Up and Running

AUGUST 19, 2014

An angel investor is an affluent individual who provides capital for a business start-up, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity. An angel investor is a high net worth individual who invests their own money into startup companies in the hopes of gaining a return on their money. What impresses angels?

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 30, 2015

You incorporate expected company returns, mortality rates, and fee structures to try to predict how a venture capital fund works from a cash in, cash out, and NAV standpoint. And no, the numbers don't exactly add up--but they're more than close enough for venture capital. It's also not the "average fund".

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

However, most often, these funds are solicited by a well-meaning entrepreneur from investors who are not qualified as accredited investors under the law (currently requiring a proved income of $200,000 a year or $1 million in net worth for an individual investor). These include Y-Combinator and TechStars, among others.

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Ben's Blog

MARCH 24, 2011

Since so many distinguished people report a broad variety of qualitative bubble signs, let’s attempt to pattern match the quantitative data. Let’s look at public market comparables and venture capital flows to see if we can find a match. Venture capital flows. It’s the valuation:value ratio.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 6, 2024

You do not bet your entire net worth on this new company that may not work. Work better now provides outstanding talent from Latin America, hand matched to your business with over 40 roles across various industries, including marketing. And then fourth and importantly, the risk you're taking is no bigger than necessary.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

I have to say that it has netted far more than I would have thought. Matching Algorithm ► October (15) eLearn 2009 Presentation – Twitter Along Los Angeles Technology Connector – Kurt Daradics Online Business Networking Los Angeles Social Media to Build Reputation and Reach Prospec.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

. Techventure , one of Asia’s topmost events for the venture capital community to engage with the latest technology entrepreneurs, is back. which celebrates the vibrant developments taking place in Asia that have helped Asian corporations take the lead and capitalize successfully in many areas of technology. Innovation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Most entrepreneurs have found by now one or more of the many popular crowdfunding sites , and have the name and contact information for at least one of the big venture capital firms. Here are eight key insights that will help you find a productive match: Angels want equity ownership, not causes.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

They netted more on that deal than Fordham has in it's whole endowment (but still, go Rams!). If you're not matching the students that want to create an online business with computer science students or kids from your design school, you're wasting their time. University research is a big business for many schools.

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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Wow” moments lead to word-of-mouth viral growth and high net promoter scores. Another repeated mistake is attacking verticals where a satisfactory supplier “match” end’s the customer’s need to re-enter the market in search of an alternative. When this experience delta is great enough, it creates “wow” moments for new users.

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David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

My former Partner John Frankel of ff Venture Capital observes that 20 years ago, the defining movie of the generation was “Wall Street”. Match students with relevant startup internships. At Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of NY , we’ve seen enormous appetite for angel education among high net worths and family offices.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Series B is about proving your net revenue model (can you be profitable?). Product/market fit means that you’ve found the match between your potential customers’ pains, gains and jobs to be done and the features of your minimal viable product. Series C onwards funds growing your company to $100M in gross profit. (At

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 12, 2012

While direct investment increases, and venture capital declines, brilliant young enthusiasts with out-of-the-box ideas have incredible opportunities to change the world. The President of an investment bank has to answer to his or her Board, shareholders and high-net-worth clients. By Melissa Thompson, Talk Session.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 17, 2020

Subtract your monthly gross burn rate from your monthly revenue to get your net burn rate. Unless your investors are matching their orders for “full speed ahead” with a deposit into your bank, now is not the time to be railroaded into a burn rate that is unrecoverable. If you’re an early stage company, that number may be zero.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 4, 2012

million) of the 15 million net new jobs created between 1993 and 2009. To do this we needed to do is change the end goals and implementation details to match the aspirations and realities that these new small businesses face. The reality is that the United States is still a nation of small businesses.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

However, most often, these funds are solicited by a well-meaning entrepreneur from investors who are not qualified as accredited investors under the law (currently requiring a proved income of $200,000 a year or $1 million in net worth for an individual investor). It’s an option, even though an expensive one.

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The Equity Kicker

APRIL 12, 2012

Jim Gaffman’s new comedy special is available to download for $5 and he says going direct will net him more cash and gives him more creative freedom. Nicholas Lovell and I saw something similar when we talked to publishers about our 50 Questions you should ask before raising venture capital blog series and book.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 29, 2011

Bad intros usually include some service provider, like some high net worth management guy looking to get me to invest with him. You may decide that where you are now compared to where you'll be in three months isn't a good time, and that's fine, but let's not pretend that you're not a tech entrepreneur in the office of a venture capital firm.

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David Teten

JUNE 1, 2011

To maximize value and sale price, wider net is better There is a lot of un-invested capital sitting in funds and outside-in it is hard to tell the internal dynamics, so casting a wide net increases chances of a good outcome. Articulate thesis for each counterparty, then run ideas and work with clients to narrow the list.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Now let me clarify — NET is a dandy language. ” Don’t get me wrong: NET on your resume isn’t an instant showstopper. But just to clarify a couple points, 24-hours into the storm: Yes,NET developers are great at what they do. And at the time,NET was the best choice for those problems.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Then, match that person up with a one day or so a week senior person who gets paid mostly in equity. Start putting these college kids who have done comp sci to work on your project, but match them up with a mentor--that technical co-founder you think you need but totally can't afford or can't convince to come and work with you.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Ways will invest $500,000 in 12 projects each, which will be matched by the Office of the Chief Scientist. In addition to an initial 7.5 million shekel investment by Hadasit, several million dollars have been pledged to Ways from social organizations as well. ISRAEL AND EU SIGN SPACE AND TOURISM ACCORD.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2021

TSM: Describe Taxfyle’s product or service in 10 words or less: Richard: Taxfyle is a Service-with-a-Software company that matches taxpayers with licensed CPAs and Enrolled Agents. Here are Richard’s insights and startup advice he shared with us about his entrepreneurial journey…. TSM: With a bit more detail, what does Taxfyle do?

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

 “Without startups,” writes Senior Fellow Tim Kane, there would be no net job growth in the US economy.    If only we could get our policy leaders to take big actions to match their big rhetoric.   Instead, they require big leadership.    Where is that leadership going to come from?

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Correspondingly, while large public company CEOs and CFOs are judged as a matter of the highest honor on their ability to deliver on projections, exceedingly rare is the entrepreneurial executive that comes anywhere close to consistently matching their actual to forecasted results.

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Up and Running

MARCH 1, 2016

Boris Wertz, founding partner of Version One Ventures, believes that if you’ve worked in an industry you’re passionate about for a long time, you may know something about the market that nobody else knows. If You Want Venture Capital, You Need It. He calls this “the secret of the market.”. Do you know a specific market’s secret?

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 5, 2011

That was the name we gave to the jerks on the next block up from us who saw our basketball net on wheels and challenged us to a game: “ Your best four against our best four for that net.” I’d love to match the results and reactions to their backgrounds to see who is or isn’t comfortable meeting new people.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 20, 2010

However, most often, these funds are solicited by a well-meaning entrepreneur from investors who are not qualified as accredited investors under the law (currently requiring a proved income of $200,000 a year or $1 million in net worth for an individual investor).

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

He also had backing from well-known venture capital investors like Union Square Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Google Ventures, and even Richard Branson. Paul’s track record as a serial entrepreneur was far more impressive than either Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick or Lyft co-founder Logan Green.

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www.currentlyobsessed.com

MAY 28, 2010

Snapvine was my first experience being in the driver’s seat of the fund-raising process, and in the 3 years prior to our acquisition we raised over $10mm in venture capital. The net effect was more money raised, higher valuation and the same percentage of equity sold. Or is it?

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

While VC firms have been easy to find from the old school days of Pratts Guide to Venture Capital , to the early web presence of the 1990s and the current web sites, blogs, twitter feeds, facebook fan pages and sites such as The Funded , angels are still a bit harder to track down. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic.

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blog.simeonov.com

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

If such individuals do not form a business entity to conduct business in the Field of Interest, but instead sell or assign their developments and technology in the Field of Interest to an unrelated party, I shall be entitled to [ this will vary based on the type of founder ] of the net consideration received by reason of such sale or assignment.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2009

2006 was the last time I went out to raise venture capital. This was pre Venture Hacks so not a lot of help on terms on the Net. They immediately agreed to match True’s terms. I had multiple term sheets to do my Series A financing.

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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. Today, innovation is happening at an increasingly faster rate and , that being true, Thomas thought it was more efficient to match capital to ideas than execute the ideas himself. Net neutrality (1:09:00).

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abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

Would that help retention and NPS (Net Promote Score)? Investment banks simply do not match supply and demand. Electronic order matching systems that match all supply and demand for securities to determine a fair market price have been used in our financial markets since the early 1980s (approaching 40 years).

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