Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2022

If your offering is exciting enough, you may get millions in small amounts from other people on the Internet to help you fly high over the valley of death. Software apps that once required a 10-person team can now be done with the Lean Development methodology by two people in a couple of months. Apply for contests and business grants.

Intellectual Property 261

Intellectual Property Technical Review Incubator Bootstrapping 261

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2019

If your offering is exciting enough, you may get millions in small amounts from other people on the Internet to help you fly high over the valley of death. Software apps that once required a 10-person team can now be done with the Lean Development methodology by two people in a couple of months. Apply for contests and business grants.

Finance 320

Finance Intellectual Property Technical Review Incubator 320

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2017

If your startup is looking for an angel investor, it makes sense to present your plan to flocks of angels, and assume that at least one will swoop down and scoop you up. The challenge is to find the right angel for you, and for your situation. Angel investors are people too. Or does it? Keiretsu Forum.

Angel Investor 167

Angel Investor North America Accredited Investor Angel Groups 167

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2013

If your startup is looking for an Angel investor, it makes sense to present your plan to flocks of Angels, and assume that at least one will swoop down and scoop you up. The challenge is to find the right Angel for you, and for your situation. Angel investors are people too. Or does it? Keiretsu Forum.

Angel Investor 270

Angel Investor North America Rhode Island Accredited Investor 270

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2019

If your offering is exciting enough, you may get millions in small amounts from other people on the Internet to help you fly high over the valley of death. Software apps that once required a 10-person team can now be done with the Lean Development methodology by two people in a couple of months. Apply for contests and business grants.

Intellectual Property 219

Intellectual Property Technical Review Startup Incubator 219

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2022

If your startup is looking for an angel investor, it makes sense to present your plan to flocks of angels, and assume that at least one will swoop down and scoop you up. The challenge is to find the right angel for you, and for your situation. Angel investors are people too. Or does it? Keiretsu Forum.

North America 337

North America Accredited Investor Angel Investor Angel Groups 337

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Angel investors and venture capitalists are looking for startups with real products and a proven business model, ready to scale. Business investors and customers want to hear about solutions, and tend to back away from technology, until it is proven. Product verification and clinical trials.

Angel Investor 256

Angel Investor Early Stage Incubator Government 256

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Their expertise is focused across the range of software and internet sectors that we focus on here at NextView — from SaaS to e-commerce, ad-tech to mobile. At their core all of the folks listed above are builders — they have all founded and run exceptional software and internet companies, in some cases multiple times.

Software Review 120

Software Review Technical Review Entrepreneur Due Diligence 120

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

As a current Angel investor, I can attest that any investments in startups are more risky than the commodity markets, and you shouldn’t expect to see any return for many years. Of course, this might also lead to investors, partners, and licensing opportunities. Software crowd sourcing. Good-cause crowd funding.

Intellectual Property 247

Intellectual Property SEC Venture Capital Equity 247

YoungUpstarts

JULY 21, 2019

You can find free software on the internet that does almost the same thing as your subscription-based software. The internet has a ton of open-source software and other free services you can use for your business. Did the software you subscribed to proved to be useful or did it not add much value?

Software Review 191

Software Review Entrepreneur Cost Cofounder 191

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

As an angel investor, I routinely toss business plans that focus too much on today, and don’t talk about tomorrow. With today’s Internet instant access to all the latest reports and white papers of industry experts, there is no excuse for not staying current with outside perspectives, to temper your own views.

Customer 144

Customer Advisory Board Technical Review Angel Investor 144

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2014

If your offering is exciting enough, you may get millions in small amounts from other people on the Internet to help you fly high over the valley of death. Software apps that once required a 10-person team can now be done with the Lean Development methodology by two people in a couple of months. Apply for contests and business grants.

Entrepreneur 283

Entrepreneur Intellectual Property Technical Review Incubator 283

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2017

If your offering is exciting enough, you may get millions in small amounts from other people on the Internet to help you fly high over the valley of death. Software apps that once required a 10-person team can now be done with the Lean Development methodology by two people in a couple of months. Apply for contests and business grants.

Product Development 177

Product Development Cost Developer Product 177

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Their expertise is focused across the range of software ​and​ internet sectors that we focus on here at NextView​ –​ from SaaS to e-commerce, ad-tech to mobile. ​. But we also believe in the ​”​keiretsu​”​ principle here at NextView. But we also believe in the ​”​keiretsu​”​ principle here at NextView.

Software Review 113

Software Review Technical Review Entrepreneur Cofounder 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2021

Angel investors and venture capitalists are looking for startups with real products and a proven business model, ready to scale. Business investors and customers want to hear about solutions, and tend to back away from technology, until it is proven. Product verification and clinical trials.

Early Stage 412

Early Stage Angel Investor Incubator Government 412

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

If your offering is exciting enough, you may get millions in small amounts from other people on the Internet to help you fly high over the valley of death. Software apps that once required a 10-person team can now be done with the Lean Development methodology by two people in a couple of months. Apply for contests and business grants.

Intellectual Property 309

Intellectual Property Technical Review Venture Capital Startup 309

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2012

As a current Angel investor, I can attest that any investments in startups are more risky than the commodity markets, and you shouldn’t expect to see any return for five years. Of course, this might also lead to investors, partners, and licensing opportunities. Software crowd sourcing. Proceed at your own peril.

Intellectual Property 242

Intellectual Property Venture Capital Angel Investor Equity 242

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Their expertise is focused across the range of software ?and? internet sectors that we focus on here at NextView? have all founded and run exceptional software and internet companies, in some cases multiple times. with us, many of these individuals are also active angel investors themselves independent of NextView?,?

Software Review 100

Software Review Technical Review Entrepreneur Cofounder 100

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.

Technical Review 288

Technical Review Venture Capital Silicon Valley Software Review 288

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

If your offering is exciting enough, you may get millions in small amounts from other people on the Internet to help you fly high over the valley of death. Software apps that once required a 10-person team can now be done with the Lean Development methodology by two people in a couple of months. Apply for contests and business grants.

Intellectual Property 134

Intellectual Property Technical Review Startup Incubator 134

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Angel investors, like me, have long figured out that asking to see the prototype is a quick way to separate the ‘wannabes’ from serious players. Software products and apps can be quickly wire-framed with free tools such as MockFlow , or even Microsoft Powerpoint to lay out the key screens.

Angel Investor 276

Angel Investor Database Cofounder Distribution 276

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2016

Software Development Professional. The cost of entry as a services professional is at an all-time low, with powerful free tools to create your own website, cheap incorporation of yourself as a Limited Liability Corporation (LLC) via the Internet, and community colleges offering courses for anyone in the new technologies.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Angel Investor Social Media LLC 120

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. Ramen-profitable.

Software Review 120

Software Review Sweat Equity Accredited Investor Angel Investor 120

Gust

APRIL 27, 2014

Software Development Process via Wikipedia. Even when your startup is a one-man show and lots of fun, a “business” needs some discipline and controls to keep it from being defined as a hobby by investors, and assure some financial return. Funding process. Manage human resources. Leverage information technology.

Startup 187

Startup Institutional Investors Angel Investor Bootstrapping 187

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

You can’t start and run a business these days with a working knowledge and access to online and standalone tools, including a word processor, spreadsheet editing, and presentation software. Establish a legal presence and intent via the Internet. You will also need business management tools, such as Quickbooks, Zoom, and Hubspot.

Silicon Valley 286

Silicon Valley Angel Investor LLC Incubator 286

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2015

Software Development Professional. The cost of entry as a services professional is at an all-time low, with powerful free tools to create your own website, cheap incorporation of yourself as a Limited Liability Corporation (LLC) via the Internet, and community colleges offering courses for anyone in the new technologies.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Angel Investor Social Media LLC 120

Up and Running

DECEMBER 18, 2013

By making lending easy on the internet, and tying loans to borrowers’ characters rather than their credit scores , Kiva Zip aims to reach the world’s most marginalized entrepreneurs with the financial tools they need to succeed. If you’re interested in angel investment…. You can offer potential investors equity or convertible debt.

Kenya 119

Kenya Angel Investor Technical Review Software Review 119

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 30, 2011

This is the final part of a 3-part series on the major changes in the structure of the software & the venture capital industries. The result was a massive increase in startups & a whole group of new funding sources: both angels & “micro VCs&#. The series started here if you want to read from the start.

Venture Capital 289

Venture Capital Early Stage Valuation Angel Investor 289

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?

Technical Review 120

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?

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Angel Investor Software Review Silicon Valley 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

If your offering is exciting enough, you may get millions in small amounts from other people on the Internet to help you fly high over the valley of death. Software apps that once required a 10-person team can now be done with the Lean Development methodology by two people in a couple of months. Apply for contests and business grants.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Intellectual Property Technical Review Incubator 120

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. Avoid investors that take gender into account. The internet makes this easy enough. Do your research. Dont pitch just anyone.

Venture Capital 90

Venture Capital Founder Angel Investor Portfolio 90

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Angel investors, like me, have long figured out that asking to see the prototype is a quick way to separate the ‘wannabes’ from serious players. Software products and apps can be quickly wire-framed with free tools such as MockFlow , or even Microsoft Powerpoint to lay out the key screens.

Angel Investor 312

Angel Investor Database Cofounder Distribution 312

Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

Tim Berry , Founder, Palo Alto Software. Don’t believe the urban myth that you can sketch your idea on a napkin, and professional investors will throw money at you. Tim Berry , Founder, Palo Alto Software. Like the problem solver I had been trained as in my software development days, I parsed his issue. June 19th, 2012.

Startup 180

Startup Forecast Angel Investor Software 180

Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

Texas has produced world-changing startups in the past such as Dell Software , National Instruments and Whole Foods Market but all of those were founded more than 30 years ago. Austin is good at software, Dallas is good at retail, Houston is good at oil & gas, and San Antonio is good at cybersecurity (just for a few examples).

Texas 97

Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 97

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.

Startup 150

Startup Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Seed Stage 150

Up and Running

APRIL 22, 2019

If you’re interested in starting a software as a service (SaaS) business, you’ll want to start with the basics. SaaS (software as a service) means that users access software through their internet browser or a web-based app. You can think of it as a software license. SaaS defined.

Software 94

Software Intellectual Property Cloud Seattle 94