YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

This is because these days it’s a trendy word, conjuring up images of youthful exuberance, all-night coding parties, and developing revolutionary apps that transform into mind-boggling IPOs. When Johnny Earle, the founder of Johnny Cupcakes, started in 2001, he didn’t make baked goods; he sold t-shirts about baked goods!

Cofounder 100

Cofounder Montana Startup Seed Capital 100

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

This method was perfected by Gil Elbaz and his team at Applied Semantics in LA and in what some have called “ the most important acquisition ever made by Google ” they acquired the company for $102 million before Google had even IPO’d. He built & IPOd Demand Media. He built & sold iMall in Internet 1.0

Los Angeles 376

Los Angeles Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Seattle 376

View from Seed

APRIL 23, 2015

As NextView’s David Beisel likes to say, “We live in a demand-constrained world. ” Founders must address distribution in their pitches both overtly and succinctly. Note that many were included in our pitch deck templates for raising seed capital. You can find those here. ). Accidental VC'

Founder 120

Founder Distribution Viral Seed Stage 120