Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2013

Seed investments” are early stage financings (typically less than $1.5 million) made by either Angels or venture capitalists, or both. Thus the venture capital industry isn’t dead yet, despite all the rumors, and more startups are getting money, even at Series A and later levels. This is nothing new.

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Up and Running

JUNE 13, 2017

CDFIs may be credit unions, economic development entities, nonprofit lenders, small banks, microfinance lenders, venture capital firms, or community development corporations focused on low- to moderate-income housing. CDFI program awardees financed 13,300 businesses. To find a CDFI, visit the Opportunity Finance Network.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 20, 2012

Today’s venture capital deal flow to innovative new companies looks a lot like a fat man trying to squeeze into a slim Italian suit. In 2000, venture capitalists poured a staggering $112.2 billion into startups nationwide, according to an analysis by the Public Policy Institute of California ( PDF ). It just doesn’t fit.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

The venture capital industry is facing real competition for the first time in decades. The venture capital industry is facing real competition for the first time in decades. The sudden rise of prominence of the super angels has shaken the very foundations of the venture capital industry, according to Graham.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

This “overnight success” was first financed in 2004. Entrada Ventures? —?that that plays a leading role in funding in the Central Coast of California. And FWIW, the final of my first four investments, all from this same fund, was, GumGum who recently announced it closed $75 million in financing led by Goldman Sachs.

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Startup Company Lawyer

AUGUST 31, 2012

One major concern about convertible debt is that it eventually needs to be repaid if another round of financing doesn’t occur. ” If the company didn’t raise a round of financing, the convertible debt would convert into the last round of financing (i.e. Series A) or have to be repaid.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Finally, for those of you who need some additional infusion of courage, please study the story of Ryan Allis in North Carolina who bootstrapped his company iContact to $1 million in revenue and THEN raised venture capital to get to $40 million. So, please don't get discouraged; there are many paths to success. You can register here.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

The venture capital industry is facing real competition for the first time in decades. The venture capital industry is facing real competition for the first time in decades. The sudden rise of prominence of the super angels has shaken the very foundations of the venture capital industry, according to Graham.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

00:00:06] DEREK: Tell us about growing up in Northern California, tell us about what your dad did, what your mom did, and your family a little bit. [00:00:52] I grew up in Northern California. I got a job at a bank, and I worked in their corporate finance group. In California. 00:00:52] MARK: Sure.

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Gust

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Note that I merged the two Southern California regions (LA/Orange County and San Diego) into one. Here are the trends in venture capital financings from 2006 through 2010 – the number of seed stage deals funded and total investment by region in millions of dollars. . Southern California*. California*.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Finance | Tuesdays. Financing a Small Business. Financing A Small Business. Personal Finance. Dave Graham Business Venture Capital Private Equity GlobalLogic Inc. Venture Capital Firms. Were not a venture capital firm.". Start-up | Mondays. Technology | Thursdays. Franchises.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

BlueVine, which is based in Redwood City, California, offers online working capital financing to small- and medium-sized businesses in many industries. I wanted to make the process of obtaining small business financing significantly easier and faster for business owners like my dad.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. In the last full year where we have data LA attracted $1.5 In the last month alone (ie not captures in the $1.5

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abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 17, 2014

I can ping Madagascar from my desktop in California in 368ms, but it takes 72 hours for a U.S. Finance government stimulus Internet Payment Regulation Uncategorized Venture Capital Disruption payments wealthfront' This supposedly “electronic” network enables people to transfer funds from one bank account to another.

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K9 Ventures

APRIL 14, 2020

HiHello has a remote team of engineers – in New York, Pennsylvania, Colorado, and California. Doug and his co-founder Vivek Nair , were not planning on raising any venture capital money yet. I am pleased that I/K9 Ventures got to lead the Pre-Seed round of financing for Pragli.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

The initial hypothesis for Epiphany (from my much smarter partner Ben ) was that as departments in the enterprise (manufacturing, finance, customer support sales) became automated, the marketing department would eventually get its turn.

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Steve Blank

MAY 28, 2009

The implications for entrepreneurs is that each of these (market risk versus invention risk,) require radically different financing models, a different type of venture investor, different timing for hiring sales and marketing, etc.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

The first hint lies in its name; this is a product development model, not a marketing model, not a sales hiring model, not a customer acquisition model, not even a financing model (and we’ll also find that in most cases it’s even a poor model to use to develop a product.) So what’s wrong the product development model?

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 26, 2020

Startup lawyers can help you decide on which structure is the best for you based on your finances, plans and goals. States like California require any website that collects personal information about state residents to make a Privacy Policy available on its website. Partnership Agreements. to resolve future conflicts.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Are they drawn to Texas or moving away from California? Texas exported more than California and New York combined in 2019. Only California and New York have a few more, and maybe not for long. It is the tech hub of Texas and has the most local venture capital and attracts the most venture capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

And she didn’t start her company in Northern California. She hasn’t raised any venture capital. She found non-traditional financing. Without this money she wouldn’t have been able to finance operations. She’s a painter and a self-proclaimed Bohemian. But Tracy did what entrepreneurs do.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 13, 2018

Since 2015, Michael Patryn’s expertise in finance, compliance and strategic growth initiatives has helped a range of companies successfully position themselves to go public on the CSE and TSX-V. For companies that are in a more advanced stage of growth, venture capital can be key. And then there’s poker.

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www.mattbartus.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Matt is a lawyer representing technology companies through all phases of their lifecycle, from pre-incorporation, seed & VC financings, exit transactions and IPOs (read more). Cooley Report Reviews Second Quarter Venture Capital Financing Trends. Venture Capital. Recent Posts. Categories. Angel Investors.

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Steve Blank

JULY 27, 2009

Entrepreneurs are fearless, persistent and uninhibited about asking – whether it’s asking to assemble a team, get financing, sell customers, etc. or whatever is necessary to build a company. If you are on the path to be a successful entrepreneur, hopefully you are already asking for things you want/need/aspire to.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 13, 2011

The investment analysts at CB Insights have released their quarterly report on venture capital activity, and in terms of deal-flow and funding levels, the news is good. The first quarter of 2011 saw these return to their pre-recession levels with financing for Internet companies up 83% from the last quarter of 2010.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 6, 2014

I like to think that our generation’s digital skills are replacing the startup’s traditional hunt for capital – all we need is a good idea, our team specs it out to make it sell, and we self-finance each company off its own cash flow. But as an avowed startup junkie, I’m always looking forward to the next thing.

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 15, 2015

Now given that the company has yet to even come close to breaking even, this can be viewed as either a great validation of Domo''s business model, or as more evidence of the “Bubble Mania” of the current technology financing landscape and a screaming signal to get out while you still can.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

For example, our company finances renewable energy installations (solar, fuel cell, etc.) My takeway from that episode was fail fast, fail often – it’s easier now that it’s cheaper as well! I also like the segment on characterizing your market. Sometimes that can be hard.

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David Teten

AUGUST 8, 2011

Nevertheless, a number of portfolio companies have asked us our thoughts on access to government finance sources, so we wanted to write a summary of options we think helpful. California. o Southern California Innovation Project. o California Conservation Innovation Grant Program. o New York Grant Watch.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

We’re a national venture capital investment firm but with our roots firmly in Los Angeles. In fact, 50% of our investments are in Southern California, from Santa Barbara to San Diego. Yes, great leaders need to travel more than programmers or finance directors. WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get).

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Scalable Startup

JULY 19, 2011

Most of my 25 year career has been in California; about half of those in Silicon Valley. The term Silicon Valley is now a misnomer – it has moved way beyond silicon and way beyond the original Santa Clara valley to spread all over California. Great PR and finance firms, but not many startups. That has all changed.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

I attended the annual LP meeting for a venture capital firm this week and got into a discussion about the above question. If you are interested in sponsoring the course, would love to hear from you as being part of a state institution in California provides its own special challenges. ProfessorVC. Thursday, November 19, 2009.

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Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

Last week, I led a retreat day for the executive management team of one of California''s and fastest - growing construction management firms, and on Monday did so for one of the oldest receivable management agencies in the world. Business Planning Entrepreneurship Financing Investing Jay Turo Management Venture Capital'

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 11, 2017

Earlier this month, my co-founders and I raised our sixth round of venture capital funding for Nvoicepay. However, we do know that only about nine percent of entrepreneurs in venture capital backed technology startups are women. by Karla Friede, CEO, co-founder, and member of the Board of Directors at Nvoicepay.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 28, 2008

In June of 2008, Become.com was selected as Best Search & Comparison Site [link] by the Sloan Center [link] at the University of California, Riverside. California Avenue, Suite 110 Sunnyvale, CA 94086 T: 408-215-4627 ext. Venture Capital. (3). Explore Venture Capital. Yahoo Finance. internet. (6).

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Steve Blank

MARCH 22, 2009

Steve my name is Donald xx, and I’m the head of external affairs of the CIA’s venture capital firm and we’d like you to keynote our conference.” So I gave my “ The Secret History of Silicon Valley ” talk as the keynote to the CIA’s venture capital conference. We witness similar behavior in corporate finance.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

I have noticed this same feeling when making a venture capital or angel investment. This was the beginning of the dot com bust and getting a consumer deal through the partners at my venture firm was next to impossible. However, I was glad to see they were able to raise financing and launch the service. Steve Bennet.

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