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Angel Investor 84

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 84

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2010

Often these shufflings are good, because they bring in experienced management. But sometimes they bring in management with no industry expertise, and they destroy both morale and your vision. Remember “ The Social Network ” movie about Facebook? Remember what happened to the alleged co-founders when Peter Thiel came in?

Advisory Board 233

Advisory Board Cofounder Phoenix Arizona 233

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 3, 2015

Avoid investors who don’t really go into the details and only focus on tax breaks. The size of their networks. No, not their social network, their investment network and their network of business contacts. They might end up investing as a result of the tax breaks but will not contribute beyond the capital.

Angel Investor 100

Angel Investor Early Stage Due Diligence Cofounder 100

Professor VC

MAY 29, 2008

What does it take to be an Angel Investor? To the SEC, it means that you are an accredited investor and To the man (or woman) on the street, a minimum qualification would seem to be an interest and ability to invest in early stage ventures. I think this sentiment has given angel groups a bad name. ProfessorVC.

Angel Investor 28

Angel Investor Angel Groups Accredited Investor San Jose 28

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

People buy companies for 3 primary reasons: 1) they want the management team / talent 2) they want the technology or 3) they want the market traction (revenue, customer base, profits, etc). The best way is if they hear from third parties but if you can’t manage this it’s OK to tell them directly. Tough, but true.

Venture Capital 282

Venture Capital Term Sheet Valuation Stock Options 282

The Startup Magazine

JULY 20, 2021

Betancourt Lopez put together a group of investors, including Félix Ruiz and Hugo Arévalo, who were the founders of Tuenti, a social networking app. The great-grandson of Hermogenes Lopez had a long history as an executive and angel investor prior to taking on the leadership role at Hawkers.

Viral 158

Viral Private Equity Venezuela Los Angeles 158

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2015

Multiple startups can now spawn solutions from the technology, and position themselves for rapid customer growth and early seed-stage support from investors. I have intentionally broadened the hype-cycle definitions from their traditional hard-technology application to include soft technologies, such as social networks and entertainment.

Management 120

Management Startup Stealth Seed Stage 120

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 1, 2011

The opposite approach of index investing is an actively managed or concentrated investing approach. social proof? alone and would rather take time to find companies that he can actively manage and leverage his competitive advantage with. s new markets feature, where you can break out specific investors and deals by sub-markets.

Technical Review 123

Technical Review Due Diligence Cofounder Startup 123

Genuine VC

JULY 19, 2010

But leveraged distribution via platforms (organic/paid search, social networks, mobile devices) and self-service monetization (ad networks, app stores, payments) is what has truly empowered startups to become real scalable businesses on very small amounts of initial capital.

Seed Stage 175

Seed Stage Technical Review Dilution Offshore 175

Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Previous investors O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures and First Round Capital also participated. Get Satisfaction has developed a private label social network platform for businesses to use to communicate with their customers, and to help customers communicate with each other. Rypple makes HR software that helps companies run better.

Azure 74

Azure Venture Capital Software Review Syndicate 74

Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

There are 450+ back episodes online, and it’s safe to say that if you listen to it regularly, within a few months you will know more about what makes angel investors tick than do 98% of the rest of the world…including other angels! Create your Gust profile to show off your venture in the best possible light.

Angel Groups 159

Angel Groups Elevator Pitch Software Review Deal Flow 159

mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

He is a serial entrepreneur, internationally syndicated columnist, angel investor, public speaker and author of the best-selling book Never Get a “Real&# Job: How To Dump Your Boss, Build a Business and Not Go Broke. They need to be able to communicate as a peer to engineers and management.

CTO Hire 73

CTO Hire Fractional CTO CTO Technical Review 73

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2019

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 241

Angel Investor North America Accredited Investor Angel Groups 241

The Startup Magazine

JULY 20, 2021

Betancourt Lopez put together a group of investors, including Félix Ruiz and Hugo Arévalo, who were the founders of Tuenti, a social networking app. The great-grandson of Hermogenes Lopez had a long history as an executive and angel investor prior to taking on the leadership role at Hawkers.

Viral 78

Viral Private Equity Venezuela Los Angeles 78

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 31, 2013

Instead of relying on usual “submit a resume for different positions and wait for an interview call-up” way to land a dream job, a job seeker can instead tap on existing communities such as online social networks and respected thought leaders in their industries to recommend the right roles for them.

Singapore 147

Singapore Malaysia Incubator Angel Investor 147

Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Indigo Room Featured Speaker: Whitney Wolfe Herd As Founder and CEO of Bumble, Whitney Wolfe Herd helms one of the fastest-growing social networks in the world. Room 211–212 Sunday, March 11 Social Airbag with Spredfast CEO Rod Favaron Social networks were under fire in 2017 following foreign interference of the 2016 US election.

Technical Review 58

Technical Review Silicon Valley Texas Austin 58

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

entrepreneur Wil Schroter (I am an angel investor in Affordit). Investors: FirstMark Capital (Amish Jani)(lead), with existing investors: Accel Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, First Round Capital, Reid Hoffman. Increasing this is also migrating to social network messaging but email is still king.

Venture Capital 265

Venture Capital Social Network Angel Investor Chad 265

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

We called them founder space, round tables, and we'd meet, I'd introduce 'em to angel investors and marketing experts and lawyers, and really try to help them get off the ground. They don't like managing people. John Jantsch (12:39): So I know in the book you talk a lot about managing people. They don't like it.

San Francisco 96

San Francisco Technical Review Incubator Silicon Valley 96

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.

Intellectual Property 55

Intellectual Property Los Angeles San Francisco New York 55

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Whether they also lead to dramatically higher returns for investors is a question Im looking forward to studying. Very useful perspective - as a first-time CEO managing a small startup, these ideas are timely and thought-provoking. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? Less is more.

Lean 168

Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 168

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Didnt get the chance to ask him if managed to visit Berkeley while he was in town and see the 52-7 whupping that the Buffs took at the hands of Cal. Bump.com is a social network based on license plate numbers as the identifier. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"?

Technical Review 38

Technical Review San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 38

www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

The opposite approach of index investing is an actively managed or concentrated investing approach. social proof? alone and would rather take time to find companies that he can actively manage and leverage his competitive advantage with. s new markets feature, where you can break out specific investors and deals by sub-markets.

Technical Review 50

Technical Review Due Diligence Startup Angel Investor 50

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

And given that four of the most important tech investors in the world seem skeptical of it, if someone can figure out a good formula that works, they may be able to exploit it". Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Negotiating an Angel Deal in your PJ's. ► January.

Technical Review 38

Technical Review Early Stage San Jose Angel Investor 38

Ben's Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Every day I hear from entrepreneurs, angel investors and venture capitalists about an exciting new movement called “the consumerization of the enterprise.” If the organization purchases, for example, social networking software it must attempt to take these needs into account. —The Who, Won’t Get Fooled Again.

Customer 78

Customer Technical Review Silicon Valley Internet 78

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. New England Investment Network.

Angel Investor 270

Angel Investor North America Rhode Island Accredited Investor 270

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 3, 2013

Thumb – A mobile social network that helps people get instant opinions. Class Dojo – Behavior management software for teachers. Locu – Manage and design your menu in one place. It should be a useful jumping off point for entrepreneurs to find inspiration and for consumers to find something cool to try.

Software Review 60

Software Review San Francisco Startup Technical Review 60

Professor VC

APRIL 1, 2010

In my experience, venture investors are more focused on percentage ownership, which obviously requires a trade-off with the amount invested and valuation. I had a discussi on with another angel investor a few months ago and he was bragging about the deal he just struck that included a 3X participating liquidation preference.

Term Sheet 32

Term Sheet Angel Investor San Jose Venture Capital 32

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2017

One of such challenge is the proper management or resources that you need in the company. Many start-ups also fail because of this poor management of resources. There are many times that many people tend to work on the same software and managing them can be a really tough job. So, which are the tools that you should use?

Open Source 106

Open Source Startup Cofounder Analytics 106

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

Steve Blank

JUNE 17, 2011

Smart Money are prescient angel investors and Venture Capitalists who started investing in social networks, consumer and mobile applications and the cloud 3, 4 or 5 years ago. They manage this all with knowledge of the game they’re playing, but they don’t hype it, talk about it or fan the flames.

Investment Bankers 315

Investment Bankers Stock Valuation Venture Capital 315

Transformify

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Listen to your customers on social networks. There are numerous social media monitoring tools that let you follow your critical keywords and get notified whenever someone mentions them. For example, you could take out personal loans , apply for a government grant, or find an angel investor. Build your network.

Employee 91

Employee Entrepreneur Angel Investor Reputation 91

Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

I thought about doing this in a top 10 format, but will limit to my top 3 reasons: Misalignment of incentives - As an angel investor I want to do everything I can to help the entrepreneur succeed. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Negotiating an Angel Deal in your PJ's.

San Jose 36

San Jose Technical Review Angel Investor Valuation 36

Professor VC

MARCH 10, 2009

His latest venture, Bharosa, was sold to Oracle for a 6X multiple in 3 years to his angel investors, a sweet close to triple digit IRR. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Negotiating an Angel Deal in your PJ's. What does it take to be an Angel Investor?

Bootstrapping 28

Bootstrapping San Jose Silicon Valley Software Review 28

Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

If you want to skip to the end of the story, I ended up becoming an adviser and investing in the management company. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Negotiating an Angel Deal in your PJ's. What does it take to be an Angel Investor? ▼ January. (1).

Technical Review 31

Technical Review Due Diligence Silicon Valley San Jose 31

Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Zimride : Zimride is a ridesharing service that combines social networks and a route-matching algorithm, to make it easy for people to share seats in their cars or catch a ride. million from Floodgate, K9 Ventures and two angel investors. WePay : WePay helps groups easily collect, manage, and spend money.

Venture Capital 78

Venture Capital Angel Investor Algorithm Social Network 78

Business Plan Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2013

You may think that numbers and locations are the only thing to look out for, but in reality it is best to find the angel that fits you and then your situation. As always, keep these key principles in mind while looking for, and after you find an angel investor. Angels are typically only interested in opportunities local to them.

North America 40

North America Angel Investor Accredited Investor Silicon Valley 40