Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Most entrepreneurs have found by now one or more of the many popular crowdfunding sites , and have the name and contact information for at least one of the big venture capital firms. By definition, angels are accredited investors, who invest their own money for a percentage of the business. Most share expertise as well as money.

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VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2017

So, let’s start with some definitions. It is often available for subscription, so that new episodes are automatically downloaded via web syndication to the user’s own local computer, mobile application, or portable media player. Carlos Eduardo Espinal, a friend, and partner at Seedcamp. What is a Podcast? and broadcast.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2010

This is part of my ongoing series on Understanding Venture Capital. I recently wrote a blog post on understanding how the size and age of a venture capital fund might affect you when you’re raising money. And then there is GRP Partners. And they don’t. True was my top pick in Silicon Valley.

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Professor VC

JULY 25, 2013

Mike Markkula presenting Steve Jobs with first investment in Apple I recently watched an excellent documentary on PBS, Something Ventured: Risk, Reward, and the Original Venture Capitalists. However, I view pari passu as a more intrinsic definition that goes beyond simple legal definitions.

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K9 Ventures

JULY 19, 2012

With the new fund K9 Ventures will be able to invest between $250K – $750K as an initial investment in the companies we back. K9 Ventures II will still be syndicating most investments with other seed and angel investors. Hyper-local : The entire team should be located in the SF Bay Area.

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K9 Ventures

JULY 19, 2012

With the new fund K9 Ventures will be able to invest between $250K – $750K as an initial investment in the companies we back. K9 Ventures II will still be syndicating most investments with other seed and angel investors. Hyper-local : The entire team should be located in the SF Bay Area.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 9, 2006

Done deal: after a quick syndication with the kitchen team (their job was at stake, so they were easy to convince.), Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). Venture Capital. (3). Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund.

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VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2017

So, let’s start with some definitions. It is often available for subscription, so that new episodes are automatically downloaded via web syndication to the user’s own local computer, mobile application, or portable media player. This Much I know— Carlos Eduardo Espinal, a friend, and partner at Seedcamp. What is a Podcast?

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Rob Go

OCTOBER 21, 2013

” I’ve been thinking a lot about deal selection in Venture Capital , so this meme is particularly interesting to me. By definition, this means that they will work harder to build conviction around an opportunity and move more slowly. Here’s what I make of it. This is good in some ways, but bad in some ways.

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Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Furthermore, angel groups frequently syndicate (co-invest) with neighboring angel organizations in an effort to help fill round of investment for local companies and assist members in diversifying their portfolios with investments in nearby regions. Marketing/Sales/Partners. Sales channels, sales and marketing partners.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

If you’re working with an open source project, for example, it’s important that you have a definitive business model to drive revenue — though not at the cost of alienating your community of core contributors. Also consider an area for its potential business partners (software integrators, resellers, etc.) All Rights Reserved.

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Professor VC

MARCH 12, 2015

The above was the opening salvo of a controversial tweetstorm yesterday by my former student and 500 Startups founding partner, Dave McClure (full venom below). It was a great product addressing a large market opportunity and was interested in seeing how the AngelList syndicate process worked.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

Some angel investors join together in syndicates. You can find groups near you through the Angel Capital Association. [ Venture Capital Funds VC firms are like seed firms in that theyre actual companies, butthey invest other peoples money, and much larger amounts of it.VC Startups valuations aresupposed to rise over time.

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