Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ▼ January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. ► 2010. (7). ► October. (2). ► September. (2). Are DEMO's days numbered? Angie's List or AngelList?

Technical Review 31

Technical Review Due Diligence Silicon Valley San Jose 31

Hippoland

AUGUST 16, 2018

And, your idea is 50th social networking site of the week. There were/are so many freakin’ ad networks / ad exchanges / ad platforms out there that LaunchBit was just undifferentiated. In order to bootstrap your way to success, it largely means you need high margins and fast sales cycles. What is the market size for this?

Sales Cycle 54

Sales Cycle Differentiation Early Stage Bootstrapping 54

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Below is a short description of their philosophy: "The part of our philosophy that makes us most different from other startup investors is that we dont believe gut feel is a reliable indicator of potential at the seed stage. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101.

Technical Review 38

Technical Review Early Stage San Jose Angel Investor 38

Tim Keane

OCTOBER 3, 2012

 My advice was to execute with the big player by bootstrapping and then, as the market risk retires, to think about deploying outside capital.    Greg Gianforte at RightNow Technologies in Bozeman, Montana (recently sold to Oracle) is a famous proponent of bootstrapping for this exact reason. Bootstrapping.

Technology 74

Technology Marketing Intellectual Property Montana 74

Hippoland

AUGUST 16, 2018

And, your idea is 50th social networking site of the week. There were/are so many freakin’ ad networks / ad exchanges / ad platforms out there that LaunchBit was just undifferentiated. In order to bootstrap your way to success, it largely means you need high margins and fast sales cycles. What is the market size for this?

Sales Cycle 48

Sales Cycle Differentiation Early Stage Bootstrapping 48

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Some founders are able to skip an institutional seed round and go straight to a multi-million dollar A-round where a larger VC puts in the lion’s share of the capital. These platforms are really interesting to seed funds because they are simultaneously a threat, a weapon, and a sourcing mechanism.

Cram Down 66

Cram Down Institutional Investors Dilution Seed Stage 66

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 24, 2012

Once you get to a certain scale and it reaches a tipping point, if you have network effects, meaning there’s such a tight network that goes to a single place to do a single kind of transaction that popping up and doing it somewhere else becomes harder to do. I bootstrapped it on my own. So VCs invest in different stages.

Silicon Valley 204

Silicon Valley Software Review Internet Technical Review 204

Hippoland

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Etc… At the pre-seed stage, a big way to stand out is if you have a V3 statement (as opposed to a V1 statement). Here’s a concrete example of what I mean: when I was pitching LaunchBit, we started out as an ad network for email. At the pre-seed stage, there is no way to prove that your thesis is right or wrong.

Seed Stage 48

Seed Stage Business Model B2B Email 48

Hippoland

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Etc… At the pre-seed stage, a big way to stand out is if you have a V3 statement (as opposed to a V1 statement). Here’s a concrete example of what I mean: when I was pitching LaunchBit, we started out as an ad network for email. At the pre-seed stage, there is no way to prove that your thesis is right or wrong.

Seed Stage 48

Seed Stage Business Model B2B Email 48

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

They have raised a fund to provide seed funding of $50-$250K to 100-200 start-ups. Rather than going through their networks or targeting specific sectors for deal flow, they are going to rely on an algorithm to select companies. Seed stage investing is all about the team, so there may be something to this idea.

San Jose 28

San Jose Silicon Valley Venture Capital Angel Investor 28

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

In the process of gathering feedback, you’re beginning to develop a network of advisers and supporters. Then spend all your time on two things: talking to people (networking) and creating a wireframe (a simple mockup) of your web app. Or you can find seed-stage investors who will give you the money to hire a developer.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Fractional CTO Partner CTO Hire 40

K9 Ventures

JULY 21, 2016

And 2 seed stage companies that haven’t launched yet. After much hustling and eventually having someone travel to China to figure out what’s going on, they traced the problem down to a faulty network cable in the manufacturing facility. Coin — a programmable payment device in a credit card form factor.

Software Review 48

Software Review Forecast Portfolio Distribution 48

techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

The hybrid social network, communication and crowdsourcing platform allows startups to access investors, and has also become a resource for investors looking to boost dealflow and connect with other investors. Today, AngelList is debuting Docs, which lets seed-stage startups close their round online. Crunchbase.

Term Sheet 70

Term Sheet San Francisco Technical Review Seed Stage 70

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Social networking. Design/Front End: Twitter Bootstrap : Include this in your website, and you are half finished. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. Seed Stage Valuation Guide. Mailing lists/groups. Google Groups. Forms/Surveys. Google Forms. Survey Monkey. Personal storage.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53