Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

a Site Finds Love in India : Ignighter was in the TechStars Boulder 2008 class. I’d also encourage every VC and angel investor to read it. I’m a huge Tim fan and am psyched to see what Tim and his partners are accomplishing at RoundPegg. Click through to whatever interests you. Jilted in the U.S.,

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 5, 2013

With the ongoing credit crunch, especially for small businesses, angel investors may well be your best hope of getting your startup off the ground. According to the Angel Capital Association , in 2008, angel investor groups put, on average, $1.77 million into 6.3 investments.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2017

New entrepreneurs are always looking for a shortcut in getting their venture story and plan across to investors, and closing on the funding they need. An effective tool I see used more and more, as a prelude to a more detailed business plan, is the Business Model Canvas , first introduced by Alexander Osterwalder back in 2008.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Bill Wood, founder of Silverton Partners and an early General Partner at Austin Ventures before, said something that got me thinking (quoting from the SiliconHills article ): Because it’s easy to startup a company and doesn’t take a lot of money, Silverton Partners sees more startups forming, Wood said.

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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. Young Upstarts is a media partner of e27 and Echelon 2011. Event Details. Date: June 16 and 17. See you there!

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2017

With the insight, resolve, and patience he shows with young companies, he demonstrates why angel investors earn the “angel” label. This year, SmartHealth partnered with Rosalind Franklin University to set plans to build a $50 million, four-story, 100,000 square foot Biotech Innovation Park.

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www.informationarbitrage.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Home About Press IA Capital Partners Archives After 17 years in M&A, Derivatives and Trading, Im spending my time with young entrepreneurs in and around financial technology and digital media. So why do inexperienced (as entrepreneurs), ultra-skilled CTOs fall into the trap of engaging a business partner too early? Lack of confidence?

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

While a flood of new VCs came into existence during the late 90’s internet boom, many had difficulty raising new funds after the crashes of 2000-2001 and 2008 , and as a result significantly fewer fund managers exist now compared to a decade ago. In the past ten years there have been several dramatic changes in venture capital.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Additionally, women actually lost ground over the past year in terms of actual dollar amount awarded by VCs to women-founded startup; in 2016, women were the recipients of “a smaller piece of the pie than in every year this past decade, with the exception of 2008 and 2012,” according to Fortune. What are your morals? Do you care?

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Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

My partner in Menlo Incubator , Gary Kremen , and I had a recent debate on which one of us hates convertible debt more. I thought about doing this in a top 10 format, but will limit to my top 3 reasons: Misalignment of incentives - As an angel investor I want to do everything I can to help the entrepreneur succeed. ProfessorVC.

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San Jose Technical Review Angel Investor Valuation 36

Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2008

Sunday, January 27, 2008. I think this same concept plays into what Ive seen happening a lot more in the venture community: partners at VC firms jumping back into entrepreneurial ventures. With a limited number of these opportunities and 10-year fund cycles, there wasnt a lot of transition among partners in firms. ProfessorVC.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

We service 350 retail clients today with 100 employees, 40 partners, and a solution that is rated #1 in our industry by Forrester Research and Jupiter Research. But I don’t look at VCs or angel investors as evil. 2008 Harvard Business Review. But down the road it did lead to some great things.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

Thursday, January 17, 2008. Touched by an Angel. I think the title of this post is a TV show, but fitting as there has been much debate in the venture community as to the whether angel investors are good or bad for entrepreneurs and VCs. What would the VC corollary to Touched by an Angel, be. ▼ 2008. (14).

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Professor VC

MARCH 10, 2009

His latest venture, Bharosa, was sold to Oracle for a 6X multiple in 3 years to his angel investors, a sweet close to triple digit IRR. ► 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.

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Bootstrapping San Jose Silicon Valley Software Review 28

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

Tuesday, February 12, 2008. Once the point is reached where you want to move ahead, we put the sales hat on and convince our partners about the incredible opportunity that we are lucky enough to be able to invest on the ground floor. February 14, 2008 7:46 PM. February 15, 2008 2:08 PM. April 14, 2008 12:48 PM.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

► 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. Part of it was the out of the box thinking and turning the typical venture investment thesis upside down. ► May. (1).

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Technical Review Due Diligence Silicon Valley San Jose 31

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. An investor recently called me to look at a deal.

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Venture Capital Liquidation Preference Common Stock Pre-Money Valuation 289

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. Hmmm … So it was fun to see my partner Seth’s post titled Welcome to Foundry on the same morning as Danielle and Heidi’s posts.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

For example: “[MY COMPANY NAME] is an app that connects parents and family-friendly events, and we’re looking for angel investors interested in mobile B2C apps to close out our seed round. In addition, he is a Partner at TheFunded.com , and the Executive Producer of the Founder Showcase , a leading startup event in Silicon Valley.

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Networking Silicon Valley B2C Dividend 68

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 7, 2011

Andrew Wong, CEO of MAD, has been working with us for almost a year, and we have made a mutual choice to deepen the partnership by making MAD a premiere value-added reseller partner of the 1M/1M program. This, we believe, will create a strong downstream deal flow for all of you - incubators, angel investors, and VCs.

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discuss.joelonsoftware.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Mark Walsen Mark Walsen Thursday, October 09, 2008 Deleting … Approving … I think you would be better off hiring people, rather than trying to convince them to work for free in exchange for equity. Make sure you treat people as partners, not as paid help. Equity partners need to have a hand in guiding the enterprise.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Find partners or investors. See section 9 below to learn how to find a partner or investors.). How to Find Partners or Investors. This is where business partners or outside investors can make a real difference. Partner and investor relationships can come in a multitude of forms.

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Small Business Administration Small Business Social Media Elevator Pitch 86

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.

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Intellectual Property Technical Review 146

Tim Keane

MARCH 24, 2008

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. » March 24, 2008. Now, Im a believer in having partners to round out offerings and make sure that all of the customers critical needs are met in the product. Not for an intermediary.

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Wisconsin Angel Investor Bootstrapping Startup 60

Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

If you are not transparent with your investors, you won't raise money the second time around, regardless of whether you were successful or not successful the first time. If you have a reputation for cutting corners, not treating employees or partners right, it will become very difficult to do business. ► 2008. (14).

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San Jose Silicon Valley Las Vegas Venture Capital 43

Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

I was actually somewhat surprised that the following investors have agreed to use the Series Seed documents in certain of the their deals: Baseline, Charles River Ventures, SV Angel (Ron Conway), First Round Capital, Harrison Metal Capital, Mike Maples, Polaris Venture Partners, SoftTech VC and True Ventures.

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Finance Software Review Term Sheet Liquidation Preference 70

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Web Startup Lessons Advice from a CTO and Entrepreneur Home About Finding a Technical Partner for Your Startup Today I received an inquiry from a student at an Ivy League university who wants to launch a web startup. You can find a technologist to join you as a partner, for half of the company’s equity.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Naturally, a big part of the go-to-market includes partnering with other players in the market. In fact, most investors “require” that you already have some investment from friends and family before they will even step up to the plate. In 2008, we couldn’t find a technical co-founder for Yipit. Third, startups are social.

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Technical Review Technology Product CTO Hire 175

Altgate

MARCH 8, 2009

I say ecosystem as opposed to industry because it is not just the VC funds themselves that are imploding, instead the collapse includes entrepreneurs and startups that were funded by VCs, angel investors, service providers like lawyers, bankers and accountants as well as limited partner investors in VC funds.

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Later Stage Early Stage Venture Capital Portfolio 34

Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

Thursday, January 17, 2008. I put up my Bodega Partners web site in 1995 and it served its purpose for a number of years, but I just didnt spend the energy to keep it current and finally just took it down last month. First post will be about a panel I was on earlier this week with several other angel investors.

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Silicon Valley San Jose Angel Investor Venture Capital 31

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

April 2008 Umair Haque wrote recently that the reason there arent more Googles isthat most startups get bought before they can change the world. I like angels, but there just arent enoughof them, and investing is for most of them a part time job. Want to start a startup? Get funded by Y Combinator. It seems obvious.

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Due Diligence Angel Investor Acquisition IPO 50

Tim Keane

JULY 16, 2008

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. The Whitehorse Daily Star - good advice for entrepreneurs » July 16, 2008. « Raising More Than You Need | Main. | The Lessons of Experience. As your mother told you, look before you leap.

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Wisconsin Startup Angel Investor Business Model 60

Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

million from Lighthouse Capital Partners , which ultimately became critical to our balance sheet and they turned out to be a great partner as we worked through the equity financing process. Some were also dealing with issues of limited partners struggles with capital calls and asset allocations. ► 2008. (14).

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Venture Capital Silicon Valley San Jose Bootstrapping 28

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

Friday, September 26, 2008. CFOs - More Guardian, Less Angel? The article, " More Guardian, Less Angel " discusses how CFOs add value to angel groups by helping to kill deals. The article, " More Guardian, Less Angel " discusses how CFOs add value to angel groups by helping to kill deals. ▼ 2008. (14).

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Angel Groups San Jose Early Stage Angel Investor 28

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

I was a limited partner in Angel Investors, LP, Ron Conways fund in the late 1990s. ► 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).

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San Jose Angel Investor Venture Capital Mezzanine 33

thestartuplawyer.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

The Startup Lawyer says: April 15, 2008 at 10:58 am [.] (1) Southlake Chamber of Commerce Publishes Article by Ryan Roberts | Ryan Roberts PC says: June 25, 2008 at 4:42 pm [.] Entrepreneur and Co-Founder Advice | The Startup Lawyer says: August 20, 2008 at 9:25 am [.] How Much are Legal Fees to Launch a Startup Company? |

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Now that I’ve been an institutional VC for a few years, I thought it would be helpful to revisit our findings from the investor side of the table. The venture capital industry is continuing its evolution from an upside-down pyramid (typically 3-10 Partners, plus some administrative support) to a traditional hierarchical pyramid.

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