Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

The problem is that professional investors (Angels and Venture Capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than the more risky research and development efforts. That includes estimating the money required to get to the revenue stage, and saving money to cover costs before you jump off the cliff.

Intellectual Property 309

Intellectual Property Technical Review Venture Capital Startup 309

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development. That includes estimating the money required to get to the revenue stage, and saving money to cover costs before you jump off the cliff.

Intellectual Property 134

Intellectual Property Technical Review Startup Incubator 134

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Angel investors and venture capitalists are looking for startups with real products and a proven business model, ready to scale. Here your options are limited primarily to large organizations with deep pockets, including government grants , universities and large enterprise sponsors searching for disruptive technologies.

Angel Investor 256

Angel Investor Early Stage Incubator Government 256

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2020

It won’t work, it costs time and money, and hurts your credibility when you need them later. The most common support organization at this level is called a startup incubator or accelerator , and these exist in most countries, usually sponsored by a university, local government organization, or even local individuals.

Incubator 429

Incubator Startup Exit Strategy Institutional Investors 429

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2021

Angel investors and venture capitalists are looking for startups with real products and a proven business model, ready to scale. Here your options are limited primarily to large organizations with deep pockets, including government grants , universities and large enterprise sponsors searching for disruptive technologies.

Early Stage 412

Early Stage Angel Investor Incubator Government 412

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than the more risky research and development efforts. That includes estimating the money required to get to the revenue stage, and saving money to cover costs before you jump off the cliff.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Intellectual Property Technical Review Incubator 120

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

It is going to cost a lot of money just to get the initial batch of products to test the market and would definitely require external funding. Incubators and Accelerators. Then we have startup platforms like incubators and accelerators. Government programs. Government programs. Equity investors.

Startup 150

Startup Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Seed Stage 150

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Plans for more Singapore-based technology incubators. The NRF just announced that it will be opening up the application process for its Technology Incubation Scheme (TIS) to allow more investors to set up technology incubators under the scheme. ” Global Money Flow – From the West to Asia.

Singapore 198

Singapore Technical Review Technology Incubator 198

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2012

As a rule of thumb, it is a required first step, as outside investors will not normally consider providing any funding until they see “skin in the game” from one of these first two sources. This source often gets overlooked, but it should be a major focus these days due to government initiatives on alternative energy and technology.

Technical Review 257

Technical Review Bootstrapping Venture Capital Incubator 257

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2018

In recent years, startup accelerators and startup incubators have become the place of choice for any budding entrepreneurs to be the next unicorn. Though both startup accelerators and incubators are used to help nurture young companies, the two platforms have subtle differences.

Incubator 127

Incubator South America San Francisco Chile 127

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Startups have to deal with starting costs and ongoing businesses have to finance growth and working capital. 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.

SBA 161

SBA Venture Capital Angel Investor Technical Review 161

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2023

Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Apply to local angel investor groups. These are government funds allocated to support new technologies and important causes, like education, medicine, and social needs. The process is long, but it doesn’t cost you any equity. Look for a warm introduction to make this work.

Equity 266

Equity Startup Small Business Administration SBA 266

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2011

As a rule of thumb, it is a required first step, as outside investors will not normally consider providing any funding until they see “skin in the game” from one of these first two sources. This source often gets overlooked, but it should be a major focus these days due to government initiatives on alternative energy and technology.

Technical Review 233

Technical Review Bootstrapping Startup Venture Capital 233

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Apply to local angel investor groups. These are government funds allocated to support new technologies and important causes, like education, medicine, and social needs. The process is long, but it doesn’t cost you any equity. Look for a warm introduction to make this work.

Equity 436

Equity Small Business Administration SBA Syndicate 436

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 28, 2018

It won’t work, it costs time and money, and hurts your credibility when you need them later. The most common support organization at this level is called a startup incubator or accelerator , and these exist in most countries, usually sponsored by a university, local government organization, or even local individuals.

Incubator 236

Incubator Exit Strategy Institutional Investors Angel Investor 236

Gust

JUNE 17, 2012

As a rule of thumb, it is a required first step, as outside investors will not normally consider providing any funding until they see “skin in the game” from one of these first two sources. This source often gets overlooked, but it should be a major focus these days due to government initiatives on alternative energy and technology.

Technical Review 164

Technical Review Bootstrapping Venture Capital Incubator 164

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 1, 2010

It’s not a quick solution, but the government and other funding agencies do not want ownership or interest payments from your company. Startup incubators. Angel investors. If you are looking for $25,000 to $250,000, the next step is to tap into a local angel network.

Technical Review 149

Technical Review Bootstrapping Startup Venture Capital 149

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2013

It won’t work, it costs time and money, and hurts your credibility when you need them later. The most common support organization at this level is called a startup incubator or accelerator , and these exist in most countries, usually sponsored by a university, local government organization, or even local individuals.

Incubator 256

Incubator Entrepreneur Exit Strategy Institutional Investors 256

David Teten

AUGUST 15, 2013

Attendees “get hands-on experience, insight, tips and tricks from AWS experts on how to architect [their] applications, optimize [their] costs and deploy quickly to the AWS cloud.” At the end of the program, “each team will present to Nike executives, mentors, angel investors, venture capitalists, and tech industry leaders.”

Startup 114

Startup Technical Support Venture Capital Balance Sheet 114

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2018

As an advisor to new business owners, and an occasional angel investor, I see new business proposals daily, many seeking investors to fund early research and development (R&D) of a new product idea. Look to academia and the government for basic research. Find private fund incubators for technology pilots.

Developer 144

Developer Angel Investor Incubator Early Stage 144

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Apply to local angel investor groups. These are government funds allocated to support new technologies and important causes, like education, medicine, and social needs. The process is long, but it doesn’t cost you any equity. Look for a warm introduction to make this work.

Entrepreneur 240

Entrepreneur Equity Small Business Administration SBA 240

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

It won’t work, it costs time and money, and hurts your credibility when you need them later. The most common support organization at this level is called a startup incubator or accelerator , and these exist in most countries, usually sponsored by a university, local government organization, or even local individuals.

Incubator 120

Incubator Startup Exit Strategy Institutional Investors 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2012

It won’t work, it costs time and money, and hurts your credibility for when you need them later. The most common support organization at this level is called a startup incubator or accelerator , and these exist in most countries, usually sponsored by a university, local government organization, or even local individuals.

Incubator 237

Incubator Startup Exit Strategy Institutional Investors 237

David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

Political science, government service, and law — Yale has the #1 rated law school in the US and a long history of alumni serving in government. For example, Yale could launch a center focused on applying political science thinking to the governance of major internet businesses (e.g., Incubate non-Yalies.

Affiliate 60

Affiliate Connecticut Programming Community 60

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Apply to local Angel investor groups. These are government funds allocated to support new technologies and important causes, like education, medicine, and social needs. The process is long, but it doesn’t cost you any equity. Look for a warm introduction to make this work.

Entrepreneur 283

Entrepreneur Startup Equity Small Business Administration 283

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2011

It won’t work, it costs time and money, and hurts your credibility for when you need them later. The most common support organization at this level is called a startup incubator or accelerator , and these exist in most countries, usually sponsored by a university, local government organization, or even local individuals.

Incubator 230

Incubator Startup Exit Strategy Institutional Investors 230

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2015

Angel investors and venture capitalists are looking for startups with real products and a proven business model, ready to scale. Here your options are limited primarily to large organizations with deep pockets, including government grants , universities and large enterprise sponsors searching for disruptive technologies.

Product Development 120

Product Development Developer Product Angel Investor 120

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

My belief is that these lean startups will achieve dramatically lower development costs, faster time to market, and higher quality products in the years to come. Whether they also lead to dramatically higher returns for investors is a question Im looking forward to studying. September 11, 2008 2:06 PM Editor said. Less is more.

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Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 168

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Apply to local Angel investor groups. These are government funds allocated to support new technologies and important causes, like education, medicine, and social needs. The process is long, but it doesn’t cost you any equity. Look for a warm introduction to make this work.

Equity 120

Equity Small Business Administration SBA Syndicate 120

Board Effect

JUNE 10, 2019

Every decision must consider issues like current costs, future costs, repayment terms, and any trade-offs for ownership and control. Government grants may be easier to get, but they often have complicated government rules and restrictions and may contain terms and language that’s hard to understand.

Small Business Administration 70

Small Business Administration SBA Startup Database 70

Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2010

Finally the amount of capital needed to take a drug to FDA trials could be enormously expensive, at least 10x more than startup costs at an electron-based company. The advantage of commodity software stacks drops initial startup costs for Internet Commerce companies. Lean Angels. Their capital needs are low at the front end.

Lean 258

Lean Internet Silicon Valley Venture Capital 258

Up and Running

APRIL 24, 2018

For example, having flexible work hours means you can hire talented candidates from different time zones, which will increase your productivity while keeping the costs down. Because of complex government regulations and a lengthy incubation period, funding a healthcare startup is more difficult compared to financing a tech startup.

SBIR 73

SBIR Startup Artificial Inteligence Intellectual Property 73

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Are they running from high prices, high taxes, dysfunctional government, and wildfires? All of the investors, all of the big companies, all of the government groups?—?they It’s like a dam has broken and now there is a flood of new entrepreneurs, investors, and big companies moving to Texas. What’s bringing them here?

Texas 90

Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 90

VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

AWS Startups for the Public Sector – Startups in the public sector focus their technology and business innovation on federal/central and local/municipal governments, primary and secondary education, nonprofits, and non-governmental organizations. These efforts range from physical infrastructure to content. Physical space.

Technical Review 174

Technical Review Startup Venture Capital Incubator 174

thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 5, 2011

I shared it with incubators from Ghana to Nairobi , at the White House Treasury Department, and in Indonesia with business and government leaders on a delegation I was asked to participate in by the US State Department. A handful of local VCs and angel investors (primarily from the financial sector) funded the startups.

Ghana 84

Ghana Indonesia Silicon Valley DC 84

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

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

In my role as an angel investor in startups, almost every pitch I see highlights some real innovation in technology, business model, or market opportunity. Prove exclusivity with whatever methods and relationships you can use, including patents, distribution channels, government support, or name-brand customer contracts.

Silicon Valley 136

Silicon Valley Differentiation Angel Investor Incubator 136