Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 23, 2010
I thought I’d try to look at it from a different lens, that of the entrepreneur. As an entrepreneur you should assume that. So what is an entrepreneur to do? I sometimes ask entrepreneurs. We discuss deal structures. But I do the same thing with entrepreneurs and I do it publicly on This Week in VC.
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.
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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.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 17, 2019
Why start from scratch when you can get a great deal on what someone else started? But every year thousands of entrepreneurs become millionaires by buying and growing businesses without the startup headaches of venture capitalists, zero revenue, and no business processes. The diligence: Interview customers, vendors, and employees.
Berkonomics
MAY 15, 2014
These usually involve a handful of angel investors, and a few entrepreneurs, who all want to build the very best term sheet for their exciting nascent enterprise. As an example, twenty five years ago, most VCs used common share deal structures. It was not until the later 1980s that the preferred share structure became popular.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 13, 2013
And a few teams of super talented, educated and bright entrepreneurs make a few mill. I know the buyers try the best to believe that [insert well known founder name here. I look for entrepreneurs who set out on their journeys to do exactly that – build big businesses. in their 20′s. But evidence suggests otherwise.
VC Cafe
SEPTEMBER 6, 2011
I could write a whole post on the 7-D model students follow (and I probably will) but I’d like to focus on a lecture at the end of the course, by a UK-based angel investor, who provided tips for entrepreneurs to make their company attractive for an angel. 10 tips for raising money from business angels.
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