Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

To begin with, it is important to understand some basic facts about the world of entrepreneurial finance: There are many more entrepreneurs than there are investors, with the result that only one company out of every 400 that seeks venture funding actually receives it. Gust takes advantage of the cloud, and you should, too.

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Angel Groups Elevator Pitch Software Review Deal Flow 159

Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Join us and learn how to attract Venture Capital investment in your startup when you live somewhere other than Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, or Boston. Hear from venture investors and successful entrepreneurs to find out what factors they considered and how you can make your pitch stand out from the rest. Time: 12:30PM?—?1:30PM

Technical Review 58

Technical Review Silicon Valley Texas Austin 58

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

Many entrepreneurs scare away potential investors by claiming that their technology represents “truly disruptive technology.” Remember that investors like industries that have a billion dollar opportunity, and a double-digit growth rate. Rest assured that potential investors will ask for names, and place some calls.

Business Plan 283

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 283

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Many entrepreneurs scare away potential investors by claiming that their technology represents “truly disruptive technology.” Remember that investors like industries that have a billion dollar opportunity, and a double-digit growth rate. Rest assured that potential investors will ask for names, and place some calls.

Business Plan 290

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 290

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

I won’t cover any companies negatively for which I’ve invested in one of their competitors and rest assured that I will disclose an investment in any company I talk positively about. entrepreneur Wil Schroter (I am an angel investor in Affordit). The build “implicit social networks.&#

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Venture Capital Social Network Angel Investor Chad 265

Gust

AUGUST 5, 2012

Many entrepreneurs scare away potential investors by claiming that their technology represents “truly disruptive technology.” Remember that investors like industries that have a billion dollar opportunity, and a double-digit growth rate. Rest assured that potential investors will ask for names, and place some calls.

Business Plan 182

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 182

www.drowningamerican.com

JUNE 22, 2012

We have a myriad of connections to local Venture Capital firms, entrepreneurs, CEOs, and many other important individuals. What We’re Doing: We’re currently setting the groundwork for an innovative educational web application that will eventually fuse with social networking. We are implementing the innovative web 2.0

Sweat Equity 40

Sweat Equity Equity Hiring Technical Review 40

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Many entrepreneurs scare away potential investors by claiming that their technology represents “truly disruptive technology.” Remember that investors like industries that have a billion dollar opportunity, and a double-digit growth rate. Rest assured that potential investors will ask for names, and place some calls.

Business Plan 186

Business Plan Exit Strategy Sweat Equity Intellectual Property 186

Gust

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Often I find that experienced investors flip to the management page of a business plan, even before they read the product description. What are investors looking for in the CEO and the rest of the top executives? That’s how important the people are. Been there, done that, and won.

Startup 147

Startup Bootstrapping Social Network Internet 147

Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

At a high level, I definitely agree that being an entrepreneur and being in school dont necessarily mix. Most of us know of Exhibits 1 ( Bill Gates ) and 2 ( Mark Zuckerberg ) from Harvard, but I have met dozens of other successful entrepreneurs who felt a greater need to get going on an opportunity than to wait around to complete a degree.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. While I agree that many VCs are crummy seed investors, I think there are some that are excellent seed investors. They are: Fred Wilson: Lead Investors, Dipshit Companies, and Funding Every Entrepreneur.

Startup 191

Startup CTO Hire Cofounder Venture Capital 191

Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

There are definitely some lessons in the story for entrepreneurs and angel investors, but before discussing, I thought Id share a bit about the early financing history for iControl. Series B and the $5M Series A , there were angels writing checks with many less 0s. Negotiating an Angel Deal in your PJ's.

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San Jose Angel Investor Term Sheet Venture Capital 28

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

I ran across a couple of blog posts by another angel investor in Card Munch, Ty Danco. Perhaps, there is more to the deal or maybe it is just a face saving gesture on the part of investors. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Negotiating an Angel Deal in your PJ's.

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Acquisition San Jose Angel Investor IPO 31

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

We had raised a small round of funding in 2013, led by a local angel investor who was a member of Central Texas Angel Network, and used the funds to build our first product (a mobile website) and launch with recommendations from friends of mine in Austin the week before South by Southwest Festival. Certainly.

Silicon Valley 48

Silicon Valley Technical Review Venture Capital San Francisco 48

venturebeat.com

JULY 12, 2012

Entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs. Social media. Social networking. Social games. By offering more than just cash, the Bing Fund joins an increasingly large array of incubators and accelerators aimed at helping entrepreneurs get off the ground. Developers. Infographics. Management. Electric cars.

Detroit 69

Detroit Incubator Technical Review Venture Capital 69

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Do you think men make better entrepreneurs than women, and why? First of all, it is evident that there are far fewer women entrepreneurs today than men. First of all, it is evident that there are far fewer women entrepreneurs today than men. Most of the venture capitalists and angel investors I know are male.

Startup 267

Startup Angel Investor Leadership Social Network 267

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2011

Do you think men make better entrepreneurs than women, and why? First of all, it is evident that there are fewer women entrepreneurs today than men. First of all, it is evident that there are fewer women entrepreneurs today than men. Most of the venture capitalists and angel investors I know are male.

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Angel Investor Social Network Leadership Analytics 249

Kodorra

AUGUST 23, 2018

In my past 14 year journey as an online entrepreneur, I went through mistakes that I can’t help to notice that others also tend to make when they just started. Oh and by the way, typically angel investors don’t sign NDA (non-disclosure agreement), so they are most probably losing out on the cash too.

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Non-disclosure Agreement Entrepreneur Netherlands NDA 49

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

If you’re an Entrepreneur, you can do it from any place in the world. How important is education when I know I want to be an entrepreneur? However, one of my co-founders doesn’t seem to be as motivated as the rest of us. If you’re a young entrepreneur, than congrats! Ask [link] – you don’t need to be in the valley.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2010

Do you think men make better entrepreneurs than women, and why? First of all, it is evident that there are fewer women entrepreneurs today than men. First of all, it is evident that there are fewer women entrepreneurs today than men. Most of the venture capitalists and angel investors I know are male.

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Angel Investor Social Network Leadership 124

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The Small Business Tips Series is supported by Bantam Live , a web-based collaboration workspace with “Social CRM&# for small business teams. The web and technology bubble has a lot in common with the rest of the business world in that there are essentially two disparate groups — the haves and the have nots.

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Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

Professor VC

MARCH 11, 2013

While the rest of Silicon Valley is slamming drinks at SXSW in Austin and trying out the mobile app Bang with Friends , I'm sitting in my office thinking about last week's Launch Festival. We decided to launch SocialParent at the conference (full disclosure: I'm an adviser, part-time CFO and investor). Seriously, Bang with Friends??

Silicon Valley 28

Silicon Valley San Francisco Social Network SEC 28

www.quicksprout.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Home About Answers Contact Quick Sprout What I Learned About Entrepreneurship Through 15 Angel Investments by Neil Patel on October 28, 2010 Share Share Over the last 2.5 years I made 15 angel investments with my own cash. And it isn’t just bad entrepreneurs who embellish; good ones have a tendency to do the same thing as well.

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Elevator Pitch Revenue Entrepreneur SEO 60

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

They write everything from assembly to jQuery, on PCs to mobile phones, doing hard core computer graphics to high level social networking. oz burgers as fast as possible, and commit the rest of your career to an endless series of McDonalds menus. The rest of us have some fine dining to enjoy. Everything, that is, but.NET.

Java 107

Java PHP Software Review Coder 107

Professor VC

JANUARY 19, 2012

VFAs tagline is "Mobilizing graduates as entrepreneurs" and is "A program for young, talented grads to spend 2 years in the trenches of a start-up with the goal that these graduates will become socialized and mobilized as entrepreneurs moving forward." Negotiating an Angel Deal in your PJ's. ► January. (1).

Silicon Valley 28

Silicon Valley San Jose America Venture Capital 28

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. That much, we all agree on.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93