crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 4, 2010

Why An MBA Could Kill Your Chance To Become A Great Tech Entrepreneur – [link]. Idiocy and brilliance of American policy toward entrepreneurs – [link]. Lead Investors, Dipshit Companies, and Funding Every Entrepreneur – [link]. Bootstrapped, Profitable & Proud: Github – [link].

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Gust

AUGUST 6, 2014

What the terms end up being, and how a company and the investor(s) arrive at that term sheet, can differ widely. The simple fact of the market is that there are many, many more entrepreneurs seeking capital than there are investors seeking to fund them. Good personal chemistry with the entrepreneur.

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Professor VC

APRIL 1, 2010

was part of a Dow Jones VentureWire webinar last week titled Negotiating An Angel Deal: What Angels, Entrepreneurs & VCs Need to Know. While this may certainly be the case with unsophisticated angels (much less of these now) or in cases with no lead investor, Id argue the opposite. Bootstrapping 101. ► July. (1).

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

The best way to not get caught lying to an investor…surprise, surprise…don’t lie at all. Weston Bergmann is the founder and lead investor in a business incubator in Kansas City called BetaBlox. He’s lived in ten different countries and his dog’s name is Bootstrap.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. How I Think About Seed Investing As A VC - Feld Thoughts , August 2, 2010 Last week saw an explosion of discussion around seed investing, including plenty of negative comments around VCs as seed investors.

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Professor VC

OCTOBER 20, 2009

I have been following the rallying cry of entrepreneurs with some amusement over the past couple of weeks in response to a blog post by Jason Calacanis, " Why Start-ups Shouldnt have to pay to pitch angel investors." In how many of those were you a lead investor? Bootstrapping 101. ProfessorVC. Average size?

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Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

Of course, the most important funding statistic to an entrepreneur relates to one specific company, and whether there is sufficient capital available to build and scale his business. This brought in a new set of prospective investors and required a lower investment from the lead investor as our existing investors were committed and on board.

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