YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 25, 2017

Venture Capitalism is changing. Due to lowering capital costs, global competition that spans industries and continents, quicker market validations, and facilitated iteration, the nature of the investment game has changed. Cheaper capital costs. Extinct by example?

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Venture Capital Technical Review Kenya Startup 193

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

When Netscape went public, it unleashed a frenzy from the public markets for anything related to the internet and signaled to venture investors that there were massive returns to be made investing in anything internet related. After the crash, venture capital was scarce to non-existent. Then one day it was over. IPOs dried up.

Lean 335

Lean Burn Rate Startup IPO 335

View from Seed

MARCH 4, 2020

One of the weaknesses of the Midas list methodology (so I’ve heard) is that it under-emphasizes the impact of one’s cost basis and ownership relative to fund size. The biggest rise, unsurprisingly, was China, which enjoyed a huge surge in venture capital dollars over the past decade and enjoyed its fair share of blockbuster exits.

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Venture Capital China Technical Review Africa 313

David Teten

JUNE 22, 2012

HBS Angels of NY and the NAIC have named the finalist women and minority entrepreneurs of the Venture Capital Access Program; check out the press release below. Select Finalists for Venture Capital Access Program. Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York and the. Torsh, Inc.’s

Programming 128

Programming Accredited Investor Naming New York 128

ReadWriteStart

JULY 5, 2023

Neko Health is well positioned to achieve its goals, as the board of directors recently welcomed notable investors such as Niklas Zennstrom, co-founder of Skype, and Klaus Hommels, founder of the venture capital firm Lakestar. In addition, the images captured by the 3D scanner are sent to a remote location for analysis.

Sweden 126

Sweden Artificial Inteligence Cofounder Technical Review 126

David Teten

JUNE 22, 2012

HBS Angels of NY and the NAIC have named the finalist women and minority entrepreneurs of the Venture Capital Access Program; check out the press release below. Select Finalists for Venture Capital Access Program. Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York and the. Torsh, Inc.’s

Programming 114

Programming Accredited Investor Naming New York 114

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Startups have to deal with starting costs and ongoing businesses have to finance growth and working capital. Myth #1: Venture capital is a growing opportunity for funding businesses. Actually, venture capital financing is very rare. Venture capital. Don’t get discouraged at this point.

SBA 161

SBA Venture Capital Angel Investor Technical Review 161

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2019

Most of these are easy to avoid if you do your homework up front, but can cost you dearly if you get sucked in. No real investor or venture capital firm asks for money from the company they are intending to invest in. Use the common sense suggestions to avoid the pain: Decoy investor scam. Off-shore unsolicited investor offers.

Technical Review 228

Technical Review Non-disclosure Agreement Due Diligence Term Sheet 228

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

He also nails the reason why venture capital is still necessary to grow large businesses quickly in a world where the costs of running startups have fallen dramatically. After all, growth equals high valuations and loads of venture capital! It’s ok to raise venture capital and try to build a monster business.

Silicon Valley 390

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Startup Technical Review 390

Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

But, in the alleys, most of the improvised cafés and galleries that used to enliven the city have been cleared away, in the name of order; overhead, the race to build new skyscrapers, which attracted designers from around the world, has stalled. And how mismatched (or unspoken) ones in venture capital can cause stress.

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Venture Capital China Government Early Stage 65

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. And buy people are doing en masse.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

YoungUpstarts

JULY 16, 2019

According to tech recruiters , 2019 has brought a handful of tech jobs to the forefront, such as cyber security engineering, AI/machine learning and data scientists, to name a few. The tech industry has this growth because of lower housing costs, affordable living, and strong incentives. million in venture capital to move.

Canada 167

Canada Hiring Artificial Inteligence Software Developers 167

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

On December 3rd Brad Feld wrote a one paragraph blog post titled “ Raising Venture Capital &# in which he linked to my blog. It became a huge kerfuffle with many VC partners writing to thank me for the post, which exposed those that gave their industry a bad name. Thus is venture capital. Tempus Fugit.

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Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2023

If ten percent of these numbers, multiplied by your average product price, will get you the revenue you need to scale your business, you will get the love you need from angel and venture capital investors.

SBA 300

SBA Venture Capital Business Plan Social Media 300

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2022

You can’t succeed in business without an operational model that delivers value to customers at a reasonable price, with an underlying cost that allows you to make a profit. The key issues here are time to market and cost. Cost structure. What are your costs? Production. How do you produce your product or service?

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Business Model Distribution Viral Green 256

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

The Texas capital recently was named the #1 place in America to start a business by CNBC. Boulder’s entrepreneurial system is bolstered by a number of local venture capital firms, including Foundry Group. The Kauffman Index recently named Miami the second most entrepreneurial city in the U.S., Austin, TX.

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United States Las Vegas San Francisco Denver 113

VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2023

In one of the sessions I attended the room was packed with developers, and in the web3-focused session, most of the chatter was not on NFTs or Play to Earn, but on the potential of generative AI to reduce costs, increase productivity and test various aspects of the game creation value chain from ideation, to development and marketing of games.

Generative AI 104

Generative AI San Francisco Technical Review Europe 104

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 30, 2016

Safe Eyes had been named the #1 parental control product out of 11 products tested by Consumer Reports. We received a venture capital investment. We put our heads down, worked hard, and learned as we went. In June of 2005 while on vacation with my wife, I received a call from my brother. This rating put Safe Eyes on the map.

Software Review 188

Software Review Technical Review Due Diligence Startup 188

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2017

Most of these are easy to avoid if you do your homework up front, but can cost you dearly if you get sucked in. No real investor or venture capital firm asks for money from the company they are intending to invest in. Use the common sense suggestions to avoid the pain: Decoy investor scam. Off-shore unsolicited investor offers.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Non-disclosure Agreement Due Diligence Entrepreneur 120

YoungUpstarts

JULY 31, 2019

Founders need seed capital to get their operations up and running, and to begin generating revenue. They need to comply with laws, create back-end processes, and build prototypes — all of which cost money. Exacerbating the problem are the subjective standards by which many young companies are evaluated. Fundraising debt.

Cofounder 127

Cofounder Burn Rate Technical Cofounder Seed Capital 127

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Most of these are easy to avoid if you do your homework up front, but can cost you dearly if you get sucked in. No real investor or venture capital firm asks for money from the company they are intending to invest in. Use the common sense suggestions to avoid the pain: Decoy investor scam. Off-shore unsolicited investor offers.

Technical Review 202

Technical Review Non-disclosure Agreement Due Diligence Entrepreneur 202

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2020

If ten percent of these numbers, multiplied by your average product price, will get you the revenue you need to scale your business, you will get the love you need from angel and venture capital investors.

Business Plan 393

Business Plan Marketing SBA Venture Capital 393

Growthink Blog

MAY 20, 2014

At the time, Tom was a partner at Enterprise Partners Venture Capital in San Diego. At the time (around 2003), many venture capital firms were licking their wounds. This entrepreneur’s name was Chet Holmes. Years ago I served on a funding panel with Tom Clancy. This led Clancy to make an important decision.

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Venture Capital San Diego Los Angeles Partner 107

David Teten

AUGUST 7, 2019

Today, some Momentum-centric venture capital investors have high paper returns. Simple reason: most of them have known only a rising market in their careers, and in such a market the companies that are already hot can usually raise more capital and force growth. But VC is historically and consistently cyclical.

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Venture Capital Valuation Stock NDA 60

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

The Texas capital recently was named the #1 place in America to start a business by CNBC. Boulder’s entrepreneurial system is bolstered by a number of local venture capital firms, including Foundry Group. The Kauffman Index recently named Miami the second most entrepreneurial city in the U.S.,

United States 82

United States Las Vegas San Francisco Denver 82

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Angel investor Jeff Stewart once told me that either the product takes twice as long and costs three times as much to build as your plan, or takes three times as long to build and costs twice as much--you just don''t know which one. Venture Capital & Technology' Whatever it was--I wish I had been better prepared for it.

Technical Review 118

Technical Review Due Diligence Angel Investor Venture Capital 118

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

In the early 80’s he left academia to work on venture capital investing with Jim Simons, Renaissance Technologies. The discussion with Howard Morgan starts off by acknowledging Josh Kopelman as a co-founder of First Round Capital. He then went on to teach Computer Science at Cornell, Caltech, and University of Pennsylvania.

Pre-Money Valuation 284

Pre-Money Valuation Technical Review Cofounder Cram Down 284

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Or it can be your brand , logo or domain name. Each patent filing will cost your company $10-30k and take 1-4 years. Posted in Technology, Venture Capital. Tags: Technology Venture Capital. You can protect business processes, know how, customer information, product road map.

Intellectual Property 219

Intellectual Property IP Software Review Non-disclosure Agreement 219

Up and Running

OCTOBER 30, 2017

How easy is it (and how much will it cost you) to acquire a customer? How much money and effort will it cost to deliver the value you would like to be offering? Other things you will need to do include deciding on a business name and researching availability for that name. Angel investment (similar to venture capital).

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Venture Capital Business Plan Limited Liability Company Finance 166

VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

It goes beyond the change of name, to reflect the company’s intention to become fully metaverse focused within 5 years – Facebook is investing billions and hiring 1,000 people in EMEA to build their vision for our future online social interactions. The future of social media and 3D interaction is the biggest priority to Facebook.

IP 206

IP Cofounder Valuation Acquisition 206

David Teten

MAY 20, 2013

This is part 2 of a 2-part series on domain names and startups; part 1 was “ Should a Startup Spend VC Funding on a Domain Name? ”. This bench at Cathedral Lawn is engraved with country domain names such as.uk,us,nz Let me propose a path few take: find an under-monetized domain name and start a business on it.

Naming 114

Naming Startup Venture Capital Portfolio 114

David Teten

MAY 20, 2013

This is part 2 of a 2-part series on domain names and startups; part 1 was “ Should a Startup Spend VC Funding on a Domain Name? ”. This bench at Cathedral Lawn is engraved with country domain names such as.uk,us,nz Let me propose a path few take: find an under-monetized domain name and start a business on it.

Naming 114

Naming Startup Venture Capital Portfolio 114

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Plus, Austin is far cheaper than other big names on the list, such as San Francisco, Boston, or New York. Denver is another name that keeps popping up on various rankings and lists that focus on businesses and entrepreneurs. The small city raises more venture capital for small businesses and startups than Salt Lake City.

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Denver Entrepreneur San Francisco Colorado 246

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Nobody wants to leave their loved ones in a cold, impersonal dog kennel not to mention the costs of doing so. He wanted to work in venture capital and I was new to the industry and in no position to hire anybody. In this case somebody named Todd Adamson. They called the local dog kennels with trepidation. “Oh s**t.”

San Diego 344

San Diego Technical Review Seed Capital Sacramento 344

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

The biggest difference I cite is that Venture Capital often feels like an “individual sport” while startups are a “team sport.” The first step we took was to choose a brand name that we felt represented our shared values and that we felt helped force us to live our values. Branding & Shared Values.

San Francisco 150

San Francisco Jordan Los Angeles Technical Review 150

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

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Los Angeles Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Seattle 376

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

So they took 3 reports, read them, put them into their own spreadsheet, made fancier graphs, had professional PowerPoint departments make killer pages and then at the bottom of the graph they typed, “Research Company Data and Consulting Company Analysis&# (fill in brand names) or some derivative. 23% of all costs are inefficient.

Investment Bankers 415

Investment Bankers Mobile Software Review Japan 415