Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2012

The new hot topic for entrepreneurs these days is crowd funding, which is anticipated to at least supplement, if not replace, the slow and mysterious process of current Angel and venture capital investors. Of course, this might also lead to investors, partners, and licensing opportunities. Pre-order crowd funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2023

Negotiate an advance from a strategic partner or customer. Solicit venture capital investors. These are professional investors, like Accel Partners , who invest institutional money in qualified startups, usually with a proven business model, ready to scale. Start a crowdfunding campaign online.

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ConversionXL

JULY 29, 2015

I scoured the academic research on crowdfunding, philanthropy, and helping behavior to understand when and why people donate money (and how you can use those principles in a crowdfunding campaign). Education plays a major role in venture capital. Before launching your campaign, build your community reputation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

Negotiate an advance from a strategic partner or customer. Solicit venture capital investors. These are professional investors, like Accel Partners , who invest institutional money in qualified startups, usually with a proven business model, ready to scale. Start a crowdfunding campaign online.

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SiliconHills

AUGUST 22, 2013

million in first round venture capital funding led by Silverton Partners. The Austin-based company has developed a platform that measures marketing campaigns in different media outlets. Other investors include DreamIt Ventures, Raymond Walheim, Rodrigo Carvalho, Joshua Baer and Sean Spector.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

When you first start your company and raise initial venture capital your board probably consists of 1-3 founders and 1-2 VCs. The functions of an early-stage board are pretty obvious and well understood: Providing introductions to customers, biz dev partners, recruits, the press, other investors, etc. In the Early Days.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

According to the Angel Capital Association: Angels (private money) invest in 55,000 startups each year versus 1,500 companies by VC (venture capital) funding. Moreover, only 13% of these successful campaigns raised over $20k. Not coincidentally, most venture funded companies will also fail. And why should you care?

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

A potential business opportunity for Sedibeng Breweries is a government-subsidized export operation, ideally to target markets in neighboring countries that are very similar to their target markets in Botswana so that Sedibeng’s strong marketing campaign can remain consistent. Access startup capital. Relationships with distributors.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Unlike a venture capital firm that states its criteria on its website and has forms, e-mail addresses, etc to encourage outreach, your site does a lot better job of saying "Go away!". The interesting thing is that being connected to wealth isn't necessarily a driver of good venture capital performance--why would it be?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Negotiate an advance from a strategic partner or customer. Solicit venture capital investors. These are professional investors, like Accel Partners , who invest institutional money in qualified startups, usually with a proven business model, ready to scale. Start a crowdfunding campaign online.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

They also had greater and more rapid increases in valuation at successive rounds of venture capital funding. Mistake #2: Choosing a business partner for comfort. Starting a business can be incredibly scary, so many entrepreneurs turn to a business partner out of the idea that there is strength in numbers.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

The venture capital industry is facing real competition for the first time in decades. Not only that, but the growing battle between venture capital firms and “super angels&# presents an amazing opportunity for entrepreneurs trying to build the next big thing. The answer is the rise of super angels, Graham said.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

The venture capital industry is facing real competition for the first time in decades. Not only that, but the growing battle between venture capital firms and “super angels&# presents an amazing opportunity for entrepreneurs trying to build the next big thing. The answer is the rise of super angels, Graham said.

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The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

I’m excited to let you know that David Norris joined us today as my Partner. Today I am proud to join Forward Partners as a VC. In the early days I had to apply myself to learn HTML and CSS (I built a hobby website), set up Adwords campaigns, learn SEO tactics and so on. Forward Partners, London.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 26, 2017

times the size of the global venture capital industry today. ” Simply building a crowdfunding campaign isn’t enough. With so many businesses seeking to capitalize on the crowdfunding trend, there’s more competition than ever. Good campaign design is a must if you want your project to succeed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Negotiate an advance from a strategic partner or customer. Solicit venture capital investors. These are professional investors, like Accel Partners , who invest institutional money in qualified startups, usually with a proven business model, ready to scale. Start a crowdfunding campaign online.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 1, 2017

While there’s a certain cachet that comes with being able to say you raised a round of funding for your startup, realize that it’s a lot of hard work to actually secure venture capital (VC) funding , and there are reasons you might not want to. If you’re looking to bring on a partner and money, venture capital might be the right fit.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

I’ve also shared my insights with Techcrunch, in “ 5 creator economy VCs see startup opportunities in monetization, discovery and much more “ As venture capital investors, one question we think about a lot at Remagine Ventures is “where are the opportunities for startups in the Creator Economy?”

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Hunter Walker

MARCH 25, 2015

Forerunner represented the best of both worlds to me – an opportunity to invest in new and innovative consumer businesses combined with an opportunity to build a new and innovative venture capital firm. HW: Is venture still an “apprenticeship” business? . EK: Absolutely.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Jacqueline and her partner Cortney are designing and manufacturing the line out of China and selling in the U.S. One thing Vin said that I liked a lot is that the Malaysian government is spending heavily on tourism development campaigns, and Qyzzy may be able to become a part of that campaign. That sounds great.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Knewton's Online Marketing Director is the key partner to the VP, Online Marketing and is responsible for helping the team drive customer acquisition and revenue growth through SEM (paid search), SEO, Affiliate Marketing, and Email. Tags: First Round Capital Venture Capital & Technology nextNY.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

For simplicity I’ll assume you’ve raised some money from angels or seed investors and you’re either raising an A round or a B round of venture capital. You might start with a partner in the meeting or it might be a principal or associate. It doesn’t have to be a partner?—?every these are simply guidelines.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Find partners or investors. Limited Liability Company (LLC) – a structure that permits owners, partners or shareholders to limit personal liability, but still includes tax and flexibility benefits associated with a partnership. Find partners or investors. times the size of the global venture capital industry today.

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VC Adventure

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Why get into the venture capital side of the business? I first got into venture capital about 10 years ago and I love my job. Unlike many venture capital firms that invest in certain geographic regions or specific technologies and sectors, Foundry Group’s investing activity is largely driven by a thematic approach.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2012

If your small business or startup sends email newsletters or other email marketing campaigns, what is the best time of day to send those emails? The Series A Crunch: One More Reason to Bootstrap and Skip Venture Capital | Enterprise Irregulars - [link]. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

In fact, a recent episode, they titled Half Baked Marketing Ideas They Got Down In the Weeds, talked about some outside of the box campaigns with real businesses. So we have a bunch of learning opportunities for us it's always, capital is wonderful and it's a piece of the solution, right? We also leverage ecosystem partners.

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

But the ventures launched in recent years with gobs of venture-capital funding and targeting niche markets have accelerated the movement with user-friendly designs and a tight knit to social networks Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. Find road-trip partners on Zimride. Visit our Partners: USA WEEKEND. Reporter Index.

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The Equity Kicker

JUNE 4, 2014

For Forward Partners that means an exit of £100m+. Ad tech and affiliate – the revenues of most adtech and affiliate startups come from the sale of one off campaigns or from exploiting short term movements in media pricing. Startup general interest Venture Capital'

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

Negotiate an advance from a strategic partner or customer. Solicit venture capital investors. These are professional investors, like Accel Partners , who invest institutional money in qualified startups, usually with a proven business model, ready to scale. Start a crowdfunding campaign online.

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Haystack

JULY 1, 2019

Email newsletters are important because email is a very important channel; you can track all sorts of analytics related to a campaign; and creating one every week or month is not that hard. 2/ Connie Loizos – anyone following venture capital is likely a subscriber to StrictlyVC. Subscribe to MG’s newsletter here.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

If you only need a small amount of money, particularly if you are a minority-owned business operating in a developing nation, working with one of Kiva’s field partners could be a good route. Small Business Lending Fund is a dedicated government fund that provides capital for small business loans through specific lenders in each U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

VC’s keep different titles but the most common that I’ve come across that are investment professionals are (in ascending order of seniority): analyst, associate, principal and partner. In a VC firm the people with authority are clearly partners, although some firms have principals that also have authority.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

Had a great chat with Jim Armstrong who is a General Partner at Clearstone Venture Partners today on TWiVC. We also talked a lot about Geodelic , a portfolio company of Clearstone, who is trying to change the metaphor of how people discover location based information by partnering with large companies and brands.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

I’m returning to Capital on Stage this fall in New York. Last year, 19 other VC fund Partners and I pitched to 170 attendees; this year the conference organizers expect a similar turnout. Q: How is the state of Capital On Stage today different from what it was at inception? To attend, apply via the CapitalonStage.com website.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Hitting a broad market initially with multiple fully-featured products and a huge marketing campaign is a recipe for disaster that bootstrapped startups never try. Indeed, there is a time and place in every new venture where even a bootstrapping entrepreneur should consider bringing on investors.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

The partner you saw is probably sitting on 5-6 boards which means he or she will be busy helping existing portfolio companies. This is not unlike a major biz dev deal you’re trying to sign or a big sales campaign into the VP of a major company. I like to tell entrepreneurs to treat it like a sales campaign.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . But in business, you want a lot of partners.

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