Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2012

We are talking about angel investors here, meaning people who invest their own money in early-stage startups for a share of the equity. Angel groups almost never supply financing for real estate purchases, or personal loans. First-time founders will find that most angels turn into mirages. Real estate.

Angel Groups 237

Angel Groups Angel Investor Early Stage Startup 237

Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

We tried, and opted out of, potentials for pivots; we pitched for game-changing partners and acquisitions that did not ultimately convert. You might notice what’s not on that list above: revenue, investors. We pitched everyone from Angels to partners at Andreessen Horowitz on Sand Hill Road. We pitched. And we pitched.

Silicon Valley 54

Silicon Valley Startup B2C Sweat Equity 54

David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

My former Partner John Frankel of ff Venture Capital observes that 20 years ago, the defining movie of the generation was “Wall Street”. This is a topic we care a lot about, given HOF Capital’s long-term strategy for partnering with universities and my forthcoming book on “ hacking the university ”. “CEO is the new Analyst.”.

Affiliate 60

Affiliate Connecticut Programming Community 60

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2011

We are talking about angel investors here, meaning people who invest their own money in early-stage startups for a share of the equity. Angel groups almost never supply financing for real estate purchases, or personal loans. First-time founders will find that most angels turn into mirages. Real estate.

Angel Investor 217

Angel Investor Angel Groups Early Stage Startup 217

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2012

As a member of the local Angel group selection committee, I’ve seen a lot of startup presentations to investors, and I’ve never seen one that was too short - maybe short on content, but not short on pages! Explain in analogies your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time.

Elevator Pitch 247

Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 247

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2011

As a member of the local Angel group selection committee, I’ve seen a lot of startup presentations to investors, and I’ve never seen one that was too short - maybe short on content, but not short on pages! Explain in analogies your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time.

Elevator Pitch 234

Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 234

Gust

JULY 1, 2012

We are talking about angel investors here, meaning people who invest their own money in early-stage startups for a share of the equity. Angel groups almost never supply financing for real estate purchases, or personal loans. First-time founders will find that most angels turn into mirages. Real estate.

Angel Groups 143

Angel Groups Angel Investor Early Stage Startup 143

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2010

As a member of the local angel group Selection Committee, I’ve seen a lot of startup presentations to investors, and I’ve never seen one that was too short - maybe short on content, but not short on pages! Explain in analogies your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time.

Elevator Pitch 235

Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 235

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2010

We are talking about angel investors here, meaning people who invest their own money in early-stage startups for a share of the equity. Angel groups almost never supply financing for real estate purchases, or personal loans. First-time founders will find that most angels turn into mirages. Real estate.

Angel Groups 121

Angel Groups Angel Investor Early Stage Later Stage 121

Gust

AUGUST 19, 2012

As a member of the local Angel group selection committee, I’ve seen a lot of startup presentations to investors, and I’ve never seen one that was too short – maybe short on content, but not short on pages! Explain in analogies your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time.

Elevator Pitch 146

Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 146

Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

It’s to highlight some of the key parts of your opportunity and what makes it so amazing that whoever it is that you’re talking to, whether it’s a bank, or an investor, or a family member, or a potential business partner, that they are on the edge of their seat and they ask for your full plan, and they want to know more.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Software Review Due Diligence Exit Strategy 60

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

There never has to be atime when you have no revenues. Infact, the more prominent the angel, the less likely they are tobelong to a group. Some angel groups charge you money to pitch your idea to them.Needless to say, you should never do this. Deal terms with angels vary a lot.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76