Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

An example would be getting free office space by agreeing to be the property manager for the owner. Hopefully you can see from this list that the people and processes involved in financing a nonprofit have little in common with angel investors, or the venture capital process.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

There has been much discussion in the past few years of the changing structure of the venture capital industry. The rise of alternative sources of capital (crowd funding and the like). The overall trends in our industry have breathed a new life into the venture capital industry. The iPhone was released.

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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! But my definition of the word is much broader. So I like that bit, too.

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Version One Ventures

MAY 3, 2023

Version One has made only one investment in the region ( Headout , a fast growing marketplace for travel experiences) and I had written a small LP cheque into an emerging fund manager ( 1947 Rise , run by the awesome Shiva Sangwan ). And I had more than 20 1:1 meetings with founders, angels, emerging fund managers and institutional VC funds.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2021

These resources are definitely not limited to students, since every university seeks out and needs the real world exposure and experience of entrepreneurs who already are active in the real world marketplace. Collaborative efforts with local companies, like Siemens Venture Capital, are available for certain technology and focus areas.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series of posts and I need to file this one under both Raising Venture Capital and Startup Advice. So, definition: when I talk about a business plan I’m not talking about a 40-page Word document outlining your market approach. There were tons of young entrepreneurs showing their latest Web 2.0

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www.geekwire.com

JULY 10, 2012

VENTURE CAPITAL. You are here: Home / Startups / Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S. Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S. Filed Under: Startups , Tech Tagged With: Madrona , Startups , Tech , Venture capital.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 22, 2014

You''ll get a venture capital analyst from a brand name firm who has just recently taken his job talking about what makes a company successful. Some people have definitively had better experience than others. Sometimes, I see people on venture capital panels that aren''t even VCs! Some analysts definitely say that.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Today is amongst the proudest days I’ve had at Upfront Ventures — getting the chance to announce that Kevin Zhang has been promoted to Partner. years at Upfront has been both a pleasure and also has taught me a lot about venture capital. I mentioned at the start that Kevin has taught me something about Venture Capital.

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David Teten

AUGUST 20, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. I have been impressed by how these venture capitalists are accomplishing a major social impact goal…without even trying to. I contacted every RBI venture capital investor I could identify, and learned: .

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Techventure 2011 – one of Asia’s topmost events for the venture capital community to engage with the latest technology entrepreneurs organized by Asiasons WFG and presented by National Research Foundation (NRF) and Singapore Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SVCA) – will celebrate its 15th year on October 13 and 14.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

An example would be getting free office space by agreeing to be the property manager for the owner. Hopefully you can see from this list that the people and processes involved in financing a nonprofit have little in common with angel investors, or the venture capital process.

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Angel Investor Equity Technical Review Exit Strategy 132

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Many entrepreneurs I know are confused by the definition and need for an Advisory Board versus a Board of Directors. By definition, Advisory Boards are voluntary and have no fiduciary responsibility. I suggest a few simple considerations will clarify the alternatives.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 27, 2017

Looking for Funds in All the Right Places: The Definitive Guide to Austin Capital By David Altounian and Stephen Straus OVERVIEW For entrepreneurs: We’ve compiled a definitive list of sources of capital in Austin to help focus your fundraising efforts. Corsa Ventures fits this criteria.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2021

By definition, the world of startups today is one of rapidly changing unknowns, where the inputs you receive will often conflict. You never have the time and resources for International expansion, acquisitions, venture capital investors, or going public. Instead of controlling the business, the business is controlling you.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2014

Most large companies manage three types of innovation: process innovation (making existing products incrementally better), continuous innovation (building on the strength of the company’s current business model but creating new elements) and disruptive innovation (creating products or services that did not exist before.).

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2013

An example would be getting free office space by agreeing to be the property manager for the owner. Hopefully you can see from this list that the people and processes involved in financing a non-profit have little in common with Angel investors, or the venture capital process.

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Equity Angel Investor Technical Review Exit Strategy 207

Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

I definitely thrive when given trust and autonomy. What I’ve learned about freedom: VC is great in that we have the freedom to work anywhere and at any time… but this often results in working everywhere, all the time, making communication and time management all the more critical. Here’s to an awesome year two!

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Venture Capital Portfolio Vertical Technical Review 162

VC Cafe

JULY 4, 2022

What’s happening in the venture capital world? The WSJ confirmed what we already know: Q2 venture capital investments declined both in size and in valuation. Venture Capital Feels the Stock Market’s Pain, Wall Street Journal. Declining investment: U.S. VC funds invested about $47.5 How bad can it get?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2023

With the advent and growth of crowdfunding over the past few years, many entrepreneurs have predicted the demise of angel investment groups and venture capital organizations. By definition, investors from the crowd have less experience and differing motivations from professional investors. billion to USD 3.62

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

It is going to cost a lot of money just to get the initial batch of products to test the market and would definitely require external funding. Under this category, you have the angel investors who would invest their own money and Venture Capital or VC firms, who manage funds aimed towards specific startup sectors and stages.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Should All of Your Management Team Attend Board Meetings? The reality is that there are some board meetings in which having a broad set of management present is a great idea and there are some meetings where in can be a hindrance. The age old question for every startup is whom to involve in the board meeting.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

With the advent and growth of crowdfunding over the past few years, many entrepreneurs have predicted the demise of those demanding angel investment groups and venture capital organizations. By definition, investors from the crowd have less experience and differing motivations from professional investors.

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Equity Angel Groups Accredited Investor Due Diligence 411

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2012

An example would be getting free office space by agreeing to be the property manager for the owner. Hopefully you can see from this list that the people and processes involved in financing a non-profit have little in common with angel investors, or the venture capital process.

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Angel Investor Technical Review Exit Strategy Equity 218

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. So usually the first money comes locally.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 8, 2013

I probably get around a dozen e-mails a week asking me how to get into venture capital. On top of that, anytime I talk to anyone who wants to get involved in startups but isn''t sure what they want to do, inevitably, I hear, "And then I was thinking maybe I should look into venture capital, too.".

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Venture Capital Early Stage Portfolio Private Equity 167

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2011

An example would be getting free office space by agreeing to be the property manager for the owner. Hopefully you can see from this list that the people and processes involved in financing a non-profit have little in common with angel investors, or the venture capital process.

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Angel Investor Technical Review Exit Strategy Equity 238

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

An example would be getting free office space by agreeing to be the property manager for the owner. Hopefully you can see from this list that the people and processes involved in financing a non-profit have little in common with Angel investors, or the venture capital process.

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Angel Investor Equity Technical Review Exit Strategy 120

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 5, 2018

He’s a program manager for a renowned international accelerator. And it starts with a cultural re-definition of what is means to be a woman – or a man for that matter. Starting a venture has become intricately linked to one’s level of passion and expectations from life. Hard to spark a meaningful conversation.

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Startup Venture Capital Community Conversion 85

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 6, 2024

Navigating Failure: The Science of Failing Well in Entrepreneurship written by Tosin Jerugba read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interviewed Amy Edmondson, the Novartis professor of leadership and management at the Harvard Business School.

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Dividend Software Review Technical Review Silicon Valley 72

Agile VC

OCTOBER 23, 2012

It’s true that FoFs provide LPs a way to purchase VC funds in a basket, but by design these are comparatively narrow actively-managed investment funds rather than broad-based passive vehicles. The same is not true for venture capital of course, since the underlying startups VCs invest in aren’t publicly selling their equity.

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Up and Running

JUNE 30, 2010

It reminds me of the chorus to Bob Dylan’s Ballad of a Thin Man: Something is definitely happening here, but you don’t know what it is. Scott has excellent in-depth data, complete with some eloquent business charts, in his Trends in Venture Capital post yesterday on Small Business Trends. And neither do I.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

While job recovery is slow, it seems that we've probably ducked that bullet and there won't be a major shift in people's interest in funding the venture capital asset class. From what I've seen, smart instutions are extremely interested in backing top new managers that show progress.

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Up and Running

MAY 18, 2016

Why David Rose recommends it: “This should be mandatory reading for every startup convinced that the only path to success runs through angel or venture capital.”. The Definitive Guide to Raising Money from Angels. Funding a startup venture is difficult, no matter what way you look at it. B y Bill Payne (a free PDF ebook).

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Transformify

MARCH 14, 2020

Startup hubs like Berlin, London, New York, Los Angeles, Bangalore, Hong Kong and Singapore offered access to venture capital and vibrant start ecosystems thus attracting the brightest founders. First of all, the hiring managers were not necessarily aware of the various conditions neurodiverse people might be diagnosed with.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

But the world you lead will be much different from the one your professors knew or your predecessors managed. As the venture capital business has come roaring back in the last 5 years, startups are awash in available capital. To manage these employees companies create metrics to control, measure and reward execution.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2014

And finally, in Darwinian fashion, competition for market share amongst the venture capitalists as a result of increased numbers of angel investment syndicates will clear the decks of the low-value add venture capital dollars. Or at least learn to manage those fears. Now, how do we become successful founders?

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