Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2022

As a startup mentor, I’m always amazed that some entrepreneurs seem to be an immediate hit with investors, while others struggle to get any attention at all. Finally I realized that venture capital and angel investors are actually humans, despite some views to the contrary.

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Intellectual Property Angel Investor Early Stage Venture Capital 278

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2020

Use social media for early marketing. Social media is not rocket science. For example, a software development startup raising $250,000 from angel investors better be able to operate on $25,000 per month. Tackling most of the support tasks yourself. The timing of cash flow is everything.

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Burn Rate Hockey Stick Salary Angel Investor 310

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2022

As a business consultant and angel investor, I often ask for your own assessment of marketing ROI , or customer acquisition cost (CAC). It encompasses your marketing strategy used to attract, engage, and retain customers by creating and sharing relevant articles, videos, podcasts, and other media. Don’t forget it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2022

In my experience as an angel investor to startups, goodwill disagreements are perhaps the most common reason that you will fail to close interested investors as an entrepreneur. The challenge is what and how to highlight these to your advantage. In my view, that was their key to the early goodwill they needed.

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Valuation Technical Review Due Diligence Angel Investor 368

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2022

In that environment, you need to look broadly and work effectively on all the available sources of capital, including friends and family, angel investors, and strategic partners. I recommend that you get more visible at industry conferences and on social media. Intelligence and insight: book and street smarts.

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Silicon Valley Angel Investor Technical Review Boston 325

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Start with a range of platforms, including social media, advertising, and a great website. Most investors I know have heard many passionate entrepreneurs chanting “ If we build it, they will come ” in lieu of a credible marketing plan. As an angel investor myself, I’ve often heard the argument that your solution has no competition.

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Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Technical Review Angel Investor 432

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 18, 2022

If you are not in that rare category of known and proven entrepreneurs, you should avoid the following list of my top ten turnoffs that I have personally experienced as an angel investor. The best demos to investors are 30 seconds or less. Look how many social media ‘likes’ my site has generated.”

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Business Plan Technical Review Angel Investor Social Media 273

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2020

They couldn’t possibly understand the new social media culture, new technologies, or have the determination to beat their younger counterparts in the market. Boomer investors are much more likely to get in the game with a high focus on mentoring and give-back, as well as the financial return potential.

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Advisory Board Startup Dividend Angel Investor 312

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2021

After working with clients to uncover the best business model, he urges them to let go of their hesitation about seeking funding from venture capitalists and angel investors. Luke Lazarus’ Social Media Presence. People can access his public social media profiles at the following websites: Behance.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Using Story to Win on Social Media written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. She was an early employee at Twitter and is an author, speaker, angel investor, and innovation advisor. Diaz-Ortiz is a leading voice in digital media. How to increase your reach on social media. Podcast Transcript.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2020

As a startup mentor, I’m always amazed that some entrepreneurs seem to be an immediate hit with investors, while others struggle to get any attention at all. Finally I realized that venture capital and angel investors are actually humans, despite some views to the contrary.

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Intellectual Property Angel Investor Early Stage Venture Capital 316

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2014

As a startup mentor, I’m always amazed that some entrepreneurs seem to be an immediate hit with investors, while others struggle to get any attention at all. Finally I realized that Venture Capital and Angel investors are actually humans, despite some views to the contrary.

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Angel Investor Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Early Stage 268

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Use social media for early marketing. Social media is not rocket science. For example, a software development startup raising $250,000 from angel investors better be able to operate on $25,000 per month. Tackling most of the support tasks yourself. The timing of cash flow is everything.

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Burn Rate Hockey Stick Startup Salary 223

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2020

If you are not in that rare category of known and proven entrepreneurs, you should avoid the following list of my top ten turnoffs that I have personally experienced as an angel investor. The best demos to investors are 30 seconds or less. Look how many social media ‘likes’ my site has generated.”

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Technical Review Angel Investor Business Plan Social Media 310

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 14, 2022

Media tech. There are various crowdfunding platforms through which investors can participate in funding rounds for deserving companies. Promoters try to raise this funding majorly from Angel Investors. Indian startups have excelled in various segments and industries. Education tech. Financial tech. Retail tech.

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Technical Review Due Diligence India Startup 144

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2018

The cost of rolling out a business has never been lower – it only takes a few hundred dollars to incorporate a Limited Liability Corp (LLC) online, create your own website, use social media to get attention, and you are in business. Most investors expect a minimum viable product (MVP) sold to at least one customer.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 24, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! This Is Why Social Media Doesn’t Work For Your Business – [link]. This Is Why Social Media Doesn’t Work For Your Business – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 10, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The Other 1% – Ranking The Top 20 Angel Investors | 500 Startups – crowdspring.co/1is3Iiw. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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Social Media Small Business Design Silicon Valley 97

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Use social media for early marketing. Social media is not rocket science. For example, a software development startup raising $250,000 from angel investors better be able to operate on $25,000 per month. Tackling most of the support tasks yourself. The timing of cashflow is everything.

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Burn Rate Hockey Stick Entrepreneur Salary 262

The Startup Magazine

MAY 16, 2018

Due to his great ability for engaging communication, Mendlen was chosen as a speechwriter for Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, composing landmark speeches featured in the media, including Bill Gates’ last speech and Ballmer’s first speech as CEO of Microsoft. Dave Mendlen with Steve Ballmer. Dea Wilson, CEO at Lifograph.

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Silicon Valley Wiki Technical Review Seattle 97

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! But once in a while, SNL can still knock it out of the park, as they did with their recent funny look at the complaints from the media about the iPhone 5. Then Act - [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

Up and Running

DECEMBER 18, 2013

You build a campaign by creating videos, telling your story, participating in social media promotion, and offering “perks”, which are goods or services that you offer in exchange for donations. CrowdRise also has more celebrity endorsements and seems to get more media attention than other sites like it.

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Kenya Angel Investor Technical Review Software Review 119

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2023

The first step is to set your criteria, including a match for your sector type and stage, and then proactively seek out and contact the best candidates: Review profiles on professional social media sites. It clearly identifies potential investors who meet your profile, and provides contact information.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2014

They couldn’t possibly understand the new social media culture, new technologies, or have the determination to beat their younger counterparts in the market. Boomer investors are much more likely to get in the game with a high focus on mentoring and give-back, as well as the financial return potential.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Excellent post by @msuster offering advice about talking with investors about your competitors – [link]. Is Social Media Making Us Less Human? – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2023

The cost of entry has never been lower, with new tools to create your own website , and free social media to get your message out everywhere. Based on my own experience as a mentor and angel investor, I find that as many as ninety percent of startups fail in the first five years, despite their best efforts.

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Intellectual Property Social Media Angel Investor Metrics 245

Growthink Blog

APRIL 15, 2014

While this might depict an "angel," it certainly is a far cry from the definition of an "angel investor." Below I define exactly what an "angel investor" is along with answers to the other most common angel investor questions. What is An Angel Investor? That is what they do for a living.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 28, 2010

These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Angel-Backed Companies More Likely to Succeed, Says Harvard Study – [link]. Angel investors becoming more active in the Valley – [link]. Never Hire Job Hoppers.

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 91

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2018

Most of you new venture founders I meet as an angel investor seem convinced that starting the business is the hardest part. This experience includes browsing your website, social media interactions, the sales process, as well as your support and follow-up. Problems in any of these areas will stall growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Don’t skip the market research, input from influencers, analysis of competitors, and the simple act of really listening to potential customers via social media, before quantifying your opportunity. No matter how passionate you are about your solution, it doesn’t mean that if you build it, they will come. Start selling it before you build it.

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Business Model Customer Angel Investor Bootstrapping 273

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. These alternatives are used in lieu of traditional media such as radio, newspaper and television.

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Software Review Sweat Equity Accredited Investor Angel Investor 120

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. Of course, you may not have the time or desire to read through every document in your space, but it’s not so hard to find and follow some key influencer blogs on social media.

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Customer Advisory Board Technical Review Angel Investor 144

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Don’t ask for an NDA from trusted investors and advisors. If you are approaching a recognized venture capital group, or even an accredited angel investor, a non-disclosure agreement is counter-productive. If that doesn’t get any attention, the details probably don’t need protection.

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Non-disclosure Agreement NDA Technical Review Due Diligence 153

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Use social media for early marketing. Social media is not rocket science. For example, a software development startup raising $250,000 from angel investors better be able to operate on $25,000 per month. Tackling most of the support tasks yourself. The timing of cash flow is everything.

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Burn Rate Hockey Stick Startup Salary 120

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 13, 2017

However, many other small business owners will need to seek outside financing through a small business loan, angel investors, crowdfunding, strategic partnerships and other efforts. Cameron Johnson is a business consultant and social media expert. Invest in New Technology.

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Small Business Developer Social Media United States 135

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2022

As an angel investor, I expected startups to have a passion for their solution, but also to have done the market research and customer validation to size the real opportunity. In addition, these days you have to help your customers find you, through traditional marketing, more social media, and influencers.

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Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur Angel Investor Social Media 362

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

If you are not in that rare category of known and proven entrepreneurs, you should avoid the following list of my top ten turnoffs that I have personally experienced as an Angel investor. The best demos to investors are 30 seconds or less. Look how many social media ‘likes’ my site has generated.”

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Business Plan Angel Investor 299