Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2011

Angel investors and venture capitalists don’t invest in non-profits. The simple reason is that it’s impossible to make money for investors when the goal of the company is to not make money. An example would be getting free office space by agreeing to be the property manager for the owner.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2013

Angel investors and venture capitalists don’t invest in non-profits. The simple reason is that it’s impossible to make money for investors when the goal of the company is to not make money. An example would be getting free office space by agreeing to be the property manager for the owner.

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2017

And the desire to raise capital (whether from an individual “angel” investor or a venture capital firm) is often the key motivator in the business planning process. But how exactly will your business plan persuade investors to sign a check? Investors do not invest in concepts; they invest in reality. Everyday processes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2012

Angel investors and venture capitalists don’t invest in non-profits. The simple reason is that it’s impossible to make money for investors when the goal of the company is to not make money. An example would be getting free office space by agreeing to be the property manager for the owner.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 2, 2013

I know what it’s like to pitch to investors – both angels and venture capitalists. I’ve raised close to $1 million from angel investors for my previous technology start-ups. Sometimes you only get 10 minutes to pitch your business opportunity to the investors (or less in some cases).

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

Equity investors. The third source of funding is from equity investors. Under this category, you have the angel investors who would invest their own money and Venture Capital or VC firms, who manage funds aimed towards specific startup sectors and stages. Debt investors. It is a symbiotic relationship.

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Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2013

There are eight key things angel investors will look for when considering whether or not to fund your business. No matter how good your venture is, if the investor doesn''t like you, they generally won''t fund you. There are five sub-criteria to this, which get us to our sum of eight things angel investors want. #4a:

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Business Plan Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2013

5 Tips to Appeal to Angel Investors. Often times, entrepreneurs get rejected from Angel after Angel because they neglect to understand the essential components that appeal to Angel investors. Management team. Exit strategy. . Management team. Exit strategy.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 13, 2012

Getting funding from angel investors is the same way. Because the most important time you spend influencing potential investors is done long before you present to them, even long before you even contact them; it's done when you prepare your company for funding. So how do you prepare? Here they are below.

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David Teten

JUNE 17, 2015

It’s fascinating to be an angel investor, but do most angels actually make positive returns? But the bad news: according to CB Insights , the average time for VCs to exit via M&A is 5 years, and via IPO is 7 years. I try my best to discourage them; I always emphasize the risks and downsides of angel investing.

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Up and Running

JULY 9, 2014

Three months ago I posted Securing Angel Investors in this space. The vast majority of potentially successful startups are not going to get angel investment no matter how good their pitch or plan. Here’s what it takes to get angel investment: It has good growth potential. It has a believable exit strategy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2014

That’s why investors want to hear about your exit strategy. If you don’t have one, or intend to buy out investors with their own money, you probably won’t get much interest. Investors don’t want to antagonize a potential winner, but you are not fundable yet. Build a path to 10x return.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2013

That’s why investors want to hear about your exit strategy. If you don’t have one, or intend to buy out investors with their own money, you probably won’t get much interest. Investors don’t want to antagonize a potential winner, but you are not fundable yet. Build a path to 10x return.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 15, 2011

If you can’t find a sure thing, the next best bet is to learn from the best practices of successful investors. Here are tips from active angel investors who have enjoyed success with some of today’s leading technology companies: Investors Rely on Networks. Investors Look at Salaries. Understand the Exit Strategy.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 16, 2017

by Dan McCarthy, event manager for Venueseeker. If you’re trying to find funding for your business or product, it’s wise to consider finding investors. Not only can you receive an influx of cash, but many investors will be willing to partner with you—increasing your chances of success.

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Gust

AUGUST 10, 2014

Thats why investors want to hear about your exit strategy. If you dont have one, or intend to buy out investors with their own money, you probably wont get much interest. Investors dont want to antagonize a potential winner, but you are not fundable yet. Build a path to 10x return.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2013

I like the work just published by Bob Rice in “ The Alternative Answer ,” which does a great job of summarizing the investment universe, starting with the “conventional” stocks, bonds, and real estate, but moving on through more esoteric alternatives, including hedge funds, private equity, real assets, managed futures, and finally venture funding.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Dries Buytaert is the co-founder and CTO and Acquia , a venture-backed software company that offers products and services for open source content management system Drupal. Large companies also provide an important ‘exit strategy’ for startups.

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www.inc.com

JULY 9, 2010

500|5000 Conference Honorees Resources Press Apply 2011 ); Topics > Leadership and Managing > Human Resources > Recruiting and Hiring Employees > How to Attract Talent to Your Start-Up At a start-up, you need employees that are in it for the long haul and fit your unique culture. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 28, 2019

A traditional alternative to a small business loan is to find investors to contribute their own personal funds. These may be silent investors who have no say in the operations or management of your business. This type of funding is usually from a venture capital firm rather than from an individual investor.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 3, 2012

In investment, don’t get fooled by people saying investors don’t read business plans. The reason you care about business plan events is that you go from your plan, that lives on your computer and isn’t polished or edited for outsiders, to a version of your plan tailored for the specific business need.

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Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

Entrepreneurs: if you’re looking seriously at angel investment, and you have the kind of product-market fit and management experience investors will like, you need to take a good look at convertible notes. Do yourself and the investors you want to talk to a favor: take a few minutes and do some homework on this issue.

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Gust

DECEMBER 28, 2011

Without explaining why the average venture capital firm is managing larger funds today than a decade ago, let me describe how this change has impacted the startup funding landscape. Angel investors, however, have continued to fund round sizes between $150,000 and $1 million, just as they did twenty years ago.

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2018

All of these factors contribute to a scalable business model, which in turn, helps attract investors. Whether you are asking angel investors to fund your expansion or seeking a bank loan, you must know how much money you need. Angel investors. Venture capitalists are similar to angel investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy. According to David Rose , CEO of Gust, venture capital investors funded about 1500 startups last year, with Angel investors backing over 50,000 more. A year from now that’s projected to go as high as 100. Women are a growing force as entrepreneurs.

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Growthink Blog

AUGUST 14, 2010

The best articulation of it comes from Basil Peters, a serial technology entrepreneur, co-Founder of Nexus Engineering, former Canada Entrepreneur of the Year, and Managing Partner at 3 venture capital funds – Fundamental Technologies I and II and the BC Advantage Funds. His blog is one of the best resources on technology investing out there.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy. According to Statistic Brain , angel investors, numbering almost 300,000, contributed a record $25 billion to early-stage startups in the U.S. With more startups, angels still limit their focus to about one out of 40 requests.

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www.instigatorblog.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Good human resource management practice can see you motivate your staff to give their very best without necessarily turning them into intrapreneurs, because when all is said and done, most people looking and taking up jobs do so because the don't to get into the intricacies of company ownership.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. 1) Manage the firm . This is harder than it sounds.

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Up and Running

MAY 21, 2015

When small business owners talk about taking on an additional investor, they typically say something nondescript like, “We’re taking on an angel investor.” What they don’t discuss are the many of ways in which that investor can actually invest. See Also Planning for the Future: Your Exit Strategy.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

Imean more that conflicts with investors are particularly nasty.Competitors punch you in the jaw, but investors have you by theballs. And if trouble withinvestors is one of the biggest threats to a startup, managing themis one of the most important skills founders need to learn. Angel Investors Angels are individual rich people.

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discuss.joelonsoftware.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Im confident that this business will be able to compensate these two additional principles along the way, after initial risk of investing their time, and will later reward their vesting with an exit strategy. Angel investors also are motivated to help the company with whatever influences they have in the marketplace.

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Gust

DECEMBER 23, 2011

Randall Munroe has managed to slowly create a real enterprise out of a free webcomic. But that is certainly not always the case, because: sometimes you have other insulating factors that will fend off competition, and allow you to only go as fast as you can afford with internal resources.

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Gust

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Their miniscule floats are tightly managed to artificially inflate the offering price and maintain it briefly; then, a slow (or sometimes fast) descent to earth begins. The division manager at Google who’s tasked with driving more mobile ads can drop $17 million on your social network that makes it happen.

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Tim Keane

APRIL 12, 2006

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. « "What Makes an Attractive Angel Investment" | Main. | Ten questions the entrepreneur should ask the (prospective) investor. Angels and Advisors. Investor Relationships.

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www.inc.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

500|5000 Conference Honorees Resources Press Apply 2011 ); Topics > Leadership and Managing > Human Resources > Job Descriptions > How to Hire a CTO When its time to add a technologist to your slate of executives, what are the best practices to follow? 500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

The law would have the effect of allowing companies to stay private longer, deferring the significant expense, management distraction and public disclosure of financial and operating data involved in the IPO process. targets the Exchange Act requirement that is reportedly forcing Facebook to go public in early 2012.

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