Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2016

Super-angel investors (micro-VCs). These terms refer to a class of professional investors who invest their own money, like angels, but have the larger resources and scope of venture capitalists with other people’s money. A seed round is intended to be followed by a bigger Series A round. Sweat equity. Ramen-profitable.

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Software Review Sweat Equity Accredited Investor Angel Investor 120

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

Let’s take an example – In the case of an internet or app business, the user traction and market penetration is a must. Any custom manufactured IoT device would require software development as well as hardware customization. Equity investors. The third source of funding is from equity investors.

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Startup Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Seed Stage 150

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

There was a lot of consumer internet activity again…resurgence of things, but it was still mysterious, venture capital was still kind of closed, 1st time entrepreneurs had a lot of questions that were unanswered, and there was still some sort of hand waiving around all the financing stuff and so we took it on….”. was starting.

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VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2010

Janvest , a new seed fund of $5 million backed by American angel investors and chaired by the former head of the Mossad (Danny Yatom), saw an opportunity to fill the gap by making offering US-based angel investors the opportunity to tap into the Israeli startup industry.

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Technical Review Software Review Seed Stage 106

Up and Running

AUGUST 12, 2014

In as much as a scheduled interview with an angel investor can be, talking with Boris about what it takes to spark the interest of a venture capital firm was a coincidence. ” At present, Version One Ventures portfolio includes startups from all over the United States and Canada. Here are your takeaways.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

And although this is written for angel investors, I think entrepreneurs can only benefit by increasing their knowledge around these investors and hope you’ll continue reading if that’s you. Paul Graham on how to be an angel investor. I’ll also include a few links below with some other perspectives. Other thoughts?

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Technical Review Angel Investor Software Review Silicon Valley 120

View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

And although this is written for angel investors, I think entrepreneurs can only benefit by increasing their knowledge around these investors and hope you’ll continue reading if that’s you. Paul Graham on how to be an angel investor. I’ll also include a few links below with some other perspectives. Other thoughts?

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Technical Review Angel Investor Software Review Silicon Valley 120

Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

This is the home of Jason Cohen, software startup founder, bootstrapper, investor, and mentor. Bill Gurley of Benchmark Capital doesn’t publish frequently, but his essays on market trends and Benchmark portfolio companies are a window into how VCs view the world and the kinds of business models that they find most interesting.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Silicon Valley Cofounder 60

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Computer Software. Media & Marketing. Small Business. More Industries. Accounting. Advertising. Broadcasting & Entertainment. Computer Hardware. Consumer Products. Defense & Aerospace. Financial Services & Insurance. Food & Tobacco. Hospitality. Industrial Goods & Services. Marketing & Strategy. Media Agencies. Metals & Mining. NAME Comcast.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 29, 2012

Kevin – consumer Internet plays, often times they don’t have a business model. A lot is happening because we have deployment platforms, code platforms, and now we have capital platforms like angellist. The top 10-15 we manually review. You don’t need all of them, you can have a couple. 72,000 projects listed.

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Developer Silicon Valley Software Review Mexico 103

David Teten

APRIL 29, 2014

For context, we currently have 48 active portfolio companies , so we have very disproportionate representation of non-traditional teams. A few additional venture funds and angel groups have also begun targeting the emerging domestic economy. Another example is 645 Ventures, a new venture fund founded by Nnamdi Okike.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

MITX : Non-profit trade association hosting many events focused on digital marketing and internet business. Extension Engine - Software engineering and design. Walter Frick - Harvard Business Review. Custommade – Marketplace for Customer Products (NextView Portfolio Company). Next major event? Future M on Oct 16.

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Boston Technical Review Community Cofounder 71

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe highlights everything you need to know from hosting your code in hackathons to open source legal docs. s the new way to code, and quite easy to learn. You can write back end code in javascript, one language conquers all! Code Igniter. Code Hosting and Version Control. code spaces (svn). WorkingPoint.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

50 Inspiring Portfolio Designs – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. “3 Types of Angel Investors and How to Pick the Right One (or Two)&# - [link]. Infographic: The State of the Internet – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Also worth a read after you review these startup failure post-mortems. A month ago, half way through my angel funds raised from family members, I decided to review the progress I’ve made and figure out what still needs to happen to make this a viable business. You should sign up for our newsletter here. During this year they.

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Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Marc Andreessen: So the computer industry started in 1950 and basically ran for 50 years with the same model, which was a model where all of the new computers, all the new technology, all the new software started out being sold for the highest prices to the biggest organizations. So originally the customer was the Department of Defense.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

had two occasions recently to review products which had clear market leadership. How-to learn about angel/vc term sheets - Gabriel Weinberg , June 28, 2010 I think every startup entrepreneur (and angel investor) should have a good understanding of financing term sheets. It sounds like Angel Boot Camp rocked.

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