ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2011

steve blank in finland sept 2011 View more documents from steve blank. At Tekes, government employees (and their hired consultants) - with no equity, no risk or reward, no startup or venture capital experience - try to pick startup winners and losers. 9-to-5 Venture Capital. And they should give themselves a 5-10 year plan to do so.

Finland 158

Finland Venture Capital Government Russia 158

www.greenhornconnect.com

OCTOBER 3, 2011

It’s always tempting for entrepreneurs to accept seed funding from friends and family in exchange for a promise to repay the money or issue the lender equity in your company when it is formed. Submitted by Briancalra on Thu, 01/06/2011 - 6:16pm. Submitted by Jackkallis on Thu, 01/06/2011 - 1:25pm. October 2011. (1)

IP 40

IP Intellectual Property Limited Liability Company Boston 40

The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 24, 2016

Since Eric Ries wrote The Lean Startup in 2011 smart founders have understood that the best way to progress is to get onto the ‘build-measure-learn’ loop and iterate to success. That’s doing rather than planning.

Startup 60

Startup Incubator Technical Review Lean 60

Rob Go

DECEMBER 28, 2011

So I thought I’d jot down some of the highlights I have seen from my vantage point in this 2011 Boston Consumer Web Year in Review. The company is expected to do around $500M in revenue in 2011 and has seen 50%+ growth YoY the past two years. IPO’s/Exits. Tripadvisor: An amazing entrepreneurial story.

Technical Review 54

Technical Review Boston Software Review IPO 54

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Incubators are designed for teams with an idea. They add mentors and additional services and some offer free space in exchange for equity. Accelerators take teams with fairly focused ideas and offer a formal 3-4 month program of tutoring/mentoring with seed funding in exchange for equity. It Takes a Village.

San Diego 261

San Diego North Carolina Chicago Lean 261

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

In what's bound to be a boost for an already thriving tech startup scene, the Boulder-based incubator TechStars announced today that it is opening a program in a new location, New York City. TechStars is accepting applications now for the NYC Class of 2011.

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New York City New York Seattle Incubator 113

The Startup Lawyer

OCTOBER 9, 2010

With the success of Y Combinator and TechStars , several incubators (sometimes referred to as “accelerators&# ) have popped up everywhere. Here in Dallas, Tech Wildcatters had a strong class and is opening up applications for the Spring 2011 class later this month. a) That’s $20,000 per startup for a 15%-20% equity stake.

Dallas 91

Dallas Seed Capital Incubator Post-Money Valuation 91

The Startup Lawyer

JULY 7, 2011

Startups receive up to $25,000 in seed funding in exchange for a small amount of equity (~6%) and have access to mentors. Tech Wildcatters was recently ranked the #7 incubator/accelerator in the country. Tech Wildcatters is a mentorship-driven startup accelerator that puts participating companies through an intensive 12-week program.

Dallas 45

Dallas Incubator Equity Programming 45

K9 Ventures

MAY 14, 2011

Incubators and Accelerators : Incubators and accelerators have to a large extent replaced the funding from friends and family. The incubators and accelerators are investing $15-$50K in a large number of early stage teams (the current YC class has 60+ teams !). Incubator / Accelerator. First Round was the first uVC fund.

Preferred Stock 125

Preferred Stock Seed Stage Incubator Early Stage 125

K9 Ventures

APRIL 9, 2014

In May 2011, I wrote the post: Investor Nomenclature and the Venture Spiral. The party rounds , which were the range in late 2010 and early 2011, became less common and we started to see the smaller funds begin to lead rounds. For example, doing equity rounds only, no convertible notes, leading rounds and taking on board seats.

Mezzanine 134

Mezzanine Seed Stage Early Stage IPO 134

Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

Torch has four major parts: Innovation Clusters , Technology Business Incubators (TBIs), Seed Funding (Innofund) and Venture Guiding Fund. They provide consulting, promotion, product testing, hiring, training and incubation services to startups. Technology Business Incubators (TBIs). Innovation Clusters.

Programming 278

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 278

dondodge.typepad.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Community is more powerful than money or technology » August 11, 2007 How much equity for investors and employees? How much equity should I give up? How much equity should I grant to early employees? No loss of equity, at least until they convert at Series A. How much equity should be given to employees?

Equity 40

Equity Employee Dilution Valuation 40

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

On the alumni side, we set up an incubator downtown, called the Columbia Startup Lab. … Here’s what she had to say about why the venture failed: Kathryn : The four of us built this startup, which started off as a side project and slowly turned into a business from September of 2010 to June of 2011. It has been phenomenally successful.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur New York Cofounder Equity 120

www.quora.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Type to Add and Search Questions; Search Topics and People Startups Startup Compensation Entrepreneurship Compensation Stock Options Major Internet Companies Silicon Valley Why is there such a large founder to early employee equity drop-off? The barrier between entrepreneur and money (incubators, angels, etc.) is lowered.

Equity 40

Equity Employee Founder Cofounder 40

Early Growth Financial Services

JANUARY 29, 2015

Funding Trends There were 1,843 seed deals in 2013 versus 1,749 in 2012 and 1,065 in 2011. AngelList, Funders Club, incubators, accelerators, micro and corporate VCs, and dedicated seed funds have all played a role. Over the same period, the number of traditional VCs who invested in seed rounds nearly doubled.

Incubator 28

Incubator Equity Startup Metrics 28

Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

Torch has four major parts: Innovation Clusters , Technology Business Incubators (TBIs), Seed Funding (Innofund) and Venture Guiding Fund. They provide consulting, promotion, product testing, hiring, training and incubation services to startups. Technology Business Incubators (TBIs). Innovation Clusters.

Programming 170

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 170

Lightspeed Venture Partners

APRIL 12, 2011

The Lightspeed Summer Program is NOT an incubator, nor was it ever intended to be. Why don’t you ask for equity or a right to invest? 2011 blogging start-up startup startups Summer Program Venture Capital' We are not looking to fund companies out of the program. I promise. We also have a very long term view on what this means.

Programming 122

Programming Venture Capital Angel Investor Incubator 122

Scott Edward Walker

APRIL 9, 2012

Venture capital funds, seed funds, super angels, angel groups, incubators, and “friends and family” are all playing the seed financing game and investing early in startups in an attempt to land the next Facebook. ii) what happens if the maturity date is reached prior to the note’s conversion to equity? What is a Convertible Note?

Preferred Stock 87

Preferred Stock Finance Common Stock Liquidation Preference 87

David Teten

DECEMBER 2, 2019

And of course, effectively all venture capitalists are going to require some equity for their investment. I emphasize my focus here is organizations which are backing for-profit companies and do not take equity. The Aspen Tech Policy Hub is a West Coast policy incubator, training a new generation of tech policy entrepreneurs.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review SBIR Dilution Silicon Valley 60

Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

And now I know exactly where I want to spend my time" "This internship truly provide me an entry point into the private equity world. I'm doing a new academic experiment now - an incubator at Menlo College where we are bringing the start-ups to campus and giving the students an opportunity to see how they develop and work as interns.

San Jose 43

San Jose Silicon Valley Las Vegas Venture Capital 43

venturebeat.com

JULY 12, 2012

The Bing Fund, Microsoft’s newest incubator, to be headed by VoodooPC founder Rahul Sood. After playing coy and dropping hints for weeks, Microsoft has finally announced its newest incubator, the Bing Fund. The Fund is the brainchild of Sood, who joined Microsoft in January, 2011. 3 days ago. 3 days ago. 4 days ago.

Detroit 69

Detroit Incubator Technical Review Venture Capital 69

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Ideally you can pay them based + equity so that you’ll get their attention and focus on the project. There’s no formula however I do know … the more you build before you need to hire / partner, the more equity you can keep. Offer equity to a programmer? 2) yes, join an incubator, (1) Read this [link]. Youre the man.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

The Next Web

MAY 7, 2013

In late 2011, Summit rallied the community to raise nearly $1 million to create a marine reserve the size of Manhattan in the island chain that hosted Summit at Sea. The investment isn’t structured with equity in the resort but with plots of land on Powder Mountain (lots were rumored to have sold for $500K to $2 million a piece).

Utah 168

Utah Congo Cofounder Incubator 168

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

GeekMedia, the company behind the Israeli blog NewsGeek (Hebrew) has launched VentureGeeks , a new incubator program in Israel, which will provide seed funding and mentorship to Israeli startups. The Tel-Aviv based incubator is meant to serve as an accelerator program for startups, following the model of US based Y Combinator.

Programming 97

Programming Private Equity Incubator Cofounder 97

VC Cafe

JULY 15, 2011

We wrote about the VentureGeeks incubator on VC Cafe a few months ago, and its plans to set up a $2 million early stage fund making pre-seed investments. The cost for the startups is 10% of their equity, which is taken by the fund GeekVentures I as payment.

Incubator 99

Incubator Startup Florida 99

techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

Convertible Equity, A Better Alternative To Convertible Debt? As a refresher, a convertible note is a loan that automatically converts into equity upon the closing of a Series A round of financing. In the end, Ressi says that Convertible Equity allows startups and investors to have their cake and eat it too. Smartphones.

Equity 87

Equity San Francisco Technical Review Angel Investor 87

Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Once the $1 million revenue milestone is crossed, entrepreneurs find it easier to find additional customers, manage working capital, and access funding, whether it is credit or equity. SM: Every incubator you look at takes pride in how exclusive they are. And finally, we have defined 1M/1M as a framework for capitalism 2.0,

Programming 116

Programming Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 116

David Teten

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Amelia Investments – “Amelia Investments is a private equity fund creating economic opportunities throughout the Middle East region. 50/50 Startups – “We’re an incubator for equally owned tech ventures by Palestinian and Israeli entrepreneurs.”. We are entirely equity and profit free.”. Apply here. Siraj Capital.

UAE 60

UAE United Arab Emirates Technology 60

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

It’s more reference material. Thus, these pages. I’ll add more as time goes on.

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

VC Cafe

JULY 20, 2010

D eloitte Touche in Israel produces a Venture Capital and Private Equity survey every other quarter in an attempt to identify trends within the venture capital arena, give a summary of VC expectations of the Israeli VC community for the next six to twelve months. 77% of venture capitalists believe the gap is in Seed and First Round.

Mezzanine 92

Mezzanine Venture Capital IPO 92

www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Find Questions, Topics and People Add Question Add Question Team Configuration 500 Startups Guerilla Marketing Organizations Entrepreneurship Startup Founders & Entrepreneurs Startups Startup Incubators and Seed Programs Seedcamp Y Combinator TechStars Lean Startups What is the perfect startup team? Could not have said it better myself.

Technical Review 51

Technical Review Startup CTO Hire Cofounder 51

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents. Founder Equity Issues. Venture Hacks equity section. Incubator List/ Local Startup Resources/ Startup Q&A. List of Startup Incubators. Legal, Equity, etc. Israeli Center of Incubators. Argonaut Private Equity. Manufacturing Resources.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53