Up and Running

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Although angel investment is a lot like venture capital (and is often confused with it), there are important distinctions. First, angel investors are groups or individuals who invest their own money. Businesses that land venture capital typically do so as they grow and mature after having started with angel investment first.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Don’t be shy about networking for advisors with business experience for coaching and mentoring. Sources should include local startup incubators, blog owners, and government support organizations, such as SCORE. Assess potential for funding or bootstrapping. The ability to pivot quickly is a key to success.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2023

Apply to local angel investor groups. Use online platforms like Gust to find them, and local networking to find ones that relate to your industry and passion. These are government funds allocated to support new technologies and important causes, like education, medicine, and social needs. Request a small business grant.

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Gust

JUNE 17, 2012

For example, with any outside investment, you give up some ownership and control, and with bootstrapping your growth curve will likely be longer and more organic. Following is my prioritized larger list of sources, with some “rules of thumb” which may save you a lot of time and energy: Bootstrapping. Angel investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

Apply to local angel investor groups. Use online platforms like Gust to find them, and local networking to find ones that relate to your industry and passion. These are government funds allocated to support new technologies and important causes, like education, medicine, and social needs. Request a small business grant.

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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. Bank loans. Venture capital.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

But every startup’s journey towards getting to the Series A point is certainly unique in its own way, and when I reflect on what it took to reach this goal, there were four key strategies, related to raising funds and seeking out investors, that really set us up for successes and helped us get there not just faster, but smarter.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 1, 2010

For example, with any outside investment, you give up some ownership and control, and with bootstrapping you growth curve will likely be longer and more organic. Following is my prioritized larger list of sources, with some “rules of thumb” which may save you a lot of time and energy: Bootstrapping. Angel investors.

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Professor VC

MARCH 10, 2009

Bootstrapping 101. I moderated a panel discussion last night on one of my favorite topics, bootstrapping, as part of our Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship Eminent Speaker Series at San Jose State. They have a standard presentation on bootstrapping, which they present around the country. ProfessorVC.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2018

Different types of investors tend to specialize in capitalizing on businesses at different stages. Venture capital firms look for the most mature companies they can find, Angel investors typically deal a tier lower, while friends and family are most likely to help you get started. Don’t sign up for one, expecting the other.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2014

Different types of investors tend to specialize in capitalizing on businesses at different stages. Venture capital firms look for the most mature companies they can find, Angel investors typically deal a tier lower, while friends and family are most likely to help you get started. Don’t sign up for one, expecting the other.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

More About Duct Tape Marketing Consultant Network: Learn more here. John Jantsch (00:00): This episode of the duct tape marketing podcast is brought to you by the salesman podcast, hosted by Will Barron and brought to you by the HubSpot podcast network. Check out the duct tape marketing consultant network. Like this show?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Apply to local angel investor groups. Use online platforms like Gust to find them, and local networking to find ones that relate to your industry and passion. These are government funds allocated to support new technologies and important causes, like education, medicine, and social needs. Request a small business grant.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

And, depending on the business you start, there may also be various government incentives. Gather information from government sites like the U.S. Census Bureau or the national Small Business Development Center (SBDC) network, your local chamber of commerce and relevant industry publications. Talk to people, including customers.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

If you live in Texas, find out how you can tap into the network. Indigo Room Featured Speaker: Whitney Wolfe Herd As Founder and CEO of Bumble, Whitney Wolfe Herd helms one of the fastest-growing social networks in the world. Bootstrapping allows you to get started on your venture with whatever resources are at hand.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2014

Unless you are bootstrapping everything, you need to have a clear plan on what networking and documents are required to get to friends and family, Angel investors, and institutional investors. Even the government is watching to see where you fit. entrepreneur funding hobby investors startup'

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2016

Different types of investors tend to specialize in capitalizing on businesses at different stages. Venture capital firms look for the most mature companies they can find, Angel investors typically deal a tier lower, while friends and family are most likely to help you get started. Don’t sign up for one, expecting the other.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Apply to local Angel investor groups. Use online platforms like Gust to find them, and local networking to find ones that relate to your industry and passion. These are government funds allocated to support new technologies and important causes, like education, medicine, and social needs. Request a small business grant.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2013

Unless you are bootstrapping everything, you need to have a clear plan on what networking and documents are required to get to friends and family, Angel investors, and institutional investors. Even the government is watching to see where you fit. Funding process. Marty Zwilling.

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Tim Keane

MAY 27, 2010

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. It was bootstrapped.   Today, we have an angel investor network, the Golden Angels, as well as an entrepreneurship center to spread the entrepreneurial word across campus. .

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

Apply to local Angel investor groups. Use online platforms like Gust to find them, and local networking to find ones that relate to your industry and passion. These are government funds allocated to support new technologies and important causes, like education, medicine, and social needs. Request a small business grant.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Start attending networking events and leverage people in your network to connect with a mentor. You never know—you may just get a potential investor out of it like Michael Litt , co-founder of Vidyard. However, most entrepreneurs do eventually need investments from external sources, and can’t rely on bootstrapping forever.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Maximum investment from each individual investor would be the lesser of $10K or 10% of annual income and investors do not need to be sophisticated. Angel investments are highly risky and I would estimate that over 90% provide no return to equity investors. Just not from investors who cant afford to lose the cash.

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Up and Running

APRIL 24, 2018

Once you understand all these points, you can start networking with them. Because of complex government regulations and a lengthy incubation period, funding a healthcare startup is more difficult compared to financing a tech startup. SBIR often offers grants to projects that are deemed risky by the VCs or equity investors.

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www.inc.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

government (which appointed its first CTO last year), more organizations are finding that the position is integral to organizational success. From tech-centric start-ups to, well, the U.S. Because most top candidates from related fields are likely entrenched in great jobs already, theyre unlikely to be trolling job posting sites.

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Tim Keane

MARCH 8, 2010

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. "I'm from the government and I'm here to help you." " Entrepreneurs looking for investors know about "accredited investor" status and the myriad benefits it provides. 

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 8, 2019

Chris is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor who has been a mentor for years. We are a bootstrapped business so cash management is critical?—?you You probably already have many of them because you have previous experience in active duty or as a civilian government employee?—?but Vice President?—?Operations

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Professor VC

JULY 31, 2008

A 2005 report by the Government Accountability Office indicates that textbook prices have outpaced inflation by more than 2-1 over the past two decades and account for 26% of tuition and fees at four-year public universities and nearly three-quarters of costs at community colleges. Negotiating an Angel Deal in your PJ's.

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

It is a constantly coordinated, ongoing set of relationships with customers, government officials, craftspeople, and your internal people. Friends and family are the most common backers, and many startups bootstrap. That’s a brewery’s permission from the federal government to brew commercially,” says Jason. “It It’s the law.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Start-Up Chile: $40k to Live There and Start a Company - Ben Casnocha: The Blog , August 14, 2010 Governments round the world are trying to stimulate entrepreneurship. The Chilean government recently announced a bold initiative that stands apart from the usual innovation and start-up handwaving. angel investing tips.

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Professor VC

JULY 2, 2010

A similar trend is happening in alternative energy, the industry that has greatly benefited from both venture capital and US government assistance over the past decade. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Negotiating an Angel Deal in your PJ's. Bootstrapping 101.

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Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

And then medium-size businesses start to use it, and then large businesses start to use it, and then eventually the government starts to use it. So the shift from buying a lot of servers and databases and software licenses and networking equipment, the shift instead to just renting it all. And then small businesses start to use it.

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