Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

I’m in my seventh year now as a leader and an angel investment group where we just announced an investment last Thursday, and I’m very familiar with how this works for angel investors. Tell your angel investors a story about need. Depending on who the investors are, some want more, some want less.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

In very few specific cases, depending on the nature of the business, the business model might demand a considerable gestation period or extensive research and development. For these businesses, it is imperative to get funding from the start without which the company cannot be set up. Equity investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

If you are not in that rare category of known and proven entrepreneurs, you should avoid the following list of my top ten turnoffs that I have personally experienced as an angel investor. Teasing or spamming an investor is not the way to his pocketbook. Investors are buying part of the business, not the product or service.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 31, 2014

The biggest mistake for most of these startups was not understanding that optimizing their business model for the 24 million people in the Australian market would not prepare them for the size and scale they needed to get to big. For example, many of the Australian sports tech business models shared common elements.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 29, 2012

Crowdfunding] investors are not as sophisticated as professional venture and angel investors. This could be video testimonials from noted industry personalities, or other brands, creators or influencers you can get a shout-out from on social media. It comes down to a sales pitch. Budget carefully and leave a 30% cushion.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Another advantage of online investor and equity crowdfunding platforms is that they will force you to pull together your story and documentation in a more consistent and complete fashion than you might otherwise bother. First impressions are key, so maximize your credibility by providing videos of a prototype or minimum viable product (MVP).

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Equity Intellectual Property Elevator Pitch Social Media 236

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

In the early days of every business the incumbents tend not to respond because you’re too small and insignificant. As they see you grow the become intrigued and probably analyze your business model and potential. As an investor that’s precisely what goes through my mind. Choose that market. Microeconomics.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 28, 2010

Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account , I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Business Plan vs Business Model – [link].

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Steve Blank

JUNE 2, 2011

Reinventing the board meeting may allow venture-backed startups a more efficient, productive way to direct and measure their search for a profitable business model. Startups now understand what they should be doing in their early formative days is search for a business model. for a business model.

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Silicon Valley Business Model Early Stage Venture Capital 281

Austin Startup

APRIL 27, 2019

this post is all about the resilience required to keep going as an entrepreneur, not as an angel investor. It had a gut-wrenching pivot as the first business model didn’t work and today is thriving with its new one. Our original investors made very little?—?unless Our pivot wasn’t a business model pivot?—?it

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Paring down products, target customers, business models etc takes courage, but it must be done to have any chance of success. Eric, As you touch on, the lean venture has been the basic model employed by entrepreneurs throughout history until the past 12 years or so when venturing became institutionalized. Expo SF (May.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

We got great feedback from the investors in the audience, insights from watching the six other companies pitch, and more perspectives from the mentors and leaders of our accelerator. Throughout the accelerator we had been refining our business model and our product. Pitching put it all together. All of the companies did well.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Scayl -A slick way to email huge files, including HD Video. What does it take to be an Angel Investor? I am an active angel investor and on the board of Sand Hill Angels. VoiceBase - Transcription and search of voice communications (presentations, conference calls, etc.) ► July. (1). ► June. (1).

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Technical Review San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 38

Tim Keane

MAY 20, 2010

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. Here's an inspiring piece of video.   I'm surprised by (a few) angel investors who think this is "fun," and is within the bounds of the way people can and should be treated. 

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Wisconsin Angel Investor Bootstrapping Term Sheet 60

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 15, 2011

Startups now understand what they should be doing in their early formative days is search for a business model. The process they use to guide that search is "Customer Development" ; and to track their progress startups now have a scorecard to document their week-by-week changes – the business model canvas.

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Silicon Valley Startup Early Stage Business Model 118

Growthink Blog

MAY 10, 2012

Your first year or two in business is where your dreams merge with reality and take a new form to guide your future efforts. Many entrepreneurs end up taking their company in a different direction after some time spent testing your initial business model. This video explains more. read more.

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Equity Mezzanine Later Stage Venture Capital 88

Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. « How to prepare a sales forecast for a business plan | Main.  "A venture investor who never loses isn't risking enough," said a friend of mine recently. Books I Like.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 5, 2020

Carbon farming is coming upon us rapidly it’s progress is already under the transforming influence of technological innovation, and rapidly gaining widespread attention among Venture Capitalists and angel investors. The global automotive industry is going through an enormous disruption these days.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 11, 2017

In fact, I found that if they didn’t like something about our business model, they usually didn’t say anything. That may mean bootstrapping from your own savings, or getting money from friends, family, or angel investors. If you can’t get potential investors together with a live customer, use video.

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Transformify

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Therefore, hiring freelancers is key to our business model. When a client asks us to produce a branded video, web film, or create an application or design for their business, we hire the necessary talent for that specific gig. Lilia Stoyanov is CEO and angel investor at Transformify. About the author.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 11, 2016

And not keep investors informed about changes to your business model can have serious consequences. Dan Miller is the co-founder and CEO of Level Therapy , which provides access to psychotherapists through video, voice, and text. When they found out, they questioned my decision-making and me as an entrepreneur.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

August 2010 Two years ago I wrote about what I called " a huge, unexploitedopportunity in startup funding :" the growing disconnect betweenVCs, whose current business model requires them to invest largeamounts, and a large class of startups that need less than theyused to. In this case the super-angels are the invaders.

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Startup Valuation Non-Compete Deal Flow 93

The Next Web

DECEMBER 30, 2012

How to identify and engage the first customers for your product, and how to gather, evaluate and use their feedback to make your product, marketing and business model far stronger. Learn how to raise capital from angel investors and venture capitalists (and how to decide who you should target).

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Artificial Inteligence Founder Private Equity Ruby 156

Professor VC

DECEMBER 26, 2012

For those who haven't already left this post to catch the latest YouTube cat video, let me see if I can bring these divergent opinions together. However, they now can still do this on someone else's dime, but it is the angel investor and not an employer. As an angel, do I take this kind of gamble?

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Finance Angel Investor Private Equity Preferred Stock 48

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 11, 2016

And not keep investors informed about changes to your business model can have serious consequences. Dan Miller is the co-founder and CEO of Level Therapy , which provides access to psychotherapists through video, voice, and text. When they found out, they questioned my decision-making and me as an entrepreneur.

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Columbus Entrepreneur Ohio Cofounder 120

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Chasing funding versus chasing customers and a repeatable and scalable business model, is one reason startups fail. Is there a profitable business model? The Traditional VC Pitch Entrepreneurs who pursue the traditional product development model don’t have customer data to answer these questions. Can it scale?”

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I’d been around the web long enough to remember the dozens of companies before YouTube that tried to create crowdsourced video sites and failed. few years ago I also started following Alexander Osterwalder in his blog about his Business Model Generation -mantra. This should not deter you. same as the old boss. Don’t bother?

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Technical Review Technology Product CTO Hire 175

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Video From Business Of Software 2009: Building Great Software Businesses - OnStartups , August 23, 2010 Of the several conferences I attend or speak each at each year, my favorite is the Business of Software conference organized be Neil Davidson (of Red Gate ) and Joel Spolsky (of Fog Creek ). angel investing tips.

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Startup CTO Hire Cofounder Venture Capital 191

venturebeat.com

MARCH 8, 2011

Or it might mean you have enough customers to have “proved&# you have a viable business model, so now you can raise money with sensible terms. This story originally appeared on his blog.) Most people start their first company while they still have a day job. It makes sense: You don’t need loans.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Top Stories Photo & Video Galleries Top Lists Trending Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video More Topics. Clearly Define Your Business Model While this may sound like a trivial task, young startups often have an exciting and innovative product, but no real plan for monetizing it. Jobs Welcome to Mashable!

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Up and Running

MARCH 13, 2019

Whether you are trying to raise money from angel investors or venture capitalists for your business, or just want to perfect your business strategy, a solid elevator pitch is an essential tool for achieving your goals. That’s great if you are tackling such a problem, but for most businesses, that’s not the reality.

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Elevator Pitch Video Forecast Oregon 140

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Teams can prove their competence and validate their ideas by showing investors evidence that there’s a repeatable and scalable business model. And we can offer investors metrics to play Moneyball – with the Investment Readiness Level. We focus on evidence and trajectory across the business model. Here’s how.

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Oakland Incubator Lean Metrics 326

YoungUpstarts

MAY 11, 2020

Just like story beats in a movie script, which is meant to evoke responses from the audience, a story in the context of pitching to investors should consist of certain beats that are meant to elicit their reaction. When I was an entrepreneur raising money, one of the most effective pitches was for the Tap Fish video game.

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IP Business Model Angel Investor Video 191

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

He is also an active angel investor in companies like Klout and Meetup. The video can be watched here , but there is a most excellent summary below provided by John Excley. Of course, monetization of search became one of the best business models in the history of business.

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Semantic Acquisition Valuation Angel Investor 302

Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 21, 2006

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. Reducing Startup Risk: A Video Comment » September 21, 2006. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. Books I Like.

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Wisconsin Warrant Angel Investor Deal Flow 60

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

(To see the video above, please click the image, and then click on the Play button.). Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . – angel investor networks ( AngelList , FundersClub , OurCrowd , Republic *, SeedInvest ). .

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

The one-page pitch format is also more suitable for SaaS businesses that are constantly testing new ideas. Your pitch is going to cover your strategy (what you’re going to do), your tactics (how you’re going to do it), your business model (how you will make money), and your schedule (who is doing what and when). Wireframes.

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