Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2023

According to more recent statistics , fewer than a third of all crowdfunding operations end up being successful, and the rest have to return anything they do collect. I would summarize the qualms and feedback from professional investors as the following: Crowdfunding platform costs trickle down to angel groups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

According to more recent statistics , fewer than a quarter of all crowdfunding operations end up being successful, and the rest have to return anything they do collect. I would summarize the qualms and feedback from professional investors as the following: Crowdfunding platform costs trickle down to angel groups.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

Reasons for funding. ? Scale up your operations. One of the most prominent reasons for funding is to scale up your operations, for expansion and achieve economies of scale. Now you may want to scale up your operations or expand your presence. The third reason is to fund your short term operational expenses or working capital.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

In Silicon Valley boardrooms, where “growth at all costs” had been the mantra for many years, people began to imagine a world where the cost of capital could rise dramatically, and profits could come back in vogue. Their own ego is also a factor – will a down round signal weakness? This is uncharted territory.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

Most startups operate close to themargin of failure, and the distraction of having to deal with clientscould be enough to put you over the edge. And we think its better if startups operate out of their ownpremises, however crappy, than the offices of their investors. Thats where the name"incubator" comes from.

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

And all of the other smart and operational decisions that have enabled Airbnb to weather the storm and go on to have one of the most successful public market debuts. The burden [should] just be that we care; that if we learn something, we improve it, and that we don’t only use single output metrics and its growth at all costs.

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

And all of the other smart and operational decisions that have enabled Airbnb to weather the storm and go on to have one of the most successful public market debuts. The burden [should] just be that we care; that if we learn something, we improve it, and that we don’t only use single output metrics and its growth at all costs.

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