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APRIL 28, 2010

Beautiful Book Cover Designs for 2010 – [link]. New-to-the-world: strategic marketing for startups and small business – [link]. Business Plan vs Business Model – [link]. Angel-Backed Companies More Likely to Succeed, Says Harvard Study – [link]. Never Hire Job Hoppers.

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Tim Keane

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. October 2010. September 2010. Angels and Advisors. Investor Relationships. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money.

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Tim Keane

JUNE 28, 2006

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. « How to assure yourself that no professional investor will ever want to invest in your venture: | Main. Managing Investor Relationships » June 28, 2006. October 2010.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Thursday, September 16, 2010. Has DEMO lost its luster and relevance in 2010? October 4, 2010 11:55 AM. ▼ 2010. (7). What does it take to be an Angel Investor? I am an active angel investor and on the board of Sand Hill Angels. ProfessorVC. The last blogger in Silicon Valley.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. Last week, our angel group reviewed a business with an online lie detector technology.  October 2010. September 2010. Angels and Advisors. Investor Relationships.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 19, 2006

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. October 2010. September 2010. Angels and Advisors. Investor Relationships. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 2, 2007

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. « Thoughts for New Angels | Main. | Is Business Model Analysis Important To You? Investors love entrepreneurs who understand their business model, and can describe it accurately.

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Professor VC

APRIL 1, 2010

Thursday, April 1, 2010. Negotiating an Angel Deal in your PJs. was part of a Dow Jones VentureWire webinar last week titled Negotiating An Angel Deal: What Angels, Entrepreneurs & VCs Need to Know. This will both reduce the number of angel investors and make it more difficult to syndicate across stage lines.

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rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

Tuesday, August 17, 2010. 14 comments: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 dpickett says: Great post, man! Those that don’t embrace appropriate levels of pessimism are left saying “Technical cofounders don’t exist” Tuesday, August 17, 2010 james pruett says: I had a technical cofounder. Now you go: Name (required).

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Up and Running

APRIL 27, 2015

The blast in April 2010 killed 11 people and cost BP more than $40 billion; by July of that year Hayward was out of a job. Petraeus’ situation proved that it’s not a good idea to mix business with pleasure—it’s as simple as that! See Also 11 Angel Investor Blogs You Should Be Reading.

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Tim Keane

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. October 2010. September 2010. Angels and Advisors. Investor Relationships. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money.

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www.informationarbitrage.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

BlogTalkRadio Buddy Media Clickable Cloverhill Enterprises Covestor Domdex Global Bay Mobile Tech Zoo Games Invite Media Kinetic Trading Strategies Mashery Mimeo oneforty OrcaOne OrganizedWisdom Recognia Selerity Business Insider Standout Jobs StockTwits TheLadders Ticketfly TLists TubeMogul TweetDeck Zoomino ?Vaultive

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Tim Keane

JULY 2, 2010

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. The Qualities of a Leader » July 02, 2010. October 2010. September 2010. Angels and Advisors. Investor Relationships. Angel Capital Association website.

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Professor VC

MARCH 10, 2009

In other parts of the country, this is business as usual: Identify a customer need Build a product Sell the product In the valley, the knee jerk reaction is to start with the powerpoint deck and look for the venture capital drug. April 4, 2010 8:34 AM. ► 2010. (7). What does it take to be an Angel Investor?

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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. Number of Venture Backed Liquidity Events 2000-2010. Here’s why. The Golden Age for Entrepreneurs and VC’s. Startup lifecycle in an IPO Market.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

There are so many unknowns at this stage and the only known is that the business model is going to change at least once, or in the current most overused term in the Silicon Valley, there will be a "pivot". ► 2010. (7). What does it take to be an Angel Investor? work at home. May 1, 2011 10:32 PM.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

► 2010. (7). What does it take to be an Angel Investor? I am an active angel investor and on the board of Sand Hill Angels. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. ► July. (1).

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Tim Keane

MAY 22, 2006

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. Pick Your Investor With Care. October 2010. September 2010. Angels and Advisors. Investor Relationships. Angel Capital Association website. The great day has arrived. 

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

This got me thinking about the business model that Mike Keiser has built at the resort and a lecture began to form in my head. Several years later, Bandon Trails opened in 1995 and the fourth course (Old Macdonald) is scheduled to open by summer 2010. Labels: Bandon Dunes , business models , golf. ► 2010. (7).

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. « Power of Angel Investing in Milwaukee | Main. Bottom Up Market Sizing » January 12, 2010. Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations.

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Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

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. ► 2010. (7). What does it take to be an Angel Investor? Why I Hate Convertible Debt.Let Me Count the Way.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 11, 2013

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. October 2010. September 2010. Angels and Advisors. Investor Relationships. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money.

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Wisconsin Angel Investor Startup Bootstrapping 89

Tim Keane

MARCH 9, 2011

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. How to prepare a sales forecast for a business plan » March 09, 2011. October 2010. September 2010. Angels and Advisors. Investor Relationships. Enter your Email.

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Up and Running

MAY 16, 2016

From 2010 through 2015, the industry saw a moderate but steady four percent growth. The most traditional routes are bank loans, small business loans, or angel investors. There may be state level grants geared toward emerging businesses in the health care field as well. population. percent in 2000 to 19.6

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. Market Math » September 30, 2010. I'm in Dublin this week and was at the Halo Business Angel Network meeting on Monday evening. business model to reduce hypotheses to facts.

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Tim Keane

MAY 20, 2010

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. People are the whole game » May 20, 2010. October 2010. September 2010. Angels and Advisors. Investor Relationships. Angel Capital Association website.

Wisconsin 60

Wisconsin Angel Investor Bootstrapping Term Sheet 60

Tim Keane

JANUARY 5, 2010

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations » January 05, 2010. Power of Angel Investing in Milwaukee. October 2010. September 2010. Angels and Advisors.

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Milwaukee Wisconsin Angel Investor Bootstrapping 60

Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

May 14, 2010 10:56 PM. June 3, 2010 9:50 AM. November 11, 2010 9:52 AM. November 11, 2010 1:56 PM. ► 2010. (7). What does it take to be an Angel Investor? I am an active angel investor and on the board of Sand Hill Angels. Steve Bennet. is a big goal of ours at SJSU.

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Professor VC

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. ► 2010. (7). Thursday, January 17, 2008.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2008

In addition to the case study analysis, the students also have the opportunity to develop a business model and financial model for a new concept, which always proves a lot more challenging. As an angel investor and start-up CFO, I should have a good vantage point. ► 2010. (7). Steve Bennet.

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Tim Keane

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. « Paying attention to the business model: Whos in charge here? What Entrepreneurs and Angels Want To Know. October 2010. September 2010. Angels and Advisors.

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Tim Keane

MAY 16, 2010

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. Last Time I Checked, Greed Was Not A Virtue » May 16, 2010. October 2010. September 2010. Angels and Advisors. Investor Relationships.   Here's a link to.

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Professor VC

JULY 31, 2008

This whole process got me thinking about the textbook business model. Labels: business models , Grateful Dead , textbook. September 6, 2010 7:42 AM. ► 2010. (7). 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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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Chasing funding versus chasing customers and a repeatable and scalable business model, is one reason startups fail. Is there a profitable business model? The Traditional VC Pitch Entrepreneurs who pursue the traditional product development model don’t have customer data to answer these questions. Can it scale?”

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 12, 2010

The business models were equally diverse. We had some seriously hardcore technology up and running, as well as some innovative business models where the tech wasn’t the value at all. I certainly do have some concerns about the model—like scale. Looking forward to doing at least two more of these in 2010!

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Professor VC

DECEMBER 18, 2008

Many entrepreneurial programs feature a business plan competition, which is a great exercise. At SJSU, we also have a business plan competition in the spring, which ideally allows the students to build a viable business model around their NIF projects. ► 2010. (7). What does it take to be an Angel Investor?

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. « How to prepare a sales forecast for a business plan | Main.  "A venture investor who never loses isn't risking enough," said a friend of mine recently. October 2010.

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