crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 10, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The Unintended Consequences of Startups | WSJ by Jason Nazar – crowdspring.co/1nYW6mN. The Hottest Startup Sectors – crowdspring.co/1lpiG8h. 1ls0X06.

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VC Adventure

JANUARY 24, 2014

I’ll be speaking at an Impact Angel Group event on February 12th. With a few other angel investors, I’ll be talking to other angel investors, along with prospective angel investors, about the role of impact investing the community, as well as in our own portfolios. The details are below.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2014

Venture capitalists (VCs) have long been seen as the top of the pyramid for startup funding sources, but in fact angel investors now fund over 60 times as many companies, according the Center for Venture Research. Individual angel investors have been filling the gap, and now match VCs in total amount invested.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2013

We’re excited to continue to grow our investment professional staff and will continue to do so over the course of 2013 & 2014 with our new fund. He pinged me that he was thinking about joining a startup based in LA with the CEO in NYC and would I be willing to meet him and give him advice on this process. Jordan Hudson.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2014

Luckily, not all investors are looking for the same thing, so it pays to know what type of investors are most interested in what your startup brings to the table. The key is understanding how potential investors see you, and especially how they view the maturity stage of your startup.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 12, 2014

In as much as a scheduled interview with an angel investor can be, talking with Boris about what it takes to spark the interest of a venture capital firm was a coincidence. Were they down to him being a more open-minded investor? From the outset of the conversation, Boris was careful with his words, collected.

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David Teten

JUNE 17, 2015

It’s fascinating to be an angel investor, but do most angels actually make positive returns? Angels usually invest before VCs, so they should budget for at least 1-2 more additional years before liquidity. I try my best to discourage them; I always emphasize the risks and downsides of angel investing. to 8 years.

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Up and Running

MAY 12, 2015

Tim advises asking potential investors to sit in on a “pre pitch” before the formal pitch session, a strategy that worked well for Dune Sciences, which won the 2014 Willamette Angel Conference investment. Tim advises checking out Gust, which lists regional and local angel groups. he says, and we agree.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

Amir Elaguizy pitching Cratejoy on stage at SXSW 2014 I know lots of investors from Texas and from around the world who are visiting Austin for SXSW and want to know where to go and how to plug in. The SXSW Startup Crawl! Grab a group of friends and tour the latest and greatest of Austin’s startup community.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

In general, this won’t happen for a new startup unless you have a good credit history, or existing assets that you are willing to put at-risk for collateral. Trade equity or services for startup help. Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Apply to local Angel investor groups. Fund your startup yourself.

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JANUARY 9, 2014

No clear vision or purpose This should be the starting point for any startup founder, but it’s often overlooked. Tony Hsieh Without a clear purpose, a startup can meander along without much momentum. in business we can create much deeper connections with our audience and give our startups a better chance of success.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 5, 2014

I am building a startup that solves a problem I experience frequently.” I am a big fan of founders who build their startup on the above-mentioned premise, since such a startup is most likely tackling a real-world problem (an increasingly rare phenomenon in today’s world). Andrej Kiska is an associate at Credo Ventures. “I

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 10, 2017

He co-founded the first angel investor group in the Bitcoin space, BitAngels , in 2013, which grew to over 500 members globally. In 2014 he launched what was the first cryptoasset venture fund, the Dapps Fund. PPPS, we’re also hiring a blockchain engineer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2015

Creating a successful startup is all about marketing these days, no matter how compelling your solution. Every new startup rolling out an innovative solution is the start of a new cycle. Many startup solutions flame out at this point. Investors seek out startups at this point that are well positioned for rapid scaling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

As an angel investor and a mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, I’m always disappointed to see founders who seem stressed out most of the time, and more annoyed than energized by the abundance of challenges they see in building their startup. Martin Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 8/29/2014.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2014

You may think this question is just an artifact of good television, but let me assure you that in my experience as an angel investor, it’s a standard “make or break” inquiry posed to every entrepreneur. Startups whose marketing budget is trivial lose credibility and most likely the investment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2011

These days, I’m hearing more and more about Location-Based Services (LBS) as the next big opportunity for startups. Juniper forecasts that by 2014 the global opportunity for LBS will reach $13 billion, and Global Industry Analysts projects that by 2015 the global LBS market could be $21 billion.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 26, 2014

In 2014 and beyond, consumers will finally start to benefit from some of the innovations that have been evolving over the past year, from 3D prosthetics to cutting-edge genetic testing. Turntable Health has to be by far the most exciting healthcare startup. Practice Fusion and CareCloud. Bespoke Innovations and 3D Systems.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2010

A loan officer, angel investor, and venture capitalist are all looking for different things in a business plan. Angel Investor: Writing a business plan for angel investors can be tricky. If you’re pitching to a member of an organized angel group, then a business-like tone is in order.

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SiliconHills

JANUARY 3, 2019

The Austin-based startup, founded in 2014, has raised more than $42 million to date from investors including Austin-based Next Coast Ventures and Silverton Partners and angel investors. AlertMedia, an emergency alert notification system, Thursday announced it closed on a $25 million investment from JMI Equity.

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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. billion received by male-led companies).

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Juniper Research forecasts that by 2014 the global opportunity for LBS will reach $13 billion, and Global Industry Analysts projects that by 2015 the global LBS market could be $21 billion. These numbers and the B2B applications are more than enough to catch the attention of venture capitalists and angel investors.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 4, 2017

The perfect startup pitch helps entrepreneurs separate their companies from a growing amount of competition. Startup activity in the United States increased in 2016, continuing an upward trend that began in 2015 , according to the Kauffman Foundation. How to Make a Startup Pitch. Design is critical to a startup pitch.

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Gust

OCTOBER 5, 2015

A year ago, in mid September 2014, I walked out of a Starbucks in San Francisco with the very first check from an angel investor for Glassbreakers. Though it was only $5,000, it was enough to prove to myself and my co-founder, Lauren Mosenthal, that we could actually fundraise for our startup.

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Transformify

JULY 23, 2018

When speaking of startups’ funding, most founders first consider VC or Angel Investor funding. Somehow, it is perceived in the startup world that this is the way to go. EUR 3 billion are available to fund a maximum of 7,500 startups by 2020! The startups are not selling equity or issuing new shares.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 29, 2017

I’m focused on solving a problem I’m passionate about and delivering venture sized returns for my investors without a VC firm, but it wasn’t always that way. The photo below is from early 2014 when things were much different, especially my dependency on the idea of what VCs represent. You may not either. Who Needs a VC?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2012

Juniper Research forecasts that by 2014 the global opportunity for LBS will reach $13 billion, and Global Industry Analysts projects that by 2015 the global LBS market could be $21 billion. These numbers and the B2B applications are more than enough to catch the attention of venture capitalists and angel investors.

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B2B Angel Investor Mobile Forecast 206

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 29, 2018

As I mentioned at the beginning of this series/ebook, over the years I’ve noticed that I tend to frequently share certain Lucky7 posts with entrepreneurs we’ve backed , team members at data.world, or other startup investors I know. Since I first wrote about the Golden Age in 2014, valuations for tech companies have only increased?—?rather

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Austin Startup

JUNE 27, 2017

For investors outside of Austin and LPs: Austin is a a vibrant startup market and this list of capital sources can help you identify firms to co-invest with and funds to invest in. We’ve compiled a definitive list of sources of startup capital in Austin.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

While raising startup capital likely won’t be easy, here are some tips to help you get funding for your small business: 1. Find some angels. Angel investors are accredited investors who have a net worth of at least $1 million and are willing to give investment money to help fund your business.

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 26, 2022

Hunter Walk: Ok, so we first met when you were leading comms at enterprise software company Box, a startup you joined when they were still pretty early and stayed at until post-IPO. But for the first time since abandoning my law school plan A, my mandate was clear: I needed to work at a startup. First, congrats! Enter Box.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

Since the recession, and at least partially sparked by it, I’m seeing a real resurgence of entrepreneurial spirit, and more startup activity than ever before. The rate of new entrepreneurs increased about 10 percent, from 280 out of 100,000 adults in the 2014 Startup Activity Index, to 310 out of 100,000 adults in the 2015 Index.

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Growthink Blog

JANUARY 29, 2014

Startups and small businesses are torn when it comes to protecting their ideas. There is a challenging balance between keeping the critical pieces secret and promoting products and services during fundraising – whether with angel investors, venture capitalists (VCs), or crowdfunding platforms. Are you hiring an employee?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Since the recent recession, and at least partially sparked by it, I’m seeing a real resurgence of entrepreneurial spirit, and more startup activity than ever before. An unprecedented number of startups, easily 25 and possibly exceeding 40, are valued today at $1 billion or more, according to a recent NY Times article.

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VC Adventure

MARCH 17, 2016

The overall trend around angel investing is a pretty interesting one. I’ve talked about this trend before – specifically the acceleration of angel investing in 2011-2014. These data are specific to Colorado (since my presentation was to a CO audience) but the trend holds true across startup ecosystems.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

When convertible debt first started being introduced as a “faster, cheaper way to get startups funded” they didn’t have pricing built into them. In fact, most early investor work hard to help their startups get to the next level so it makes no sense for the angel investor and founders to be at odds.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

Prior to joining Oscar she was involved in building products at many e-commerce startups in NYC in industries ranging from food delivery to leisure activity ticketing. He has over 10 years experience in growth and product management and has built data-driven product teams from the ground up at multiple successful startups.

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