ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 28, 2022

Equity for Co-founders. They need to ensure that the shares are distributed productively. Founders can compensate them in either equity or salary as per their preference. This range decreases if there are more founders. Distribution Channel. Therefore, CEOs have strong reasons to issue stock options.

Valuation 108

Valuation Equity Warrant Common Stock 108

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2016

After many years of working with angel investors seriously trying to find new ventures worthy of their hard-earned money, I find their frustration often exceeds that of entrepreneurs sincerely looking for financial help. Investors are most interested in providing money for scaling of a proven solution.

Due Diligence 120

Due Diligence Intellectual Property Preferred Stock Seed Stage 120

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 15, 2010

Can you please expand on your post about distributed teams? It was a verbal discussion on my post on distributed teams. - Can you please explain convertible debt and specifically how it pertains to angel deals? We then had a full session with Rick Smith, founder of Crosscut Ventures (along with Brian Garrett).

Southern California 210

Southern California Venture Capital Seed Stage Angel Investor 210

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2015

Most new entrepreneurs assume that great investors will find their startups based on the compelling solution the founders have created. Others spend money on mailing lists and investor contacts and “cold calling” a few thousand people, hoping to find someone willing to take a risk on an unknown company.

Cost 120

Cost Angel Groups Due Diligence Silicon Valley 120

K9 Ventures

JULY 19, 2012

which was a $6.25M fund designed to be deployed over 3-4 years, making initial investments between $100K – $250K in concept and seed stage technology companies located in the San Francisco Bay Area. K9 Ventures II will still be syndicating most investments with other seed and angel investors.

Technology 132

Technology Seed Stage San Francisco Limited Partner 132

K9 Ventures

JULY 19, 2012

which was a $6.25M fund designed to be deployed over 3-4 years, making initial investments between $100K – $250K in concept and seed stage technology companies located in the San Francisco Bay Area. K9 Ventures II will still be syndicating most investments with other seed and angel investors.

Technology 132

Technology Seed Stage San Francisco Limited Partner 132

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

I’m now in my second founder/CEO role, having raised more than $18.5 Then we allocated the saved money into hiring the highest quality developers available — especially those who have experience working with a distributed team. In fact, it’s barely even the beginning for most companies in their seed stage financings.

Startup 79

Startup Social Media RSS Social Network 79

Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

After the recent announcement of the Series Seed Financing documents by Marc Andreesen, Brad Feld points out that there are now four sets of “open source&# equity seed financing documents: TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents (by Cooley). Series Seed Financing Documents (by Fenwick & West). Series Seed.

Finance 70

Finance Software Review Term Sheet Liquidation Preference 70

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

I’ve been hearing about the so-called Series A Crunch for at least six months, and in recent weeks, I’ve spoken with more than 20 venture capitalists, angel investors, incubator heads, lawyers, and other necessary cogs in the ecosystem trying to get some details about it. On November 28, 2012. Now it’s glutted.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Until your wireframe is done, it’s too early to talk to developers or potential investors. Or you can find seed-stage investors who will give you the money to hire a developer. Ultimately, the project can founder on the “core incompetencies&# you both bring to the partnership. How much will you need?

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Fractional CTO Partner CTO Hire 40

Tim Keane

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. Technology versus market risk in angel investments.  One of his points is that angels tend to lose money because they take on companies with high market risk and low technical risk.

Technology 74

Technology Marketing Intellectual Property Montana 74

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

I was hanging out the other day with my buddy Jody Sherman, founder & CEO of EcoMom. I was an angel investor in his company, made a bunch of calls on his behalf and then I personally sent it out on AngelList. Q&A with Babak Nivi and Naval Ravikant, founders of AngelList. Through this process he raised $2 million.

Valuation 292

Valuation Deal Flow Lead Investor Cofounder 292

Jeff Hilimire

AUGUST 30, 2013

One inhibiting factor is Atlanta’s community of angel investors and venture capital firms, many of whom have little experience with B2C startups. To launch the mobile venture, Cummings is collaborating with Jeff Hilimire , co-founder of digital marketing agency Engauge Marketing. Dragon Army launches.

Atlanta 77

Atlanta B2C Georgia Los Angeles 77

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Github - Free public repositories, collaborator management, issue tracking, wikis, downloads, code review, graphs Pivotal Tracker – Agile project management tool that enables real time collaboration.

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

.” Hackernews list of “Tools of the Trade” for startups - includes over 150 SaaS tools used by startups, and over 150 comments with interesting insights from founders. free, distributed source code control management system. Founders Institute Plain Preferred Term Sheet â?? Venture Hacks Angel List â??

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53