Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2020

Get help with grant funding and incubator resources. These often lead to angel investors and venture capital investments later, or connections to local company venture funds for selected focus and technology areas. Attract a co-founder and key team members.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 10, 2017

We’d also like to highlight two notable investors who participated in our first close: David Johnston began investing in Bitcoin in 2012. He co-founded the first angel investor group in the Bitcoin space, BitAngels , in 2013, which grew to over 500 members globally. The fund returned ~8x in 24 months. Factom, Inc.

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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 rounds also tend to close quicker.

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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 rounds also tend to close quicker.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 3, 2012

Shaker Heights, Ohio-based business incubator LaunchHouse is inviting ten technology startup teams from around the world to participate in a 12-week startup accelerator program. If selected, the teams will be required to relocate to Cleveland, Ohio and operate from LaunchHouse ‘s business incubator space for those 12 weeks.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Tim O’Reilly, Founder at O’Reilly Media and promoter of open source and Web 2.0 Let’s have a look at what early stage founders can expect in terms of oxygen. Consequently, the city has now built up a respectable pool of angel investors that have not only the cash, but also the scars, wits, and friends to lift you off.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 27, 2019

this post is all about the resilience required to keep going as an entrepreneur, not as an angel investor. Bob Fabbio was the founder and CEO of eRelevance and he was the man in the arena here?—?and For all of us Austin fans, I’m talking about Cotter Cunningham, the founder and CEO of RetailMeNot. But I digress?—?this

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 14, 2013

Amsterdam-based startup accelerator Rockstart last year launched a program to find and support ten teams of startup founders in Europe. It recently announced the results of its incubator program – and the results look promising.

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The Startup Lawyer

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Great news — your startup just got accepted to an incubator! But before your startup signs up and cashes that $[XX,000] check, your startup’s co-founders should sit down and evaluate the incubator’s offer. Pre-money valuations startups receive from incubators are typically low…really low.

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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. Sounds like a great team.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 8, 2013

by Natalie Gonzalez, co-founder and head of marketing and social media at Chatalog. Many times basic legal or accounting questions can be answered at no cost or at a minimal cost through a firm that works with a local incubator, accelerator or small business organization. New survey data from Constant Contact® , Inc.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

If you create a business and start building products and go into an incubator or raise angel/seed money and don’t think about Market Size and Market Structure I only have one question: Why? Read plenty of “what went wrong” eulogies by founders and see what you can learn. Incumbent Strengths & Weaknesses.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Small business leaders salivating at the idea of getting a big cash injection from an angel investor need to slow things down a bit and focus on their own company first. If you don’t believe me, listen to Geoff Ralston, President of legendary startup incubator Y Combinator : “Investors need persuading.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2016

Get help with grant funding and incubator resources. These often lead to angel investors and venture capital investments later, or connections to local company venture funds for selected focus and technology areas. Attract a co-founder and key team members.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 1, 2015

PSL, based in Seattle, is a not a VC firm, accelerator, or incubator, but instead is a startup studio, which is a company that creates companies. The co-founders are Greg Gottesman, Geoff Entress, Mike Galgon, and Ben Gilbert. Greg is a co-founder of Madrona and long-time VC.

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www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

female founders. founder friday. Lessons learned from female founders and women entrepreneurs. Startup Quote: Wendy Tan White on Building a Successful Startup » FounderDating: How I Found My Co-Founder. Tweet By Elizabeth Knopf (Co-Founder & CEO, Sorced). Conference 2012.

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www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Chris McCann is the co-founder of StartupDigest , the members-only guide to the tech startup world. s and Angels such as Jason Calacanis and Dave McClure responded to Roberts and took the opposite stance - McClure and his fund 500startups have done 20-plus deals directly from AngelList and they greatly prefer the ?spray-and-pray?

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Small business leaders salivating at the idea of getting a big cash injection from an angel investor need to slow things down a bit and focus on their own company first. If you don’t believe me, listen to Geoff Ralston, President of legendary startup incubator Y Combinator : “Investors need persuading.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

For example, one angel investor reportedly invested in several hundred social networking ventures employing this philosophy. Mark Montgomery Founder Kyield Initium VC September 12, 2009 4:21 AM Mark Montgomery said. Otherwise it's a great idea. You've done an excellent job refining the process and message.

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David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

Or Yale could develop a legaltech incubation program and to help improve lawyers’ productivity, a profession whose primary tech tool is Microsoft Word. Incubate non-Yalies. Educate more alumni angel investors. Founder community. the world’s largest country, Facebook). I wrote a blog post on this.

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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.

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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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David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2013

The good news for Techcrunch readers: Every major study conducted to date has placed angel investors’ IRR between 18 and 38 percent, as summarized by my Partner John Frankel and Professor Robert Wiltbank in prior Techcrunch articles. Given that angels deploy almost as much capital as VCs ($ 22.5 billion for angels versus $ 29.5

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Like many cities that foster thriving startup communities, Madison benefits from strong university and government support (the latter in the form of a 25% tax credit for angel investors and a 2% forgivable loan for startups), as well as a number of entrepreneur-friendly events organizations. Local Programs to Develop Entrepreneurship.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

A lot of people have talked about the need for NYC to have a PayPal--a multi-billion dollar exit that scattered on the rest of the community a bunch of experienced startup talent that scaled a company over time, as well as a host of new angel investors. I had lunch with Cyrus, the founder of ZocDoc, the other day.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 6, 2011

We discussed the possibility of recruiting a couple of cofounders who can help him build out the core skill-set needed on his team right now. In fact, I think it is a great curriculum for certain angel investors too, especially those who are starting out, including angel groups that are just formed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Sources should include local startup incubators, blog owners, and government support organizations, such as SCORE. If you will need to supplement your own funds and assets for your business, don’t wait for a crisis to enlist family, friends, angel investors, or start a crowdfunding campaign.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Now the bad news: some venture capitallists have a bias against startups with an explicit positive social impact, on the grounds that they have a smaller addressable market, and that the founders are not sufficiently focused on creating shareholder wealth. J.M.Kaplan Innovation Prize. “The Bloomberg New Economy Forum Solutions.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2014

Him and his team of technically-minded co-founders began with just a grant and the advisory help of the MBA faculty at American University. It’s like being part of an incubator program,” Tim says of the Kogod Business School, “It’s such a neat thing to be able to learn hands on.”.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

But you have, perhaps, heard less specific discussions on what angel investors are looking for. Well, some angel investors are looking for exactly the same thing as what VCs are looking for. In other words, these are angels looking for billion dollar opportunities as well.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

But you have, perhaps, heard less specific discussions on what angel investors are looking for. Well, some angel investors are looking for exactly the same thing as what VCs are looking for. In other words, these are angels looking for billion dollar opportunities as well.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2022

Some entrepreneurs, like Paul Graham , co-founder of Y-Combinator, and Dave McClure , founder of 500 Startups, mask their focus on multiple startups by running an incubator or accelerator, and providing seed funding for a number of individual efforts. Many entrepreneurs love investing in other startups.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Whats is the best way to find a co-founder for your startup? However, one of my co-founders doesn’t seem to be as motivated as the rest of us. Visa can make an amazing investor, just be sure to ask for money when you don’t need it. investors like great companies, that’s really the filter.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

We had raised a small round of funding in 2013, led by a local angel investor who was a member of Central Texas Angel Network, and used the funds to build our first product (a mobile website) and launch with recommendations from friends of mine in Austin the week before South by Southwest Festival. Certainly. Most definitely.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

UbiQD Founder and CEO Hunter McDaniel, PhD, explained more about how UbiGro works. In October, UbiQD was one of the five selected companies for the Wells Fargo Incubator program. I pitched at ArcView (cannabis investor network) recently in Santa Monica. What is your competitive advantage? Plants love it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2019

Some entrepreneurs, like Paul Graham , co-founder of Y-Combinator, and Dave McClure , founder of 500 Startups, mask their focus on multiple startups by running an incubator or accelerator, and providing seed funding for a number of individual efforts. Many entrepreneurs love investing in other startups.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

It is the innate power of a good founder’s network that will turn napkins into products and products into successful businesses. Recently, I was honored to attend StartUp Health ’s Healthcare Transformer Summit, co-located with Cleveland Clinic’s Medical Innovation Summit. One of my angel investors is one of my first customers.

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