2011

Yet, I find that startup founders often fixate on one or two sources, often to the detriment of their business. This source often gets overlooked, but it should be a major focus these days due to government initiatives on alternative energy and technology. Small business grants. Angel investors. Venture capital.

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Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

.” Making early-stage investment capital accessible to a broader range of founders is the impetus behind my own investments in companies like Concrete Rose Capital , 645 Ventures , and Village Global , among others. In this vision, more expansive government policies and programs aren’t safety nets.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 1, 2011

Department of Energy, more than $172 billion dollars of government money was spent on new energy technology between 1961 and 2008, with the bulk of it being used during the 1970s. Brands wants oil companies to spark innovation not only because of the positive press it will net, but also because it’s the right thing to do.

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Board Effect

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Federal, state and local governments do their best to balance their income by providing services to citizens. Despite the best efforts of all three levels of government, there can never be enough money to supply the needs of every citizen, especially as it pertains to health and social services.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 22, 2020

Deputy Chief Technology Officers Cori Zarek and Ryan Panchadsaram to help all levels of government with COVID-19 response and delivery of services. Jen is the founder and former executive director of Code for America. Highlights from the show Jen describes her background in government-tech partnerships. (2:52) Digital Response.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Andreessen Horowitz is telling entrepreneurs it prefers situations where the founders have controlling stakes, reckoning that theyll be better able to resist outside distraction and focus on making great products. One of its champions includes Jason Goldberg, the co-founder and CEO of online design retailer Fab.com Inc., Stock Quotes.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

Notice that I didn’t say I wouldn’t invest in a founder with an MBA; there are many amazing entrepreneurs and investors with MBAs, such as my friend Aneel Bhusri of Workday. Like many first time founders, I ran over that landmine. The risk-averse argument is that a strong network is a safety net.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

Notice that I didn’t say I wouldn’t invest in a founder with an MBA; there are many amazing entrepreneurs and investors with MBAs, such as my friend Aneel Bhusri of Workday. Like many first time founders, I ran over that landmine. The risk-averse argument is that a strong network is a safety net.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

Thanks to all of the amazing founders, advisors, co-investors, corporate partners, and others that helped make 2018 an amazing year. To that point, we are most excited when our founders are able to go from slide deck to product-market fit and Series A and beyond. AWS Reinvent Survivor Dinner with founders, Fortune 500 execs, and VCs.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 11, 2020

Obviously, I think that in a time like this, this is when we should have a government response, but I don't think there's been enough of a government response focused on funding the things that can get us out of this. SA : I think this is the kind of thing the government's supposed to be good at. ER : Of course.

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abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

Would that help retention and NPS (Net Promote Score)? This “gain” ($34B last year alone) is a result of a direct wealth-transfer to these individuals FROM the previous owners of the company — founders, executives, employees, and venture investors. Do you think those customers would find that interesting and compelling?

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Gust

JUNE 17, 2012

Yet, I find that startup founders often fixate on one or two sources, often to the detriment of their business. This source often gets overlooked, but it should be a major focus these days due to government initiatives on alternative energy and technology. Small business grants. Angel investors. Venture capital.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Investors and founders alike have been obsessed about “growth at all costs,” just as a virus colony grows without care to its effect on its host cells or whether the colony’s growth ends up destroying the host body completely, taking the colony down with it in a viral version of Lord of the Flies.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

At the time, he was advising the campaign while also serving as Executive Vice President and General Counsel at Revolution, a DC-based VC firm created to fund startups led by diverse founders all over the country. We worked with the Chinese government to put U.S. We created a pandemic response playbook that we wrote in 2015, in 2016.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

Dan is the co-founder of Standard Treasury, a Y Combinator backed company. He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. How do you get to that point if you have that kind of a view of the world, of founders, and of this space? Fred Ehrsam , his co-founder, is also incredible.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2021

Now, as CEO and founder of Carbon Health , Eren is leading one of the country's fastest growing healthcare startups. But now as CEO and founder of Carbon Health, Eren is leading one of the fastest growing healthcare startups. Eren spoke openly about his growth as a founder and leader, as well as gave candid advice for future founders.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 8, 2020

The early miners in the area were government convicts and miners from Britain and Wales. McGrath is the founder of the Kip McGrath Education Centres, a franchise business that offers the opportunity for teachers to own a tutoring centre. Her net worth is $8 million. For decades, BHP became one of the city’s biggest employers.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

On Net Neutrality … We’ve had these debates about net neutrality for over 15 years. And I don’t like government regulation: We need the US government to regulate the internet about as much as we need the EU to regulate Google—I suspect the cons greatly outweigh the pros, especially in practice.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 4, 2017

The software providers include Micro Gaming, playech.com, and Net Entertainment just to mention but a few. This next level will also require that you work with government regulators. The government will not allow you to conduct your business without a license. The second step involves obtaining a license to operate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 1, 2010

Yet, I find that startup founders often fixate on one or two sources, often to the detriment of their business. It’s not a quick solution, but the government and other funding agencies do not want ownership or interest payments from your company. If you don't know any “high net worth” individuals, use your advisors to find them.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

RBI normally requires founders to pay back their investors with a fixed percentage of revenue until they have finished providing the investor with a fixed return on capital, which they agree upon in advance. For background, see Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control. Key elements: . “We

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Instead, we are being intentional about how to support an increasing number of Black board members, founders, CEOs, teams, suppliers, and anti-racist products. Tickets are affordable and all net proceeds from the DEIS Practicum will support OHUB Foundation.

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Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 21, 2016

But Jen has been one of the leaders over this past decade of finding ways to marry technology and government. Donate , come work at Code for America , work in government , or join your local Code for America Brigade ! Back then, very few people in the consumer technology world thought about working for or in government.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 18, 2019

Across the world, various economic development organizations, government agencies, and non-profits are putting in admirable and well-intentioned efforts to develop startup ecosystems. I first met Daniela Perdomo , goTenna’s founder, at SXSW. Not a one—and through conversations with other seed funds I know, this is pretty widespread.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

Many people have reached out sharing knowing and kind words about our journey and choice to wind down our venture, as well as their appreciation for my choice to pull back the curtain on what is statistically a common road for many founders. It details a landscape founders like me are excited to sink their teeth into? Of course not!

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Michael Smith, leader of the Social Innovation team at the Case Foundation , introduced the Foundation as a non-profit started in 1997 by Steve Case (AOL co-founder) and his wife, Jean Case. We also do a lot of cross-sector collaborations: bringing in for-profit, government, nonprofits, etc. Startup America is an example.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2011

Ben and his partner Marc Andreessen (the founder of Netscape and author of the first commercial web browser on the Internet ) are the definition of Smart Money. In the 21 st century, authoritarian governments still fear their own people talking to each other and asking questions. with my colleague Ben Horowitz. exist as bits.

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