mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Not only that, but the growing battle between venture capital firms and “super angels&# presents an amazing opportunity for entrepreneurs trying to build the next big thing. All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 84

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Not only that, but the growing battle between venture capital firms and “super angels&# presents an amazing opportunity for entrepreneurs trying to build the next big thing. All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator.

Angel Investor 83

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 83

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Founder Dialogues : Eric Paley plays talk show host on this recurring fireside chat style event with Boston area founders. The next one is TechProm , organized by Dave Balter, the founder of BzzAgent. OnStartups: One of the largest online startup communities founded by HubSpot founder Dharmesh Shah. University Resources.

Boston 56

Boston Technical Review Community CTO Hire 56

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

At this year’s FUND Conference in Chicago, Illinois, over 100 startups presented their early-stage companies in front of hundreds of investors and industry leaders. FUND is a national connector of entrepreneurs, VCs, angel investors, and industry experts with a focus on deal flow and making connections.

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Chicago Illinois New York City Cofounder 147

Hearpreneur

MAY 4, 2019

What I’ve learned from my experiences as a four-time entrepreneur and an angel investor in more than thirty startups is that while it often looks as if world-altering business opportunities emerge by accident, they can, in fact, be discovered and scaled in a methodical way. Tell us your story. Why did you start your business?

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Cofounder Founder Entrepreneur Venture Capital 67

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

According to Fortune , in 2006, female founders were involved in only 2.95 Teams of male and female founders and the implication for team composition. Obviously, startup teams aren’t always comprised of all men or all women; teams of mixed gender founders exist, and some of them get funding. 33 billion in venture funding.

Venture Capital 82

Venture Capital Lean Cofounder Technical Review 82

Steve Blank

JANUARY 20, 2014

Part 2: Early-stage Regional Venture Funds. There’s a concentration around several sectors: software, hardware, medical-technology, aviation, and a specialty of Oregon – craft beer brewing. This “small business” mindset is a holdover of how capital starved early stage startups are/were in Oregon.

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Silicon Valley Oregon Lean Venture Capital 314

Scalable Startup

AUGUST 9, 2018

In their quest for sustainable growth, the elusive dream for most first time founders is that first funding. This can either come from the founder(s) own bank account or from outside investors. At this stage you’re essentially selling yourself and your cofounders. One of the easiest mistake to fix is timing.

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Technical Cofounder Silicon Valley Early Stage Cofounder 20

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

the Connectors, Angels, Venture Capitalists, Founders, Professors, Hackers, Press… and the Legends. Find the Connectors , the Angels , the Venture Capitalists , the Founders , the Professors , the Hackers , and the Legends you need to meet and get some hints about the best ways to meet them. How do you meet them?

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Austin Texas Cofounder Los Angeles 110

Hunter Walker

AUGUST 26, 2022

Hunter Walk: Ok, so we first met when you were leading comms at enterprise software company Box, a startup you joined when they were still pretty early and stayed at until post-IPO. I had gone to high school with the founders in the Seattle area, and we had recently reconnected. First, congrats! Enter Box. They gave me a shot.

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IPO Cofounder Early Stage Portfolio 91

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. If you use software like LivePlan, you can create this initial “lean plan” in under an hour and then spend your time where it really matters—on validating your idea.

Software Review 74

Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 1, 2014

So today I’m excited to announce that Upfront Ventures is leading an $8 million round with some amazing co-investors including Founder’s Fund, OATV, Lowercase, High Peaks, Collaborative Fund and many great angel investors. And for the next several months the founders literally ran the business.

Technical Review 380

Technical Review Software Review Cofounder CTO Hire 380

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 11, 2017

by Karla Friede, CEO, co-founder, and member of the Board of Directors at Nvoicepay. Earlier this month, my co-founders and I raised our sixth round of venture capital funding for Nvoicepay. We were working on a business strategy for a software company in California, and I’ll never forget my first meeting at the company.

Cofounder 100

Cofounder B2B Early Stage Venture Capital 100

Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

Founders Institute Plain Preferred Term Sheet (by WSGR – disclaimer, I represent the Founders Institute and was involved in drafting this document). Certain angel investors refuse to do convertible debt deals, but will be okay if there is a price cap. The company is obligated to pay $10K for investors counsel.

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Finance Software Review Term Sheet Liquidation Preference 70

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio form a massive startup Megalopolis that is attracting top talent, impact-focused investors, and the most innovative companies in the world. Startups and investors should treat Texas like one big city. Joe Lonsdale. Drew Houston. Jim Breyer. Charles Schwab. Hewlett Packard. Who’s next?

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Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 90

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2017

It is not just a messenger like an app rather it has many advanced features which ensure smooth team co-ordination. There are many times that many people tend to work on the same software and managing them can be a really tough job. AngelList is a website for start-ups, angel investors, and job-seekers. Author Bio.

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Open Source Startup Cofounder Analytics 74

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 7, 2017

We give you free rent, free hosting, a lot of other free stuff to make that $100,000 last as long as possible,” said Joshua Baer, founder and Executive Director of Capital Factory. If you’re successful, you’ll validate the business enough to raise $500,000 and then raise a real seed round from a VC. Visit [link] to schedule a tour.

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San Antonio Texas Dallas San Francisco 48

Rob Go

OCTOBER 21, 2014

I’m pleased to announce that NextView is co-organizing an event on November 11 called “ Angel Bootcamp ” along with the event’s original creator Jon Pierce. The first Angel Bootcamp happened several years ago. What to make of crowd funding, from the founder of Funders Club and a board member of Angelist.

Silicon Valley 48

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Boston Cofounder 48

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations. To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. . Data companies focused on early-stage startups include Aingel , fundsUP , Preseries , PredictLeads , and Sploda.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Scalable Startup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

How can other regions will ever match the MACHINE: Stanford, Andreesen, Draper, Valentine, Doerr, Facebook/Apple/Google Millionaires, 4 Generation VC firms, Hardware/Software partnerships, over 100 Billon $ market cap cos. It has spread way beyond to the east bay.

Silicon Valley 22

Silicon Valley San Francisco Angel Investor Hawaii 22

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. Before I get into the details for founders, let me talk about options-hungry employees. The speakers are great and have enough stage time to really get into the topic they’re passionate about. Why do startups?

Startup 191

Startup CTO Hire Cofounder Venture Capital 191

www.instigatorblog.com

MARCH 2, 2010

The Board probably existed beforehand, but was made up only of the founders. Once funding takes place, the angels or VCs will want a seat at the table. We have been lucky enough to have formed strong relationships with family friends and past co-workers, to have a very informal Board of Advisors on hand.

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Advisory Board Startup Cofounder Equity 40

Scalable Startup

MAY 29, 2012

There is a highly under-known fact in the software engineering world – many of the best developers and architects are not in Silicon Valley, but in the New York metro area. But if a Tipping Point could be created there it could over come the costs.

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Silicon Valley New York Startup Software Engineering 22

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

What most founders don’t realize is: Every stage of a startup requires a different set of metrics and milestones and founder skills. Knowing these will help a founder position her pitch to get investors’ attention. Founders need to keep their eye on the prize — not just the next funding round.

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Cofounder Seed Stage Valuation Metrics 429

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2009

With open source software (LAMP stack) and cloud computing infrastructure it just wasn’t that expensive to get your company going and founders just wanted to raise less money. Many VCs who do lots of seed stage deals are very supportive and active. They do many early-stage deals. They have a large-ish fund.

Software Review 283

Software Review Term Sheet Due Diligence Southern California 283

VC Cafe

JUNE 29, 2012

When I met Instagram, Kevin (the founder) had great numbers, but he wasn’t even thinking about revenue. I invested in a company called Yobongo – the founder blew me away, he ended up selling his company and I made most of my money back. Lots of founders are college dropouts. He put a lot of emphasis on performance.

Developer 103

Developer Silicon Valley Software Review Mexico 103

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

data.world and our modern catalog for data and analysis is a new category of software, much like Bazaarvoice and Coremetrics created new categories before, and the brilliant book Play Bigger helped us find it. both in the “picks and shovels” space of digital retail with very compelling software solutions. make that fourteen years now).

Software Review 48

Software Review Sales Cofounder Analytics 48

Scalable Startup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Being the CEO of a startup is crazy, fun, very hard work, inclusive, humbling and of course can be quite rewarding. Weekends are meaningless. There is a continuous decision stream where each decision informs the next. Your mind is thinking 24 hours a day, even when you sleep.

IPO 27

IPO Revenue Employee Sales 27

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Whats is the best way to find a co-founder for your startup? I’m part of an early startup made up of four friends, we’re all motivated and really dedicated to our startup. However, one of my co-founders doesn’t seem to be as motivated as the rest of us. No investor cares about a business plan.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

And since a startup thatsucceeds ordinarily makes its founders rich, that implies gettingrich is doable too. A lot ofwould-be startup founders think the key to the whole process is theinitial idea, and from that point all you have to do is execute.Venture capitalists know better. Ideally you want between two and four founders.

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Startup Cofounder Software Stock 105

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

To that end, companies will offer enterprise-ready software that comes with additional features, services and support. Also consider an area for its potential business partners (software integrators, resellers, etc.) For example, angel funding is more prevalent in the United States than in Europe. Jobs Welcome to Mashable!

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France Marketing Social Media Startup 77

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going. Why was it ok for you to have no talent but a great idea and label yourself a co-founder of a company but advise against it for anyone else? and Google.

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84

Scalable Startup

JULY 19, 2011

The new hot spots are San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, the east bay, etc. San Francisco - San Francisco has actually successfully co-opted the Silicon Valley magic and even surpassed it in some ways (Twitter, Salesforce.com); it’s again a very hot place to be right now and this will continue. Talk about scalability!

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California Southern California San Francisco Silicon Valley 20

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

I had dinner with my good friend and Bazaarvoice co-founder, Brant Barton, on Tuesday at the new Sway in West Lake Hills (yummy) and we talked about lessons learned in angel investing. Very few angel investors I’ve met are that disciplined as greed can get the best of you. 5 from 4–5pm CT (you can sign up here ).

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Angel Investor Advisory Board Equity B2C 48

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Lessons from a top Angel Investor: Fabrice Grinda talks about his 100 early-stage investments – [link]. Google App Engine is ready for primetime says Reddit/Hipmunk co-founder – [link]. Six best practice tips for email unsubscribe pages | Econsultancy – [link].

Social Media 93

Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

Scalable Startup

MAY 14, 2012

STARTUP #1 “LAUNCHED” – WE’RE STILL EARLY EARLY STAGE – Last week we had our second meeting, this week we’ll have our third, with home work assignments, so it looks we may be actually doing something here. It’s an experiment so stay tuned.

Los Angeles 20

Los Angeles Startup Early Stage Incubator 20

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Moshe joined Microsoft in 1991 as a product manager after a career as a software developer. Another problem is that in Israel we are lacking capital that invests in technology companies through maturity, what is known as the ‘growth stage.’ In this post I break down an article by TheMarker.co.il Three of them were sold.”

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Venture Capital New Zealand Startup 100