Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2014

In their passion to succeed, too many entrepreneurs treat friends and family investments as “low-hanging” fruit, only to find out later, after a stumble, that the pain of lost relationships is greater than the loss of their beloved startup. Treat the transaction as you would expect to be treated by an Angel investor or VC.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2014

I’m continually amazed at the number of entrepreneurs who go for months into a new business without really keeping a formal record of money spent or assets acquired. Billing and revenue collection. entrepreneur funding hobby investors startup' Funding process. Manage human resources. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

In their passion to succeed, too many entrepreneurs treat friends and family investments as “low-hanging” fruit, only to find out later, after a stumble, that the pain of lost relationships is greater than the loss of their beloved startup. Treat the transaction as you would expect to be treated by an Angel investor or VC.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

Money from these sources is relatively easy to come by, and most often comes with no strings as to oversight by a formal board composed of these investors and management. And even with the significant cost of credit card debt, many entrepreneurs aggressively use existing cards to finance a startup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2013

I’m continually amazed at the number of entrepreneurs who go for months into a new business without really keeping a formal record of money spent or assets acquired. Billing and revenue collection. Use a simple accounting tool like QuickBooks, get away from co-mingled funds, and you have the first business process you need.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Some entrepreneurs start polling venture capitalists for that multi-million dollar investment before they even have a business plan. Every entrepreneur needs help and support along the way, from developing the initial idea, to selling off the successful business (exit strategy). Growth and exit stage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2012

Some entrepreneurs start polling venture capitalists for that multi-million dollar investment before they even have a business plan. Every entrepreneur needs help and support along the way, from developing the initial idea, to selling off the successful business (exit strategy). Growth and exit stage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

I’m continually amazed at the number of entrepreneurs who go for months into a new business without really keeping a formal record of money spent or assets acquired. Billing and revenue collection. Use a simple accounting tool like QuickBooks, get away from co-mingled funds, and you have the first business process you need.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2010

I’m continually amazed at the number of entrepreneurs who go for months into a new business without really keeping a formal record of money spent or assets acquired. Billing and revenue collection. Tags: entrepreneur startup business process business. Funding process. Manage human resources. What is your business objective?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2011

Some entrepreneurs start polling venture capitalists for that multi-million dollar investment before they even have a business plan. Every entrepreneur needs help and support along the way, from developing the initial idea, to selling off the successful business (exit strategy). Growth and exit stage.

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Incubator Startup Exit Strategy Institutional Investors 230

David Teten

APRIL 7, 2017

This is a generalizable principle: you get higher returns where other investors are not. Because of that insight, we co-founded the Venture Capital Access Program , focused on helping women and minority entrepreneurs raise capital from HBS Alumni Angels. Kashmir, Board Member and Screening Co-Chair of HBSAANY.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

composed of these investors and management. However, most often, these funds are solicited by a well-meaning entrepreneur from investors who are not qualified as accredited investors under the law (currently requiring a proved income of $200,000 a year or $1 million in net worth for an individual investor).

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ithacaVC

JANUARY 14, 2014

And the Series A investors then owned 4/9s of Company X. The Series A round was taken by $2mm of institutional investors and $2mm of angel investors. It has just started to generate revenue. It expects revenue of $1.7 Let’s assume that the Series B investors think that is reasonable.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 10, 2012

Put everything else on your "wish list" to buy with revenues from sales or additional financing. Many entrepreneurs end up taking their company in a different direction after some time spent testing your initial business model. Necessary machinery, an initial website, your first batch of inventory-things you can't function without.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Small investment firms often have interns and entrepreneurs in residence passing through, each of which is a security risk. Excel and Google simply aren’t going to cut it if you expect to build a high quality institutional investor base.”. See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. 2) Market

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Small Business Force

JUNE 11, 2010

There's probably no one area were more mistakes are made, more misconceptions exist or that troubles entrepreneurs and small business owners more than that of raising outside investment. Too many entrepreneurs miss this one. Often a relationship can be structured on a revenue share basis that becomes a win-win for both parties.

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Up and Running

MARCH 21, 2016

Here are 11 tips from the Young Entrepreneur Council that will help you attract the eye of an angel investor or a VC, and make your business a more appealing investment. Investors want proof that your idea is going to work, and nothing proves this better than having real, paying customers. Why is this so important?

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Hunter Walker

MAY 2, 2016

Advisory Board lunch w our largest investors followed by a State of Homebrew, State of the Market, State of our Portfolio presentation. And then a dinner with our institutional investors, founders and advisors. Now in 2016, we’re fortunate enough to find ourselves often partnering with the best angel investors and VCs.

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Hunter Walker

MAY 2, 2016

Advisory Board lunch w our largest investors followed by a State of Homebrew, State of the Market, State of our Portfolio presentation. And then a dinner with our institutional investors, founders and advisors. Now in 2016, we’re fortunate enough to find ourselves often partnering with the best angel investors and VCs.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 16, 2019

Less risk for the new startup investors. According to Entrepreneur, “ Seventy-five percent of venture-backed startups fail.” ” Investing in startups is a risky affair, yet investors are will to take these risks because of the potential of significant upsides.

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