Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

By definition, second-stage ventures generally have 10 to 99 employees and/or $750,000 to $50 million in revenue, and see that as just the beginning. Very few startups are cash-rich enough to self-finance aggressive second-stage growth. Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge. There is no free lunch.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Like many established finance & media companies, GLG knows that the tech startup sector is a growing part of the economy. For example, if you’re an early stage company dealing with complex regulation (think Uber in transportation, Oscar in healthcare, LendingClub in finance), we have people who can help. It varies case-to-case.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

By definition, second-stage ventures generally have 10 to 99 employees and/or $750,000 to $50 million in revenue, and see that as just the beginning. Very few startups are cash-rich enough to self-finance aggressive second-stage growth. Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge. There is no free lunch.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

By definition, second-stage ventures generally have 10 to 99 employees and/or $750,000 to $50 million in revenue, and see that as just the beginning. Very few startups are cash-rich enough to self-finance aggressive second-stage growth. Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge. There is no free lunch.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

“In a lot of the industries in which I ended up launching companies, there was a pre-existing profile of what a successful entrepreneur should look like—typically a young, white male with a technical, finance, or political background,” says Aguirre de Carcer. While private equity has a history in the U.S.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 18, 2022

I plan to use a combination of personal capital, debt financing, and private equity investment to fund the business. If you're considering starting a business, I definitely advise taking advantage of this steady, reliable demand for services. Thanks to Chenise Bhimull, ZFC Real Estate ! 23- Designing a chat room.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

VC Financings: 1. It seems the focus on “virtual&# goods has been both the demo of the consumer as well as the fact that by definition virtual goods have almost no marginal costs to the seller so giving a huge slice to the carrier (and Zong) isn’t a problem since actual costs are ~ $0. 15mm in Series A. 4mm in Series A.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2016

I’m definitely a proponent of this latter approach. McGinnis, a well-known venture capitalist and private equity investor. Living off credit cards and borrowed money, instead of other work income, can ruin your personal finances and kill your startup motivation far too early.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

By definition, second-stage ventures generally have 10 to 99 employees and/or $750,000 to $50 million in revenue, and see that as just the beginning. Very few startups are cash-rich enough to self-finance aggressive second-stage growth. Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge. There is no free lunch.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

TechStars – the Denver/NY based incubator in collaboration with Cooley, LLP , offers an equity financing structure and a debt one, drawing on its experience funding hundreds of startups. Italian startup iubenda offers a Privacy Policy generator that definitely beats the alternative of copying and pasting from your competitor!

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Except I disagree with that definition of “success.” After all, before the house of cards inevitably tumbles, private equity investors get a tidy return. It’s not about the financing path, it’s about what you’ve decided to build. Hey, actually that is a pretty good reason! And it is magic.

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Venture Chronicles

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Only invests in equity securities of private operating companies to provide primarily operating or business expansion capital (not to buy out other investors), U.S. Here’s what would, according to this definition, be illegal for a venture capital fund to undertake: Private investment in public entity (PIPE) financing.

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David Teten

JANUARY 8, 2013

Fewer private equity funds are using social media for outreach, but 2xPartners , Healthpoint Capital , and MCM Capital Partners are notable exceptions. Private equity investing is a relationship business. Investors can tap this network for executive talent, followon financings, and eventually an exit.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

At a high level, I definitely agree that being an entrepreneur and being in school dont necessarily mix. And now I know exactly where I want to spend my time" "This internship truly provide me an entry point into the private equity world. I would definitely have applied had there been a program while I was attending school.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

Robert and I talked about how it's working, the science of pseudoviruses and reporter genes, how his father's example in science and business set him on his path, and how to bridge the gap between science and finance. I think there's also a reflexive skepticism of bringing in concepts frankly from finance.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

How many employees would a medium-sized business have in your definition? Some people have different definitions of that. I mean they have these definitions. Meetings are definitely one of those places, but email is another primary way that that comes in. Jason: Okay. I’m just clarifying. Edwin: Yes.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 1, 2020

This lack of budget due to the tightening of the proverbial purse-strings is one of the very definitions of a recession. This is problematic for both self-funded startups looking to grow organically from client/customer revenue as well as those seeking private equity or venture capital support to scale a promising, novel concept.

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Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

And it definitely wasn’t planned. My partners and I have all worked with transformational creative talent to do versions of this before and we came together with a very smart, very patient financing partner who agreed that the best way to do this in the 2020s will be a hybrid of venture and private equity.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Bates: Good morning and welcome to our CEO panel, “How to Fine-Tune Your Small Business Finances From Funding to Growth” which I think is the direction that we would all like to be going. I’m here with some really phenomenal CEOs who are going to talk to us today about small business finances from funding to growth.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Tweet View Comments Sarah Lacy Feb 19, 2010 Pepperdine has a new study out that attempts to shed some light on the clubby, shadowy world of private finance. Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. just my 2 cents. Printed from: [.]

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

easy business finance software. YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents. Founder Equity Issues. Venture Hacks equity section. Legal, Equity, etc. Startup Threads. Videos/presentations. SlideShare. Haiku Deck. GoAnimate *. Customer service. Get Satisfaction. Event platforms. Eventbrite. Women Focus.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 19, 2020

Impact Investing has been around for a long time, most prominently since the 1960’s as companies and governments began engaging with the concept through private equity and debt investing in developing economies. We definitely see continued growth in impact investing beyond what’s captured in the survey,” GIIN CEO Amit Bouri told Karma.

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