Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

If your startup is looking for an Angel investor, it makes sense to present your plan to flocks of Angels, and assume that at least one will swoop down and scoop you up. The challenge is to find the right Angel for you, and for your situation. Angel investors are people too. New England Investment Network.

North America 289

North America Rhode Island Accredited Investor Angel Investor 289

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. While I agree that many VCs are crummy seed investors, I think there are some that are excellent seed investors. They are: Fred Wilson: Lead Investors, Dipshit Companies, and Funding Every Entrepreneur.

Startup 191

Startup CTO Hire Cofounder Venture Capital 191

Up and Running

APRIL 5, 2017

After the turn of the century, startups created fewer jobs than they did before the year 2000. You’ll have an advantage with this round because your idea aims to actually help people (it’s not an “Uber for hamsters,” as one entrepreneur I spoke to joked). Keep maintaining and building your network—it’s the journey that counts.

Green 84

Green Angel Investor Startup Alabama 84

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

We love a good entrepreneurial success story – entrepreneur as protagonist overcomes obstacles and builds a thriving, successful company (and become wealthy while doing so). I would advise any entrepreneur or investor considering content to think twice, as Howard Lindzon from Wallstrip warned us. It’s free.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

If you’re an Entrepreneur, you can do it from any place in the world. How important is education when I know I want to be an entrepreneur? When you are a young entrepreneur and you have a project (say a new age TV show) and you need to raise capital for the project. If you’re a young entrepreneur, than congrats!

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

I’d like to explain as best I can my opinion on what is going on because most of what I hear from entrepreneurs is not only wrong but is reminiscent of what I heard in 1997-2000. ” “This will be great for VCs and bad for entrepreneurs.” Can Investors Spook the Market into Falling? Even Sequoia.

Valuation 150

Valuation Down Round Startup Later Stage 150

Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

And that’s been reflected in the entrepreneurial community, where entrepreneurs, especially between 2000 and 2008, entrepreneurs really only wanted to do — for the most part wanted to do consumer software, because that’s the only software that they could actually get anybody to adopt. That’s the entrepreneur we are looking for.

Software Review 22

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Stock 22

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Welcome to the Lost Decade (for Entrepreneurs, IPO’s and VC’s) - Steve Blank , July 15, 2010 If you take funding from a venture capital firm or angel investor and want to build a large, enduring company (rather than sell it to the highest bidder), this isn’t the decade to do it. In a nutshell, he’s my kind of investor.

Software Review 217

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Technical Review 217