Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2014

As a startup mentor, I’m always amazed that some entrepreneurs seem to be an immediate hit with investors, while others struggle to get any attention at all. Finally I realized that Venture Capital and Angel investors are actually humans, despite some views to the contrary.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 14, 2022

Media tech. The journey of a startup is pretty adventurous, and the stages involved are as follows: 1) The ideation phase. At this stage, the founder mainly raises funding from their sources or family and friends. The equity dilution at this nascent stage is on desirable terms; such investing can lead to profitable returns.

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techcrunch.com

AUGUST 12, 2012

Zachary Bogue And Matt Ocko Launch Data Collective, An Early Stage Fund For Big Data Startups. She attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA, majoring in Writing and Art, and moved to New York City shortly after graduation to work in the Media industry. Headphones. CrunchBase. Hot topics.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

It is only fundable from an investor’s point of view if it has the potential to scale up and give exponential returns. ? Secondly, funding is not an indicator of success. Funding is not an indicator of success, irrespective of the impression that you might get from the news and media. Equity investors. Early-stage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2014

They couldn’t possibly understand the new social media culture, new technologies, or have the determination to beat their younger counterparts in the market. Boomer investors are much more likely to get in the game with a high focus on mentoring and give-back, as well as the financial return potential.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2023

The first step is to set your criteria, including a match for your sector type and stage, and then proactively seek out and contact the best candidates: Review profiles on professional social media sites. It clearly identifies potential investors who meet your profile, and provides contact information.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 24, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! This Is Why Social Media Doesn’t Work For Your Business – [link]. This Is Why Social Media Doesn’t Work For Your Business – [link]. ” – [link].

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

Blanchard/O’Reilly Media. Having re-read it, I believe his real premise instead is, “Fixed-size, multi-investor angel rounds are such a bad idea for startups that one wonders why things were ever done that way.&#. This leads to the problem of “herding cats&# for entrepreneurs raising angel money.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

The first step is to set your criteria, including a match for your sector type and stage, and then proactively seek out and contact the best candidates: Review profiles on professional social media sites. It clearly identifies potential investors who meet your profile, and provides contact information.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2023

The cost of entry has never been lower, with new tools to create your own website , and free social media to get your message out everywhere. Based on my own experience as a mentor and angel investor, I find that as many as ninety percent of startups fail in the first five years, despite their best efforts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2021

Based on my own years of experience in startups and big business, and more recently as an angel investor, I often cringe when I see one of you entrepreneurs missing a cue that I have seen work for many before you. For early stage investors, you probably don’t enough results to prove the power of your solution.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! 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.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! 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.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

Meet the Locals Here are the most active early stage investors in town that you should meet while you’re here and do deals with. It’s a robust ecosystem so I’m only listing the ones we’ve done the most deals with here but Capital Factory is the most active early stage investor in Texas so this is a good sampling.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 27, 2013

The great thing about this process is that you are forced to get out in front of potential investors or backers much quicker, at which point you get feedback more quickly. This is the best thing for an early stage company and can save an entrepreneur years of their lives and tons of money. You have access to more capital.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Some came from angel investors, but we also sought out industry experts to be early contributors in this stage, which leads me to tip number three. While the money was important, the time and advice we received at this early stage was just as, if not more, crucial. We were able to raise $750k this way.

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Up and Running

JUNE 14, 2010

conference at which a couple of professional venture capitalists and a couple of successful angel investors talked about trends. This was before the great recession, but in the middle of the explosion of web apps and social media. About three years ago I attended a Web 2.0

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

They get together with a few buddies, bounce around ideas, build some code (sometimes internally, sometimes through contractors), start talking to potential angel investors and then register their company. They want to lock in future clients at an early stage. Many people start companies arse backwards.

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David Teten

JUNE 22, 2012

HBS Angels of NY and the NAIC have named the finalist women and minority entrepreneurs of the Venture Capital Access Program; check out the press release below. If you’re from a major media outlet, please contact me to attend as a guest the pitch night in midtown Manhattan on June 27. Media Contacts. domestic market.

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David Teten

JUNE 22, 2012

HBS Angels of NY and the NAIC have named the finalist women and minority entrepreneurs of the Venture Capital Access Program; check out the press release below. If you’re from a major media outlet, please contact me to attend as a guest the pitch night in midtown Manhattan on June 27. Media Contacts. domestic market.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Bottom line, early stage equity is very, very expensive. So at any point, if you are trying to raise money, and you are hearing from investors that you are too early and have too little validation, it may be a good thing. Then Liana Thompson pitched Trendy Loot , a very early stage deal site for low-end jewelry.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

However, being able to say, “I’m at $400,000 on a $500,000 raise, and we’ve got room for one or two more investors,” is a powerful statement to a prospective angel investor since most investors love to be part of an oversubscribed round. Additionally, be specific in your financial numbers.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

mobileTech Tuesday special – A Podcast with Bril Flint, angel investor and technology strategist. They will give it to someone thinking about new markets, revenue, and customers and how to meet their needs,&# says experienced technology and media executive Bril Flint.

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Scalable Startup

JULY 20, 2013

But more importantly, the labor of moving software around by humans and physical media and even the Internet has been taken down to almost zero. I can even build server based websites with Drupal and MySQL now on an iPad in a coffee shop. The software just doesn’t leave it’s cloud hosts anymore. You know it will happen. >

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Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

Many thanks to David Rose , Ilana Grossman , Justin Stanwix , and the whole Gust team for making the Gust Blog such a valuable platform and resource for entrepreneurs and angel investors. The amount of investment in IP in any direct sense is generally small for early stage startups. trade secret). By 2013, the U.S.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

This form of thinking has been unusually true during the current rise of social media platforms, where market share became the primary goal of a company, with revenues and profitability to follow later. It was true for Amazon and other visionary companies that grabbed market share during the early Internet era.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

This is the third article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). But while I prefer a certain naive optimism in founders I can’t see the logic that this extends to angel investors. got picked up early without raising a lot of VC.

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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.

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David Teten

JUNE 1, 2012

I will be speaking at two more conferences in June: the NYC Landmark Venture Forum – Digital Media 2020 on June 13 th and CCG Marcum MicroCap Conference on June 20 th. The Landmark Venture Forum is hosted by Landmark Angels , an angel investor group, and will feature 12 promising emerging companies in the digital media space.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

When starting a business, it’s typical to look for venture capital, angel investors, and even co-founders to help get the company up and running. During the early stages of your business, it’s possible to rely on credit cards and the personal savings of startup founders as you get things up and running.

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Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 30, 2015

If a media entrepreneur approached you for advice on creating Wallstrip 2.0, HL: I get approached on media startups all the time and was an angel investor in Business Insider back in 2007. It takes a very special founder to build a media business long term. as I left CBS early to start it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2016

The first step is to set your criteria, including a match for your sector type and stage, and then proactively seek out and contact the best candidates: Review profiles on professional social media sites. It clearly identifies potential investors who meet your profile, and provides contact information.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Salon C Register: SXSW badge required The Texas Startup Manifesto SXSW Report on Trust: Gov’t, Tech & Media with WP Engine CEO Heather Brunner Join the legendary Dan Rather, Heather Brunner (WP Engine), Jess Clifton (Edelman Digital), moderator Richard Edelman and host Hugh Forrest (SXSW). Time: 2:00PM?—?3:00PM 3:00PM Location: Hilton?—?Salon

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 26, 2022

I’m particularly interested in how language once used supportively for empowerment by some female CEOs (#girlboss) can then be used negatively by media and detractors later on. For some early stage startups, investing in comms won’t meaningfully move the needle; for others, it can be transformative.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

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. I’d start by trying to follow them on social media to get to know them a bit, and then reach out with a relevant intro request through LinkedIn.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 16, 2018

Earlier this year at the FUND Conference in Austin, Texas, 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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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 26, 2012

If you’re looking for angel investors, there’s good news afoot. The latest 2011 Angel Market Analysis , recently released by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire, shows not only that there are more angels around, but that they are investing more money in more companies. Target your approach.

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