Austin Startup
MAY 11, 2017
We make a majority of our investments in those sectors and prioritize proven business models. 645 Ventures: A New Era of Venture Capital Investing Arena Growth Partners We help great leaders build great businesses. We invest in companies that sell to both enterprise/SMB customers as well as direct to consumers.
K9 Ventures
SEPTEMBER 8, 2015
What everyone can agree on, though, is that there are definitely more seed and early stage funds now than ever before, and more people willing to give money to young companies looking to make it big. Direct Revenue, meaning no three-way business models and no advertising, media, or content. Frighteningly Early.
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Growthink Blog
FEBRUARY 20, 2012
No, the heart of the “find the next Facebook” challenge is that the vast majority of investors are either too poor or - more interestingly - too rich to even consider an investment like Peter Thiel’s $250,000 into Facebook in 2005. Now, if it is any consolation, so too are the very rich mostly closed off from early-stage private investing.
Altgate
SEPTEMBER 16, 2010
The presentation was on outsourcing generally, not just software engineering and the audience was very early stage companies (some yet to be founded). Now, for very early stage companies, you may be thinking, “I don’t have any cash, so outsourcing isn’t an option.&# To that I say baloney. Advertising.
genylabs.typepad.com
SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
Member since 01/2005. Before you agree to take equity in lieu of cash, you need to understand that any individual early stage start-up company equity is most likely going to be worthless. While Ive made at least my share of mistakes taking equity in lieu of pay, I continue to see this as a key part of my business model.
The Equity Kicker
JULY 8, 2019
As the number of startups has exploded over the last 30-40 years best practices have been developed that can be shared from one early stage company to the next. This trend accelerated through the emergence of VC and operator blogging in the early 2000s. . Business model. And what’s holding it back?
ReadWriteStart
APRIL 26, 2012
Bullpen is one of a growing number of early-stage funds - or, perhaps more accurately, "earlier-stage," since even his is no longer the first out of the gate. Risk to the company's business model in the early stages is reduced by adopting this app store "template" that customers worldwide have already embraced.
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