Advisory Board, Entrepreneur, Networking and Social Network

10 Entrepreneur Milestones That Make Funding Easy

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

I hear a lot of entrepreneurs contemplating their great “idea” for several years with little discernable progress, and looking for money to start. Build qualified advisory board. If you can convince a couple of domain experts, or a couple of experienced executives to join your board and be your advocate, that’s traction.

Intellectual Property

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10 Keys to Startup Traction That Investors Look For

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2012

I hear a lot of entrepreneurs contemplating their great “idea” for several years with little discernable progress, and looking for money to start. Build qualified advisory board. If you can convince a couple of domain experts, or a couple of experienced executives to join your board and be your advocate, that’s traction.

Intellectual Property

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These 10 Steps Will Make Your Startup Fundable

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2011

I hear a lot of entrepreneurs contemplating their great “idea” for several years with little discernable progress, and looking for money to start. Build qualified advisory board. If you can convince a couple of domain experts, or a couple of experienced executives to join your board and be your advocate, that’s traction.

Intellectual Property

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Taking Other People’s Money Changes Your Life

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2010

I meet with dozens of entrepreneurs a week. When I get funded,” the entrepreneur thinks, “I can build a prototype, hire a development team, go to market, scale more quickly, and beat my competition.” Remember “ The Social Network ” movie about Facebook? By Francine Hardaway, Ph.D. And many of those ways are negative.

Advisory Board

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Ten Tips for Business Traction to Attract Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

I hear a lot of entrepreneurs contemplating their great “idea” for several years with little discernable progress, and looking for money to start. Build qualified advisory board. If you can convince a couple of domain experts, or a couple of experienced executives to join your board and be your advocate, that’s traction.

Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property Sweat Equity CTO Hire Fractional CTO

How to Get World Class Experts to Support Your Company

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

As the former CEO of a professional expert network , I’m a firm believer in the value of speedy access to relevant experts. I was excited to see that GLG (formerly Gerson Lehrman Group), the industry leader, is now offering a professional network service geared to the needs of the startup community: GLG Share.

New York

New York Technical Review Networking Advisory Board

Sarah Evans on [Re]Frame

Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

A “for good” advocate, Sarah worked with a local crisis center to raise more than $161K in three weeks via social media and is a team member of the Guinness Book World Record holding #beatcancer. SE: In the last two years I was approached about writing a few different books, mostly related to public relations and social media.

Advisory Board

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Lon Safko – Entrepreneur, Inventor, and Author

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2010

A couple of weeks ago I was privileged to meet Lon Safko, probably most recognized as the author of his best-selling book " The Social Media Bible.” In reality, he is also a serial entrepreneur, inventor, and international speaker. Marty: Tell us a little bit about your entrée into the world of entrepreneurs and some of your companies.

Entrepreneur

Entrepreneur Advisory Board Social Media Washington

These 10 Key Elements Make a Business Plan Fundable

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

Many entrepreneurs scare away potential investors by claiming that their technology represents “truly disruptive technology.” It always amazes me how an entrepreneur can define his market opportunity so broadly, and then assess his competition so narrowly in the next breath. There are two problems with this assertion.

Business Plan

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How to listen to customers, and not just the loud people

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

This was 2004, and we had never even heard of MySpace, let alone had any understanding of social networking. It required hearing customers say it over and over again for us to take a serious look, and eventually to realize that social networking was core to our business. Establish a customer advisory board.

San Francisco

San Francisco Customer Lean Continuous Deployment

Raving Fans – How Our Themes Evolve

Feld Thoughts

APRIL 19, 2012

We have a straightforward meeting – a dinner for our advisory board the night before, drinks after for all LPs, our advisory board meeting first thing in the morning, and then the full meeting until lunch time. I had a call yesterday with another entrepreneur running a company that we passed on the seed round.

Advisory Board

Advisory Board Vertical New York Community

Investors Expect Ten Essentials in a Business Plan

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Many entrepreneurs scare away potential investors by claiming that their technology represents “truly disruptive technology.” It always amazes me how an entrepreneur can define his market opportunity so broadly, and then assess his competition so narrowly in the next breath. There are two problems with this assertion.

Business Plan

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property

"Tap the Gray Hair!" ? Creating and Using an Advisory Board/Board of Directors

Small Business Force

MAY 31, 2011

Every entrepreneur needs mentoring and advisors. There are two types of boards that you can use - an advisory board or a board of directors. There are two types of boards that you can use - an advisory board or a board of directors. You can always use an advisory board.

Advisory Board

Advisory Board Warrant Social Network Entrepreneur

These 10 Key Elements Make a Business Plan Fundable

Gust

AUGUST 5, 2012

Many entrepreneurs scare away potential investors by claiming that their technology represents “truly disruptive technology.” It always amazes me how an entrepreneur can define his market opportunity so broadly, and then assess his competition so narrowly in the next breath. There are two problems with this assertion.

Business Plan

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property

"Tap the Gray Hair!" - Creating and Using an Advisory Board/Board of Directors

Small Business Force

MAY 31, 2011

Every entrepreneur needs mentoring and advisors. There are two types of boards that you can use - an advisory board or a board of directors. There are two types of boards that you can use - an advisory board or a board of directors. You can always use an advisory board.

Advisory Board

Advisory Board Warrant Social Network Entrepreneur

Ten Tips for an Investment-Grade Business Plan

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Many entrepreneurs scare away potential investors by claiming that their technology represents “truly disruptive technology.” It always amazes me how an entrepreneur can define his market opportunity so broadly, and then assess his competition so narrowly in the next breath. There are two problems with this assertion.

Business Plan

Business Plan Exit Strategy Sweat Equity Intellectual Property

Pivot, don't jump to a new vision

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 22, 2009

Ive spoken in some detail about a specific pivot that we went through at IMVU , when we decided to abandon the instant messaging add-on concept, and switch to a standalone instant messaging network. We went through another pivot when we switched again from instant messaging to social networking. Heres what it looked like.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Agile

Why Co-Founders Are a Startup's Biggest Liability | The Startup Lawyer

thestartuplawyer.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Contact The Startup Lawyer: Home Page About Contact FAQs Glossary Ryan Roberts Law: Home Page Social Networks: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flickr Delicious Digg Last.FM Contact The Startup Lawyer: Home Page About Contact FAQs Glossary Ryan Roberts Law: Home Page Social Networks: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flickr Delicious Digg Last.FM

Cofounder

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David S. Rose – Father of Angel Investing in New York

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2011

Rose, who has been described as "the Father of Angel Investing in New York" by Crain's New York Business, and a "world conquering entrepreneur" by BusinessWeek. The second company in which I invested, back in 2001, was a novel concept from the serial entrepreneur who invented social networking.

New York

New York Accredited Investor Advisory Board IRR

90 Things I've Learned From Founding 4 Technology Companies

betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

It has been awesome, flattering, and humbling to see that post went viral and has been seen by so many thousands of people — mainly aspiring entrepreneurs — and has been translated into many languages. Before there was Fab there was fabulis, a social network meets places guide targeted to the gay community.

Technical Review

Technical Review Technology Software Review Valuation

Positioning and pitch decks for startups

BeyondVC

JANUARY 29, 2009

Who/Team – give me some context of who you are, your backgrounds, success/failures so I can get an idea of your ability to deliver and surround yourself with experienced talent, also include any board members or advisory board members that may be relevant (1 slide). What's the problem?

Advisory Board

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Startup Tools

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

This video should be the gold standard in explaining contract terms.

Software Review

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Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

A group of Seedcamp entrepreneurs started a startup tools wiki for that purpose, and we thought it would be well suited here. Social networking. Social/Sharing. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. List of Angel/SuperAngel Investors for entrepreneurs.

Software Review

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StartUpRoar

10 Entrepreneur Milestones That Make Funding Easy

10 Keys to Startup Traction That Investors Look For

Trending Sources

These 10 Steps Will Make Your Startup Fundable

Taking Other People’s Money Changes Your Life

Ten Tips for Business Traction to Attract Investors

How to Get World Class Experts to Support Your Company

Sarah Evans on [Re]Frame

Lon Safko – Entrepreneur, Inventor, and Author

These 10 Key Elements Make a Business Plan Fundable

How to listen to customers, and not just the loud people

Raving Fans – How Our Themes Evolve

Investors Expect Ten Essentials in a Business Plan

"Tap the Gray Hair!" ? Creating and Using an Advisory Board/Board of Directors

These 10 Key Elements Make a Business Plan Fundable

"Tap the Gray Hair!" - Creating and Using an Advisory Board/Board of Directors

Ten Tips for an Investment-Grade Business Plan

Pivot, don't jump to a new vision

Why Co-Founders Are a Startup's Biggest Liability | The Startup Lawyer

David S. Rose – Father of Angel Investing in New York

90 Things I've Learned From Founding 4 Technology Companies

Positioning and pitch decks for startups

Startup Tools

Startup Resources

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