ReadWriteStart

JUNE 13, 2011

Reinventing the board meeting may offer venture-backed startups a more efficient, productive way to direct and measure their search for a profitable business model. Yet boards of large companies exist to monitor efficient strategy and execution of a known business model. It's their fiduciary responsibility.

Silicon Valley 117

Silicon Valley Balance Sheet Metrics Early Stage 117

Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

A partner from the law firm (sponsor, covers the drinks and food) tosses out some softball questions to the panelists, the audience chimes in with Q&A and finally, culminates with the meet and greet where the panelists are flooded with business cards and pitches on the next great thing, which is often very similar to the last great thing.

Pre-Money Valuation 28

Pre-Money Valuation Angel Investor Angel Groups Valuation 28

pandodaily.com

JULY 18, 2012

Follow PandoDaily: Search. But it’s possible that as the secret sauce of new media swings farther from disruptive technology and business models to a focus on curated and quality content, it’s the older entrepreneurs who are in the pole position. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Get Tickets.

Entrepreneur 45

Entrepreneur San Francisco Silicon Valley Technical Review 45

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Establish credibility with potential partners. In some businesses, especially in certain industries like traditional enterprise software, you simply cannot bring a new product to market on your own. You need to combine your product with others, and this requires partners like OEMs or system integrators.

San Francisco 168

San Francisco PR Lean Early Stage 168

Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

The funding search began the day after Labor Day and continued throughout the fall as the environment continued to worsen, and resulted in a term sheet the day before Thanksgiving. Evaluate Business and Financing Needs - We initially went out seeking $10 million in financing, but listened to the prospective investors and watched the market.

Venture Capital 28

Venture Capital Silicon Valley San Jose Bootstrapping 28

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Many experienced partners are funds have 7-10 boards and most of these will need more capital. In the case of venture funding that shift was massive amounts of non-VC capital in search of higher returns and emulating the successes of Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter plus the expectation of huge returns at Uber, Airbnb, Dropbox, etc.

Valuation 150

Valuation Down Round Startup Later Stage 150

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

At the end, I asked myself what are the most critical resources I need to be successful and the answer was partners and developers. For four years we have offered the synchronization service for no charge, predicated on the hypothesis that a business model would emerge to support the free service. Company : Untitled Partners.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79