Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2011

Angel investors and venture capitalists don’t invest in non-profits. The simple reason is that it’s impossible to make money for investors when the goal of the company is to not make money. For a non-profit, bootstrapping is self-funding from donations and fund-raising. Individual and institutional donations.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

Bootstrapping. I always recommend that you start with bootstrapping. Bootstrapping is when you put your own money or borrow from friends and family to set up your business. Bootstrapping inculcates the entrepreneurial discipline and financial responsibility to run a lean business. ? Equity investors. Seed stage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2012

Angel investors and venture capitalists don’t invest in non-profits. The simple reason is that it’s impossible to make money for investors when the goal of the company is to not make money. For a non-profit, bootstrapping is self-funding from donations and fund-raising. Individual and institutional donations.

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Angel Investor Technical Review Exit Strategy Equity 218

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Angel investors will perk up if you have a prototype or a few real customers, while venture capitalists will likely choose to wait until you have achieved several million in revenue or customer count. Equity investors typically look for 10 times return projections, since they expect many of their investments to fail totally.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Every entrepreneur needs help and support along the way, from developing the initial idea, to selling off the successful business (exit strategy). Separately at this stage, you may look for small funding amounts from angel investors , called seed investments. Don’t waste your resources on the wrong ones.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2020

Angel investors will perk up if you have a prototype or a few real customers, while venture capitalists will likely choose to wait until you have achieved several million in revenue or customer count. Equity investors typically look for 10 times return projections, since they expect many of their investments to fail totally.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Every entrepreneur needs help and support along the way, from developing the initial idea, to selling off the successful business (exit strategy). Separately at this stage, you may look for small funding amounts from angel investors , called seed investments. Don’t waste your resources on the wrong ones.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2013

Every entrepreneur needs help and support along the way, from developing the initial idea, to selling off the successful business (exit strategy). Separately at this stage, you may look for small funding amounts from Angel investors , called seed investments. Don’t waste your resources on the wrong ones.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Every entrepreneur needs help and support along the way, from developing the initial idea, to selling off the successful business (exit strategy). Separately at this stage, you may look for small funding amounts from Angel investors , called seed investments. Don’t waste your resources on the wrong ones.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2012

Every entrepreneur needs help and support along the way, from developing the initial idea, to selling off the successful business (exit strategy). Separately at this stage, you may look for small funding amounts from angel investors , called seed investments. Don’t waste your resources on the wrong ones.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

AUGUST 16, 2010

Let's get the self-aggrandizing plea for attention out of the way: Please vote for my SxSW panel entitled "A Bootstrapped Geek Sifts Through the Bullshit.". He believes that angel investors are pushing entrepreneurs to think small, and avoid the home run swings. And you don’t get a home run unless you swing hard, he says.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2011

Every entrepreneur needs help and support along the way, from developing the initial idea, to selling off the successful business (exit strategy). Separately at this stage, you may look for small funding amounts from angel investors , called seed investments. Don’t waste your resources on the wrong ones.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 7, 2015

Angel investors will perk up if you have a prototype or a few real customers, while venture capitalists will likely choose to wait until you have achieved several million in revenue or customer count. Equity investors typically look for 10 times return projections, since they expect many of their investments to fail totally.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 13, 2012

In 1998, before they even incorporated, Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page were trying to present their concept to early-stage, or "angel" investors, with limited success. Sun Microsystems co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim was one such angel. So what do angels want? All pitches consist of some levels of hype and hope.

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www.inc.com

JULY 9, 2010

500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc. 500|5000 Conference Honorees Resources Press Apply 2011 ); Topics > Leadership and Managing > Human Resources > Recruiting and Hiring Employees > How to Attract Talent to Your Start-Up At a start-up, you need employees that are in it for the long haul and fit your unique culture.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy. According to David Rose , CEO of Gust, venture capital investors funded about 1500 startups last year, with Angel investors backing over 50,000 more. No wonder 90% of the successful startups still bootstrap.

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Up and Running

APRIL 1, 2010

This is why investors don’t like businesses that can finance themselves and grow forever without needing outside investment. Angel investors and venture capitalists don’t want to be long-term partners in stable businesses. One key buzzword is the exit strategy. Key assets walk out the door every night.

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2018

All of these factors contribute to a scalable business model, which in turn, helps attract investors. Whether you are asking angel investors to fund your expansion or seeking a bank loan, you must know how much money you need. Bootstrapping or self-funding. Angel investors. Venture capital. Venture capital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy. According to Statistic Brain , angel investors, numbering almost 300,000, contributed a record $25 billion to early-stage startups in the U.S. With more startups, angels still limit their focus to about one out of 40 requests.

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Gust

DECEMBER 23, 2011

Or is it still possible to bootstrap and build a company organically? A gigantic percentage of startup literature concerns how to raise capital. But before you start on that PowerPoint, let’s ask this: do you really have to? Strategically, the advantage outside capital provides is obvious: you can go faster.

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Tim Keane

APRIL 12, 2006

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. « "What Makes an Attractive Angel Investment" | Main. | Ten questions the entrepreneur should ask the (prospective) investor. Angels and Advisors. Bootstrapping.

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www.inc.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc. 500|5000 Conference Honorees Resources Press Apply 2011 ); Topics > Leadership and Managing > Human Resources > Job Descriptions > How to Hire a CTO When its time to add a technologist to your slate of executives, what are the best practices to follow?

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Spencer Fry , Founder of two bootstrapped companies. Bob Ktastic , Social gaming Pioneer 6 votes by Mike DeVerna , Anon User, Andy Wright , (more) Mike DeVerna , Anon User, Andy Wright , David Yousling , Ankit Singh and Philip Wilkinson Ideally and we are talking from the bootstrapping stage you would want the following.

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