Gust

OCTOBER 17, 2012

I began studying angel investing returns about 10 years ago as a result of a problem I couldn’t resolve: The investing world seemed certain that angel investors were rubes. And whenever they might come close to succeeding, savvy “professional” investors would just swoop in, cram them down, and win the real returns.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Seed Stage Silicon Valley 152

Gust

DECEMBER 21, 2011

The Valley produces world-class entrepreneurs, angel investors, venture capitalists and successful high-tech companies – all growing and creating jobs on one relatively small peninsula. This is not to say that there is no competition for deals in Seattle, Boston, New York and elsewhere.)

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Silicon Valley Southern California Tucson Seattle 107

View from Seed

MAY 11, 2016

The context of starting business may have changed, and some of the tools and practices (especially around early product development and go-to-market) might look very different. In either case, sometimes solving other people’s problems (as a team member, advisor, angel investor, etc.) So, what are some ways to overcome this?

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 5, 2019

Angel investors. An angel investor is an accredited investor who uses his or her own money to invest in a small business. Not just anyone can be an angel investor, though. I myself have served as an angel investor for some companies. Self-funding or “bootstrapping.”.

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Angel Investor Accredited Investor Bootstrapping Boston 113

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 13, 2012

I began studying angel investing returns about 10 years ago as a result of a problem I couldn’t resolve: The investing world seemed certain that angel investors were rubes. And whenever they might come close to succeeding, savvy “professional” investors would just swoop in, cram them down, and win the real returns.

Angel Investor 103

Angel Investor Venture Capital Seed Stage Silicon Valley 103

Rob Go

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Even though we are a seed-focused VC fund, we were very excited to help organize this event because of our belief that increased angel activity is critical to keep propelling the Boston startup ecosystem (and the local economy) further. The best angel investors hunt. But the best angel investors hunt.

Angel Investor 71

Angel Investor Silicon Valley Cofounder Finance 71

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. I am heavily indebted to earlier theorists, and highly recommend the books Lean Thinking and Lean Software Development. Labels: customer development , lean startup 8comments: Amy said.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 25, 2010

The number of VC firms located here and funding Chicago companies was tiny compared to the number in Silicon Valley (or New York and Boston for that matter). Nor was there a widely established network of Angels with a track record of supporting local companies. Finally, recruiting talented workers has been an ongoing concern.

Chicago 81

Chicago Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Entrepreneur 81

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

They get together with a few buddies, bounce around ideas, build some code (sometimes internally, sometimes through contractors), start talking to potential angel investors and then register their company. I know he’s smart but you wouldn’t hire a Javascript developer to do your database design – would you?

Southern California 318

Southern California Silicon Valley IP Stock Options 318

Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Join us and learn how to attract Venture Capital investment in your startup when you live somewhere other than Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, or Boston. Hear from venture investors and successful entrepreneurs to find out what factors they considered and how you can make your pitch stand out from the rest. Time: 12:30PM?—?

Technical Review 58

Technical Review Silicon Valley Texas Austin 58

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

ranking it ahead of the noted startup hotspot of Boston. Local Programs to Develop Entrepreneurship. Merlin (short for Madison Entrepreneur Resource, Learning and Innovation Network) Mentors was developed with the support of various programs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Wisconsin 149

Wisconsin Angel Investor Social Media Incubator 149

Genuine VC

MAY 18, 2011

I excited not only about becoming an investor, but also about joining the company’s board to work together with the Founder & CEO Jason Gracilieri to revolutionize how contemporary art is enjoyed in the home and office. Of course, like any startup there is quite a bit of work to be done.

Cofounder 118

Cofounder Boston Angel Investor Founder 118

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Boston is a great place to start and build a company. There is a wealth of resources that are unique to this town and a vibrant community of hackers, business people, and investors at various stages in their career. However, Boston is a transient town, especially for the student population that refreshes a large population each year.

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Boston Community CTO Hire Cofounder 72

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Fralic has 25 years of technology industry experience, with significant Internet business development roles since 1996. Prior to joining First Round in early 2006, Mr. Fralic was VP of Business Development at social bookmarking and tagging company del.icio.us as a director in their business development group. through the Yahoo!

Portfolio 122

Portfolio New York Social Bookmarking Philadelphia 122

David Teten

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Susan Balloch is a Managing Director of Golden Seeds, an angel fund that invests in early stage companies founded or led by women. Balloch’s 20+ year career prior to becoming an angel investor was in financial services both in the private equity world- fundraising and investor relations, and in investment banking.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity North America Cofounder Angel Groups 114

View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

And they tell us over and over again that they just care about four things: Hiring and developing a great team. And if you are a founder developing a product for the Everyday Economy and want to have the support of great people like these, please reach out. Building a great product. Getting more customers. Not running out of money.

Operations 176

Operations Cofounder Technical Review Angel Investor 176

The Next Web

JULY 27, 2013

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Aaron Pitman , an angel investor and founder and partner of RA Domain Capital. Not everyone has the Hollywood contacts of Zach Braff, and trying to develop your business with a list of Kickstarter backers following your every move can be more stressful than comforting.

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Seed Money Massachusetts Equity Campaign 130

VC Cafe

JUNE 29, 2012

I’m in San Francisco, attending the Google I/O , Google’s flagship developer conference. Kevin – different angel investors put money in things that they are passionate about. Rick – I’m a Boston-based VC. In your case, come to Boston. Development for equity. Join a startup.

Developer 103

Developer Silicon Valley Software Review Mexico 103

SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

How-to learn about angel/vc term sheets - Gabriel Weinberg , June 28, 2010 I think every startup entrepreneur (and angel investor) should have a good understanding of financing term sheets. It sounds like Angel Boot Camp rocked. The loyalties that develop during that time are strong and hard to break.

Cofounder 175

Cofounder Technical Cofounder Term Sheet Startup 175

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2020

Key sources of financial capital for any startup community must include friends and family, local angel investors, and venture capital access. Startup neighborhoods develop more readily in larger cities, like Boston, New York, London, or the San Francisco Bay Area. Financial capital – revenue, equity, debt, funding.

Community 329

Community San Francisco Silicon Valley Startup 329

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

If your friends or family happen to be rich, the line blurs betweenthem and angel investors. At Viaweb we got our first $10,000 ofseed money from our friend Julian, but he was sufficiently richthat its hard to say whether he should be classified as a friendor angel. Angel Investors Angels are individual rich people.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

Scalable Startup

JANUARY 19, 2013

A different way to improve your cash situation is the indirect one – reduce Friction Costs in your ecosystem with peripheral influencers.

Silicon Valley 24

Silicon Valley Cost Boston Hosting 24

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 10, 2011

We still have some collective scar tissue: the idea conjures up the hordes of dot-com hopefuls that descended on VC’s and angel investors with little more than a business plan. It’s a common refrain around Silicon Valley to disparage the role of MBA’s in entrepreneurship. I also frequently see the reverse.

Silicon Valley 167

Silicon Valley San Francisco Lean Investment Bankers 167

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Annual Deal Pipeline for Selected VCs and Angel Investor Groups. Acquirer/ Investor. Angel groups using Gust. They have developed a broad network of 24 senior, focused deal originators to produce top quartile results in 8 of their 9 recent funds. The median VC reviews 87 opportunities before making 1 investment.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

Growthink Blog

JUNE 28, 2010

They, however, are both professional investors and technologists, and deeply networked into the core U.S. angel investor deal community - namely Silicon Valley. Joining an Angel Group. Increasingly in recent years, there have sprung up angel investor networking groups around the country.

Private Equity 63

Private Equity Technical Review Silicon Valley Los Angeles 63

Growthink Blog

JUNE 28, 2010

They, however, are both professional investors and technologists, and deeply networked into the core U.S. angel investor deal community - namely Silicon Valley. Joining an Angel Group. Increasingly in recent years, there have sprung up angel investor networking groups around the country.

Private Equity 63

Private Equity Technical Review Silicon Valley Los Angeles 63

Genuine VC

JANUARY 29, 2008

And the CTO James McElhiney is also a seasoned entrepreneur (cofounder of Boston Compliance Systems, which he later sold to Thomson Financial), bringing over 20 years of large-scale development expertise to the company. Today’s announcement of a $4.4M

Technical Cofounder 101

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Angel Investor 101

Genuine VC

JANUARY 29, 2008

And the CTO James McElhiney is also a seasoned entrepreneur (cofounder of Boston Compliance Systems, which he later sold to Thomson Financial), bringing over 20 years of large-scale development expertise to the company. Today’s announcement of a $4.4M

Technical Cofounder 100

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Angel Investor 100

Tim Keane

MAY 27, 2010

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

Bootstrapping 60

Bootstrapping Startup America Employee 60

ReadWriteStart

MAY 29, 2013

Take a look at the most recent TechStars Boston class. TechStars Boston has tried in recent years to focus at least parts of its classes on companies that may not fit the typical notion of a tech startup, looking for companies, ideas and founders that have intimate knowledge of how disrupt an industry that others may ignore.

Boston 60

Boston Startup Coder Algorithm 60

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Silicon Valleydominates, then Boston, then Seattle, Austin, Denver, and New York. In practice what happens is that the business guys choose peoplethey think are good programmers (it says here on his resume thathes a Microsoft Certified Developer) but who arent. We investsmall amounts of our own, like angel investors. [

Startup 108

Startup Software Review Hiring Detroit 108

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

This session will cover the latest in location-based technology and what it means for developers, users, cities, events and advertisers. Join us and learn how to attract Venture Capital investment in your startup when you live somewhere other than Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, or Boston. Date: Sat March 10, 2018 Time: 12:30 PM?

Mexico 48

Mexico Silicon Valley Texas Austin 48

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

And James doesn’t have any money to pay for development. You’ll probably need to contact two dozen serial entrepreneurs with a very well-developed project before you get actionable advice and referrals. In the process of gathering feedback, you’re beginning to develop a network of advisers and supporters.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Fractional CTO Partner CTO Hire 40

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Georges Doriot the first VC Doriot and American Research and Development are worth noting for: Some of the very early VC’s got their venture capital education at Harvard as Doriot’s students ( Arthur Rock , Peter Crisp , Charles Waite.) Unable to buy any plans or models he committed the details to memory.

Silicon Valley 159

Silicon Valley Securities and Exchange Commission Venture Capital RSS 159

onstartups.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

From Nashville to Boston: How A Startup Accelerator Changed Our Lives (1 month ago). Raising Money On AngelList: 21 Tips From Two Active Angels (1 month ago). 5 Reasons An Angel Investor Will Walk From Your Deal (1 month ago). Combating the Innovators Dilemma – HubSpot’s Experiments Framework (3 weeks ago).

Stealth 42

Stealth NDA Startup RSS 42

David Teten

APRIL 29, 2014

One of our conclusions was that VCs get better returns when they invest outside of the traditional geographic hotspots of New York, Boston, and the San Francisco Bay Area. We have seen this first-hand, with some of our best investments being located outside of the hub geographies, e.g., Cornerstone On Demand in Los Angeles.

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Venture Capital Los Angeles Cofounder Technical Review 114

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 10, 2010

There are lots of development shops out there who would be more than happy to build the tech for your startup. Here are a few tips I learned from being out there in the market to hire developers, struggling at first, but then eventually learning how to successfully acquire talent in the end. #1 Have you interviewed 50 developers yet?

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