Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2016

Government grants and industry partners are you best bet here, but Angel investors might give you $250,000 to $1 million, if you have the right business case and credentials. It’s time to scale up and I need money to keep up with demand.” My invention and prototype works, but I need funding to continue.” Congratulations!

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Take "on demand" economy companies, for example. When those people demanded fairer employment status, s**t hit the fan , and many of those companies are having to scramble. The institutional private equity funds in the US that they invest in are barred from making investments in cannabis.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 17, 2011

. · 27% of Venture Capitalists who responded to the survey ranked access to capital as the number one emerging issue facing private businesses. 16% of respondents indicated government regulations and taxes were the number one emerging issue for private businesses. ·

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

The findings come from the initial results of a survey of 7,502 small privately-held businesses with revenues of less than US$5 million dollars by the Pepperdine Private Capital Markets Project with the cooperation of Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. Positions In Demand. were successful. “If Also, 83.0%

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Growthink Blog

MARCH 19, 2012

Broadening the Base Currently, equity-based crowd funding falls under strict Securities and Exchange Commission rules governing angel investing. First, the SEC largely limits private-equity investments to accredited investors—those with $1 million or more in net worth, among other tight standards.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 8, 2013

Before you invest too much time and money in to your business you need to establish if your product or service will be in demand. There are a number of options for funding your business: Government schemes: The government usually has some sort of funding available for business startups. Is there a niche in the market?

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 6, 2011

And others are from unusual folks we don't normally think of as entrepreneurs, from corporate managers to government agencies. I already reach thousands of entrepreneurs through this blog, my Leanpub-powered ebooks, and even printed versions created via print-on-demand at Lulu. But the book is much more than just stories.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2012

jamescaan : James Caan is a serial entrepreneur and CEO of the Hamilton Bradshaw private equity firm. JohnFMoore : Gov In The Lab magazine founder and CEO John Moore discusses bridging the divide between citizens, politicians, and the government. demandrichard : Richard Rosenblatt is the co-founder and CEO of Demand Media.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 29, 2014

For public sector roles, such as government employees, teachers, and firefighters, DB pension funds are still the norm, and many public pension funds still invest in VC funds (though some of these are very large entities, making scale an issue, which I’ll discuss more below). What Are These Intermediaries? Why Write About This Now?

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

It's easy to say that companies, universities and the government should be doing more to find a cure, but that ignores years of overlooking the importance of the work of those studying infectious disease, and in many cases, the lack of sophisticated tooling that they urgently need. Guess what? That wasn't a bad idea. Eric Ries : Yeah.

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 29, 2014

For public sector roles, such as government employees, teachers, and firefighters, DB pension funds are still the norm, and many public pension funds still invest in VC funds (though some of these are very large entities, making scale an issue, which I’ll discuss more below). What Are These Intermediaries?

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

MAY 9, 2019

VCs tend to gain most of their returns through carried interest- a percentage received as compensation from the profits of a hedge fund or private equity. You Can’t Keep Up With Demand. Regardless of your industry, steady demand is probably the best sign that your organization is in a place perfectly poised for growth.

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Pascal's View

MARCH 9, 2010

Susan Mangiero , CEO of Investment Governance’s Fiduciary X , asked me the following: Question: At a time when transparency is so important to institutional investors, how can fiduciaries reconcile that there is limited information available with a private company?

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

You succeed in convincing one company and a government to adopt computers and learn to code much faster than their competitors /adversaries. These technologies will transform businesses and government agencies. Today, 100s of billions of dollars in private capital have been invested in 1,000s of AI startups. Carpe Diem.

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