Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2020

Venture capitalists (VCs) have long been seen as the top of the pyramid for startup funding sources, but in fact angel investors now fund over twice as many companies, according the Crunchbase. Individual angel investors and crowdfunding have been adding to the momentum, some say exceeding VCs in total amount invested.

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Scalable Startup

JULY 20, 2013

These are now done either transparently in the background, in the cloud, or done using minimally invasive mobile apps. We wouldn’t be able to imagine our lives without it, auto-save, no software loads, freemuim, mobile, access anywhere. I can even build server based websites with Drupal and MySQL now on an iPad in a coffee shop.

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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.

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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.

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Transformify

APRIL 15, 2016

Kenya has many advantages, including experienced software engineers, healthy early-stage startup community, with good incubator and accelerator support, and enthusiastic and motivated young entrepreneurs. Despite all these advantages, it seems that the foreign investors are still reluctant to invest in seed and early stage projects.

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Professor VC

MAY 29, 2008

What does it take to be an Angel Investor? To the SEC, it means that you are an accredited investor and To the man (or woman) on the street, a minimum qualification would seem to be an interest and ability to invest in early stage ventures. I think this sentiment has given angel groups a bad name.

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David Teten

AUGUST 15, 2013

For example, Qualcomm Ventures hosts an international business plan competition called QPrize , which targets mobile technology startups. The most common tactic we’ve seen from large corporations is providing a package of benefits for startups in order to build relationships with early-stage companies. 3) Freebies.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 24, 2014

Investors keep pouring money into startups and early stage companies. You can double that number if you add the amount of money put up by Angel Investors. Angel Investors, VCs and entrepreneurs agree that the success rate for startup companies is dismal. Are they addressing market needs?

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Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

So once we put this natural (and may I add wholly unproductive) emotion aside, the thoughtful angel investor should both gain great hope and powerful moving forward lessons from the Facebook IPO. This points to a second Facebook IPO lesson for investors, namely liquidity “signaling.” The first lesson is sector.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

mobileTech Tuesday special – A Podcast with Bril Flint, angel investor and technology strategist. A big thanks to AustinStartup.com for encouraging and syndicating this original, mobile-focused content - Steve Guengerich. This interview is cross-posted from The Appconomy channel.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

And, there’s a good reason why; it includes back-to-back essays on mobile, high-growth startups and technology. This is the home of Jason Cohen, software startup founder, bootstrapper, investor, and mentor. But, he also has great advice on growth strategies for early-stage companies. It’s one of my favorites on this list.

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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. Funding new product research and development is just too risky, with a large time delay before any return is likely.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 10, 2017

During that time, we watched the first wave of mobile apps take off — Foursquare, GroupOn, Instagram, Twitter, etc. We’d also like to highlight two notable investors who participated in our first close: David Johnston began investing in Bitcoin in 2012. Although we were studying finance, we were always more interested in tech.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2014

Venture capitalists (VCs) have long been seen as the top of the pyramid for startup funding sources, but in fact angel investors now fund over 60 times as many companies, according the Center for Venture Research. Individual angel investors have been filling the gap, and now match VCs in total amount invested.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 24, 2013

The Why and How Of Updating Your Angel Investors – [link]. Follow the money: AngelList has blown open early-stage investments | Wired UK – [link]. The importance of startups passing the 10 second test – [link]. 14 Ways To Be A Great Startup CEO | by Jason Baptiste – [link]. ” – [link].

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Mobile Mondays : Boston chapter of the world’s largest Mobile professional community. Capitalize - Regular pitch events where early stage companies get direct feedback from local VC’s. Andy Payne – OpenMarket, Fansnap, angel investor ( blog , @payne92 ). The Grand-daddy. Olin College Foundry Program.

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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. If you need funding for these early stage activities, I have some suggestions on better strategies to follow. Product verification and clinical trials.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Card Counting for Investors. How would Billy Beane have done as an early stage investor? Labels: due diligence , early stage investing , moneyball , valuation. What does it take to be an Angel Investor? I am an active angel investor and on the board of Sand Hill Angels.

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Scalable Startup

AUGUST 18, 2013

in 2010, I gradually saw that among our weaknesses we were very strong in E-Commerce, Fashion Commerce, Mobile Commerce, Content Communities, dynamic sexy websites and it was all based on varieties of PHP/LAMP. Drupal is also free open source software with functionality for every possible web application. When I moved back to L.A.

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

Meanwhile, Micro VC has focused on sweeping changes in technology and consumer internet adoption that have enabled dramatically reduced capital requirements for building new software companies, as well as accelerated access to customers via search, social, and mobile platforms. and no, we didn’t.

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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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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2011

Today, the signs of the new bubble are the Linked-In initial public offering (IPO), Facebook’s stratospheric valuation and the rapid rise of early-stage startup valuation. I contend that we are approaching the early part of the mania phase. This tech bubble is unfolding just like all the other bubbles before it.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Salon H Monday, March 12 How Smart Venture Money Isn’t Smart But You Can Be with Mass Challenge Texas Director Mike Millard Research shows most venture funds under perform relevant public market indicies, yet the diversification strategies practiced in the public markets can enhance the risk-adjusted returns for investors in early stage companies.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

I strongly believe (at least for very early stage technology ventures) that you will get diminishing returns and arguably negative returns once you get past an initial threshold of team, product, market and financial diligence. Labels: angel investing , Black Swan. What does it take to be an Angel Investor?

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Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2011

Why don’t we have standards for what metrics VC’s want to see from their early stage startup teams? Angels In America. For angel-funded startups, life is even tougher. But very little of it is formal, and almost none of it approaches the 50-100x experience level of professional investors. better user growth.

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Professor VC

APRIL 1, 2010

It had a good mix of viewpoints with east ( James Geshwiler, Common Angels ) and west coast (yours truly) angels, early stage venture capitalist ( Jason Mendelson, Foundry Group ), and a couple of attorneys ( Dan Hansen and Mario Rosati ). What does it take to be an Angel Investor? Steve Bennet. at 11:15 AM.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2011

Why don’t we have standards for what metrics VC’s want to see from their early stage startup teams? Angels In America. For angel-funded startups, life is even tougher. But very little of it is formal, and almost none of it approaches the 50-100x experience level of professional investors. better user growth.

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Professor VC

MARCH 10, 2009

His latest venture, Bharosa, was sold to Oracle for a 6X multiple in 3 years to his angel investors, a sweet close to triple digit IRR. What does it take to be an Angel Investor? I am an active angel investor and on the board of Sand Hill Angels. Brickbreaker - Mindless Amusement or Viscious Addi.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

We called them founder space, round tables, and we'd meet, I'd introduce 'em to angel investors and marketing experts and lawyers, and really try to help them get off the ground. It can be a mobile app on a phone. That is the role of the CEO in an early stage company. You don't have to invent this technology.

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Christopher Fralic is a Managing Partner at First Round Capital’s New York office, and has focused on a number of the firm’s investments in Advertising Technology, Social Media, Ecommerce, Gaming, Mobile and more. Nikhil Kalghatgi is an early-stage Venture Capitalist at SoftBank Capital and is based in NYC.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

To be fair, the Day 1 categories were primarily infrastructure companies (Enterprise, Cloud and Mobile). What does it take to be an Angel Investor? I am an active angel investor and on the board of Sand Hill Angels. The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. ► July.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

Pierre Valade, Co-Founder of Sunrise & Mobile Designer at Microsoft. As VP of Product at Artsy, Fatma oversees the product organization responsible for product strategy, design, and development of its web and mobile platforms. Pierre Valade, Co-Founder of Sunrise & Mobile Designer at Microsoft. Go-to-Market Guild.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Russian angel investors also invest, on average, $50,000 to $200,000. These partnerships are ideal for helping high risk projects receive serious capital at an early stage, especially as private investors are more willing to commit funds when the state acts as a guarantor. Russian tech: Sectors to watch.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

looking for good samples with founder friendly terms 11 Answers Mark Suster , Venture Capitalist, Angel investor & 72 votes by Ty Danco , Brandon Wu , Jen Cheng , (more) Ty Danco , Brandon Wu , Jen Cheng , Anon User, Chris Stewart , Tristan Louis , Ravi Kannan , Vin Turk , Shane Lennon , Nicholas Swanson , Sachin Agarwal , Mircea Pa?

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Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

I thought about doing this in a top 10 format, but will limit to my top 3 reasons: Misalignment of incentives - As an angel investor I want to do everything I can to help the entrepreneur succeed. What does it take to be an Angel Investor? I am an active angel investor and on the board of Sand Hill Angels.

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Professor VC

JUNE 6, 2008

Some conclusions were that the founders role is more important in the very early stage in the creation of the horse and as the visionary and as the company moves beyond this stage, becomes replaceable. What does it take to be an Angel Investor? I am an active angel investor and on the board of Sand Hill Angels.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

Touched by an Angel. I think the title of this post is a TV show, but fitting as there has been much debate in the venture community as to the whether angel investors are good or bad for entrepreneurs and VCs. What would the VC corollary to Touched by an Angel, be. What does it take to be an Angel Investor?

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