SiliconHills

APRIL 22, 2013

Seats, cofounder of Slicehost, a cloud hosting company, has helped countless entrepreneurs through the TechStars Cloud program. He is also an active angel investor. In 2008, Rackspace acquired Slicehost. Jason Seats, managing director of the TechStars Cloud program was featured recently on We Are Austin Tech.

St. Louis 80

St. Louis San Antonio Austin Cofounder 80

YoungUpstarts

MAY 25, 2011

and Phlook from 2008, startups from 2009 such as SocialWok , those from 2010 such as Foound , FlutterScape , pepperconn and Insync – or died horrible, ignoble deaths… Echelon 2011 – A Galaxy of New Stars. Many of these startups have all gone and made their mark – there’s Gothere.sg

Singapore 160

Singapore Asia Angel Investor Cofounder 160

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Still in business today and run by my co-founder. I decided I wasn’t passionate about running an ad-supported business and sold my stake to my co-founder. But I don’t look at VCs or angel investors as evil. 2008 Harvard Business Review. The third was InSite Solutions.

Bootstrapping 48

Bootstrapping Austin Equity Cofounder 48

thestartuplawyer.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder. He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder. You can start by examining every aspect of the co-founder relationship. Don’t leave anything out just because you and your co-founders already talked about it.

Cofounder 40

Cofounder Founder Preferred Stock Startup 40

The Startup Magazine

MAY 4, 2017

asks Bruna Martinuzzi, president and founder of Clarion Enterprises. Keep in mind that venture capitalists and angel investors are pitched to every day, according to Forbes contributor Erica Swallow. million valuation ($150,000 for 10 percent equity) in 2008. What is your competitive advantage ?”

Silicon Valley 87

Silicon Valley Startup Maryland Angel Investor 87

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

The funds from S3 and several angel investors will help to accelerate the nationwide rollout of its innovative web-based Health Savings Account (HSA) management service. We are pleased to be working with this strong team of investors to support our expansion efforts.”.

Angel Investor 69

Angel Investor Cofounder America Finance 69

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

► 2008. (14). CFO's - More Guardian, Less Angel? What does it take to be an Angel Investor? I am an active angel investor and on the board of Sand Hill Angels. ► May. (1). Can you start a company on $10K? ► March. (1). Bootstrapping 101. ► January. (1). ► December. (1).

Technical Review 38

Technical Review San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 38

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 22, 2010

It’s still important advice for startup founders and something that I’m passionate about. You’re a startup founder. You start fighting with your co-founder whom you thought you understood. This is part of my startup advice series. This post isn’t going to be popular. I’m sure of that.

Hiring 392

Hiring Employee Vesting Silicon Valley 392

Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We did about ten investments in 2007, 2008, and 2009 – which, if I remember correctly, is a period of time referred to as the Global Financial Crisis. I strongly recommend that you pay $0.99 (like I just did) to get a copy of the report The Real Unicorns of Tech: Black Women Founders, #ProjectDiane.

United States 70

United States Cofounder Angel Investor Government 70

The Startup Lawyer

JUNE 7, 2010

Startup Happy Hour is held the first Monday of every month and is open to all Dallas – Fort Worth area startup founders, startup employees, investors, and people thinking about doing a startup. The event was started by Alex Muse and has been connecting entrepreneurs with employees, co-founders and angel investors since 2008.

Dallas 53

Dallas Fort Worth Angel Investor Startup 53

Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

Founders Institute Plain Preferred Term Sheet (by WSGR – disclaimer, I represent the Founders Institute and was involved in drafting this document). Certain angel investors refuse to do convertible debt deals, but will be okay if there is a price cap. Co-sale rights. Yes for Series Seed holders and founders.

Finance 70

Finance Software Review Term Sheet Liquidation Preference 70

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2010

Many companies that are raising B or C venture capital rounds right now raised their initial money in 2005-2008. Liquidation preference is the amount of money that an investor gets paid before the common stock (e.g. management, founders, angel investors) get any money. It is 2010. before the world changed).

Venture Capital 289

Venture Capital Liquidation Preference Common Stock Pre-Money Valuation 289

ReadWriteStart

MAY 6, 2011

We discussed the possibility of recruiting a couple of cofounders who can help him build out the core skill-set needed on his team right now. In fact, I think it is a great curriculum for certain angel investors too, especially those who are starting out, including angel groups that are just formed.

India 115

India Vertical Entrepreneur Connecticut 115

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. And I tried to evaluate the idea and figure out: What did the founder really need here? Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? Research in Motion (RIM).

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Technology Product CTO Hire 175

Jeff Hilimire

AUGUST 30, 2013

Chapter one was Spunlogic , which we sold to Engauge in March 2008. and The Coca-Cola Co., One inhibiting factor is Atlanta’s community of angel investors and venture capital firms, many of whom have little experience with B2C startups. from left: David Cummings, Ryan Tuttle, yours truly. Dragon Army launches.

Atlanta 77

Atlanta B2C Georgia Los Angeles 77

www.instigatorblog.com

MARCH 2, 2010

The Board probably existed beforehand, but was made up only of the founders. Once funding takes place, the angels or VCs will want a seat at the table. We have been lucky enough to have formed strong relationships with family friends and past co-workers, to have a very informal Board of Advisors on hand.

Advisory Board 40

Advisory Board Startup Cofounder Equity 40

Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Individual accredited investors in typical angel deals put personal capital at risk for an equity share of growth-oriented, start-up companies. These angel investors generally invest $25,000 to $100,000 in a round totaling $250,000 to $1,000,000. A local network of angels is critical to achieving a diversified portfolio.

Valuation 146

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Intellectual Property Technical Review 146

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

But you have, perhaps, heard less specific discussions on what angel investors are looking for. Well, some angel investors are looking for exactly the same thing as what VCs are looking for. In other words, these are angels looking for billion dollar opportunities as well. Now is not the time to expand.

Marketing 52

Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

But you have, perhaps, heard less specific discussions on what angel investors are looking for. Well, some angel investors are looking for exactly the same thing as what VCs are looking for. In other words, these are angels looking for billion dollar opportunities as well. Now is not the time to expand.

Marketing 52

Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52

Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

Since the iControl system chronicles all meetings, I was able to find the automatic picture snapped from my first meeting with the founders, Reza Raji and Chris Stevens on April 22, 2004. But of course, the model had us requiring only $10M equity to breakeven and to achieve $185M in revenues in 2008 (the magic Year 5 in all business plans).

San Jose 28

San Jose Angel Investor Term Sheet Venture Capital 28

Professor VC

MAY 30, 2009

Also, if it turns out he neglected his girlfriend too much while starting up the company, hell certainly have the opportunity to meet plenty of co-eds as he hands out flyers for the site on campus. We have invested a combination of ~$20K in founder financing and ~$200k in vendor financing. ► 2008. (14). Steve Bennet.

San Jose 28

San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley Bootstrapping 28

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Annual Deal Pipeline for Selected VCs and Angel Investor Groups. Acquirer/ Investor. Angel groups using Gust. 2008) [iv]. A number of the funds we studied use an origination approach that allows them to proactively co-create companies or opportunities. ff Venture Capital. First Round Capital. 2009) [ii].

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

Professor VC

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Co-founder Dustin Moscovitz is referred to as a programmer, but he is actually an operations guy. Several weeks after Zuckerberg and the team move to Palo Alto for the summer, co-founder Eduardo Saverin finally pays a visit. Also, be sure to include vesting for all founders. ► 2008. (14). Newer Post.

Social Network 28

Social Network Networking Software Review San Jose 28

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

When a co-founder walks out of a company — as was the case for me — you’ve already been dealt a heavy blow. Don’t exacerbate the issue by needing to figure out how to deal with a large equity deadweight on your hands (investors won’t like that the #2 stakeholder is absent, even estranged, from your company). Company : BricaBox.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

I was hanging out the other day with my buddy Jody Sherman, founder & CEO of EcoMom. I was an angel investor in his company, made a bunch of calls on his behalf and then I personally sent it out on AngelList. Co-founded a company in the private jet business – sold to Virgin America. My Personal Take on AngelList.

Valuation 292

Valuation Deal Flow Lead Investor Cofounder 292

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Can Investors Spook the Market into Falling? “10 angel investors walk into a bar …” Do you remember AngelGate at Bin38 ? That was written in September 2008. In September 2008 this was the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers and the rippling effect was massive. Right now it’s more pain than gain.

Valuation 150

Valuation Down Round Startup Later Stage 150

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

This dynamic births serial entrepreneurs and motivates angels and venture capitalists to pull their friends into investment deals. For the first-time entrepreneur or founder looking for seed stage funding, this circle can be especially difficult to penetrate. Craig is currently the CEO and founder of stealth-ish startup BetterWorks.

Angel Investor 80

Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

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. So that’s the big, big, big change that’s happened.

Software Review 22

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Stock 22

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

The prices of angel deals have recently crept up, VCs have also gotten their checkbooks out again, frothy deals are happening and people are feeling bullish. This class of investors is more diversified across categories plus is investing personal money and therefore feels the hit in assets declines first.

Entrepreneur 298

Entrepreneur Technical Review Balance Sheet Government 298

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. graph consists of a set of nodes connected by edges.

Software Review 217

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Technical Review 217

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

I’ve been hearing about the so-called Series A Crunch for at least six months, and in recent weeks, I’ve spoken with more than 20 venture capitalists, angel investors, incubator heads, lawyers, and other necessary cogs in the ecosystem trying to get some details about it. On November 28, 2012. Now it’s glutted.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93