Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2023

Based on my own experience as a mentor and angel investor, I find that as many as ninety percent of startups fail in the first five years, despite their best efforts. It helps to advertise your new presence with a grand opening, viral video, and traditional advertising to highlight entry into the arena.

Intellectual Property 245

Intellectual Property Social Media Angel Investor Metrics 245

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2015

As an angel investor, I certainly see continuing evidence that this phenomenon hasn’t changed much in the past couple of decades. Technologists forget that investors are buying a chunk of the business, not the product. Investors want proof of a business model and real customer revenue, as well as a product.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Startup Angel Investor Social Media 120

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 26, 2021

The solution is to start generating consistent revenue faster or to work with angel investors or venture capitalists to get more funding. If a startup straight-up refuses to invest in marketing and advertising, it’s probably going to fail. The Wrong Team. Sometimes, it’s a team issue.

Startup 180

Startup Angel Investor Business Model Demand 180

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

Based on my own experience as an angel investor, and feedback I get from many other investors, here are a collection of answers that we often hear instead, from the least credible to at least reasonable: Insist you have no competitors. Free is a dirty word to investors, since they need a return on their investment.

Intellectual Property 334

Intellectual Property Angel Investor Matching Founder 334

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

He is also an active angel investor in companies like Klout and Meetup. Around 2003, Quigo was doing tens of millions of dollars in revenue with two main products: a ready-to-use, search engine marketing solution for advertisers called FeedPoint and a contextual advertising platform for publishers called AdSonar.

Semantic 302

Semantic Acquisition Valuation Angel Investor 302

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Most entrepreneurs are not looking to launch a startup, pitch to angel investors or financial institutions, and land multiple rounds of capital. You can be increasing revenue, growing sales, and maybe even cutting costs. Consider financing early. Funding may not be the first thing that comes to mind when starting a business.

Forecast 154

Forecast Software Review Bootstrapping Finance 154

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2019

As an active angel investor, I look for this level of alignment and understanding in every funding presentation I hear. Many businesses these days serve both paying and non-paying customers, such as Google and Facebook, who count on millions of non-paying users to attract advertisers, who really pay the bill. Value propositions.

Intellectual Property 250

Intellectual Property Business Model Angel Investor Channel 250

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2019

Based on my own experience as an angel investor, and feedback I get from many other investors, here are a collection of answers that we often hear instead, from the least credible to at least reasonable: Insist you have no competitors. Free is a dirty word to investors, since they need a return on their investment.

Intellectual Property 301

Intellectual Property Angel Investor Matching Founder 301

Austin Startup

MAY 29, 2019

The brands were to provide the market-development funds (MDF), or the co-op advertising, to support the retailer in that endeavor (co-op advertising dollars are as high as $50 billion in the US to a staggering $520 billion worldwide according to sources that The Altimeter Group has cited).

Networking 48

Networking Fractional CTO CTO Hire B2C 48

Transformify

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

We usually like to hire freelancers that we have worked with in the past as well as talent that has been recommended by fellow production companies or advertising agencies. From the advertising agency perspective, most companies and clients nowadays are moving away from the Agency of Record (AOR) and towards a project-to-project model.

Hiring 66

Hiring Employee Angel Investor Advertising 66

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 19, 2010

About twenty people on Answers OnStartups have asked this question in one form or another: When I meet an angel investor, he may ask: "What if a big company copies your idea and develops the same website as yours after your website goes public?". But how does authority convert to revenue? How can I answer this question?

Software Review 325

Software Review Technical Review Development Team Review Bolivia 325

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 17, 2014

With one company, a founder and his super inspirational, creative, and established buddy hatch a plan to build a very strong content brand that serves as a platform for a lot of diverse revenue streams--events, ecommerce, advertising. I certainly would have wanted to be an angel investor in Thrillist at the time.

Technical Review 150

Technical Review Venture Capital Angel Investor Hiring 150

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2019

MySpace, for example, launched in 2003 and boomed for five years without a revenue model. When their deep pockets went empty, Facebook stepped in, but demanded revenue from ads. Don’t count on finding investors supporting growth alone on your new startup. Investors will look at competitors in your industry for the norms.

Widget 185

Widget Angel Investor Revenue Early Stage 185

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

It turns out that to build a successful company you ultimately need this strange thing called “revenue” that people don’t just hand you: You need to earn it. And there’s this other thing called “gross margin,” which shows the quality of your revenue. How much ad revenue does TripAdvisor make?

Startup 150

Startup Seed Money DC Software Review 150

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Joshua Baer is the co-founder and CEO of Otherinbox , a prolific angel investor and the director of Capital Factory , Austin’s seed-stage incubator. Include screenshots of your product , a video walk-through and one or two charts that display traction or revenue. This list of top angel investors is a good start.

Social Media 80

Social Media Startup Angel Investor RSS 80

techcrunch.com

AUGUST 12, 2012

She attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA, majoring in Writing and Art, and moved to New York City shortly after graduation to work in the Media industry. After four years of living in New York and attending courses at New York University, she returned to Los Angeles in. Advertise Here. Your tip here.

Early Stage 70

Early Stage San Francisco Los Angeles Southern California 70

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2017

As an active angel investor, I look for this level of alignment and understanding in every funding presentation I hear. Many businesses these days serve both paying and non-paying customers, such as Google and Facebook, who count on millions of non-paying users to attract advertisers, who really pay the bill. Value propositions.

Business Model 143

Business Model Intellectual Property Startup Angel Investor 143

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Gary Vaynerchuk: Personal branding master and creator of Wine Library TV, Gary Vaynerchuk is also an angel investor with an expanding portfolio of companies. Paige Craig: Adrenaline-junkie Paige Craig is a former marine and intelligence consultant who’s now a prolific angel investor and startup advisor based out of Los Angeles.

Angel Investor 80

Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Myspace, for example, launched in 2003 and boomed for five years without a revenue model. When their deep pockets went empty, Google stepped in, but demanded revenue from ads. Don’t count on finding investors supporting growth alone on your new startup. Investors will look at competitors in your industry for the norms.

Widget 242

Widget Angel Investor Revenue Early Stage 242

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2017

MySpace, for example, launched in 2003 and boomed for five years without a revenue model. When their deep pockets went empty, Facebook stepped in, but demanded revenue from ads. Don’t count on finding investors supporting growth alone on your new startup. Investors will look at competitors in your industry for the norms.

Widget 137

Widget Angel Investor Revenue Early Stage 137

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 24, 2014

You can double that number if you add the amount of money put up by Angel Investors. Angel Investors, VCs and entrepreneurs agree that the success rate for startup companies is dismal. Scalable technology is often the only way that startups will be able to reach profitability and grow revenue.

Startup 252

Startup Angel Investor Early Stage LLC 252

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

In fact, SaaS industry revenue is projected to grow from $49 billion in 2015 to $67 billion in 2018, a compound annual growth rate of approximately eight percent. At this stage, simply list your primary revenue streams and your key expenses. At this stage, simply list your primary revenue streams and your key expenses.

Software Review 74

Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Topics have included “Leveraging Pinterest”, “Mobile Commerce”, and “Facebook Advertising” Future Forward and Nantucket Conference – Two high quality, invite only conferences for tech leaders and executives, both increasingly open to bringing in young blood. Wayfair - $350M + revenue, 300 employees.

Boston 72

Boston Community CTO Hire Cofounder 72

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

If you’re working with an open source project, for example, it’s important that you have a definitive business model to drive revenue — though not at the cost of alienating your community of core contributors. For example, angel funding is more prevalent in the United States than in Europe. All Rights Reserved. startupcto

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France Marketing Social Media Startup 77

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Angel Investors Do Make Money, Data Shows 2.5x Internet Ad Revenues Rise to Historic $17 Billion in First Half 2012, Up 14% Over Half-Year 2011, According to IAB – [link]. 13 advertisements that make science fun | ScienceDump - [link]. ” – [link]. Returns Overall | TechCrunch - [link].

Social Media 93

Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2014

Based on my own experience as an Angel investor, and feedback I get from many other investors, here are a collection of answers that we often hear instead, from the least credible to at least reasonable: Insist you have no competitors. Free is a dirty word to investors, since they need a return on their investment.

Intellectual Property 276

Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Angel Investor Matching 276

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Twitter, for example, doesn’t have much of a revenue model today, and they are growing, but I’m not sure who can ever sell 140 character tweets. Don’t count on finding investors for that model on your new startup. Yet it took almost six years to become profitable, with revenue only from advertising.

Widget 234

Widget Angel Investor Early Stage Revenue 234

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

Clearly define the customer, channel, and revenue model associated with this solution. In this section, you need to be passionate about revenue, profit, and volume growth. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Exit strategy.

Business Plan 283

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 283

Diego Basch

MARCH 14, 2013

Whether I like it or not I’m an angel investor , even though I prefer a different label. I avoid the entertainment industry, and anything where the revenue stream is based on advertising. I don’t want to picture myself as a has-been who doesn’t have the fire to build another company.

San Francisco 55

San Francisco Startup Silicon Valley Seed Stage 55

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2018

Based on my own experience as an angel investor, and feedback I get from many other investors, here are a collection of answers that we often hear instead, from the least credible to at least reasonable: Insist you have no competitors. Free is a dirty word to investors, since they need a return on their investment.

Intellectual Property 129

Intellectual Property Angel Investor Matching Founder 129

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2011

Twitter, for example, doesn’t have a real revenue model today, and they are growing, but I’m not sure who can ever sell 140 character tweets. Don’t count on finding investors for that model on your new startup. It actually is still only marginally profitable, with revenue only from advertising.

Startup 243

Startup Widget Angel Investor Early Stage 243

Scalable Startup

JANUARY 27, 2011

And by growth I mean revenue growth. Growth means bigger and more complex barriers to entry – more advertising, products, support and security for your users/buyers, advanced services, etc. Flat to negative revenue growth is a real red flag, especially for early stage companies. And protection form death. What about users?

Revenue 22

Revenue Early Stage Down Round Software Review 22

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2012

Founders now routinely use their home to operate their startup until they are well into the revenue phase. Use the Internet and social networking instead of public relations companies and advertising agencies. No need to make the assumption that you will need a rich uncle or an angel investor for every idea you come up with.

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Cost Burn Rate SEM Startup 255

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2013

Sites like KickStarter have for years offered rewards and pre-sales for crowd investments, but real equity won’t be legalized until sometime this year for people other than accredited investors. Super-angels. Osmosis marketing is the hot new term for word-of-mouth advertising. Social mobile web. Gamification. Startup pivot.

Entrepreneur 274

Entrepreneur Accredited Investor Silicon Valley Angel Investor 274

Up and Running

AUGUST 21, 2014

As you guys go out and are pitching investors, have gotten some investor money, as you guys really go out there talking to the investment community, whether it’s angel investors, whether it’s larger VC funds and VC firms, it’s going to get you a lot further if you can focus in on data.

Metrics 84

Metrics Startup Churn Rate Forecast 84

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Clearly define the customer, channel, and revenue model associated with this solution. In this section, you need to be passionate about revenue, profit, and volume growth. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Exit strategy.

Business Plan 290

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 290

Up and Running

APRIL 13, 2016

Marijuana Business Daily projects revenue generated by dispensaries and retail stores to reach between $6.5 If you are dealing with a Schedule I narcotic, which marijuana is, you can only deduct the cost of goods sold from your revenue before you do your taxes,” Lincoln explains. and $8 billion by 2019.

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San Diego Colorado California Business Plan 60