Agile VC

OCTOBER 23, 2012

LPs investing in venture hold a subset of all the funds in the VC universe by design (see #4 & 5). 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.

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www.mattbartus.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

One possibility is to negotiate a higher valuation and offer warrants (i.e., Take a look at the numbers when you increase the fully diluted pre-money valuation from $3 million to $5 million and include warrants: Pre-Money. Warrants. -. 1,333,333 warrants x $0.50 1,333,333 warrants x $0.50 Post-Money. Series A. -.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 9, 2018

There are numerous highly visible examples of extraordinarily successful entrepreneurs who started their first ventures in college. For this reason many campus entrepreneurs end up not graduating. This highlights the necessity of another important quality of entrepreneurs – perseverance.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 30, 2020

Today’s entrepreneurs find themselves falling from the cliff and assembling a plane with tools that are on fire while being attacked by a swarm of murder hornets. Yet despite the increased risks, entrepreneurs are still taking those leaps of faith. While older companies are losing jobs, entrepreneurs are creating them.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 9, 2018

This is exactly what happened to entrepreneur Jacob Childrey and his established food spice company. Nellie Akalp, entrepreneur, author, and small business expert, explains : It’s only natural for a business to grow, evolve or change direction over the course of its lifetime. Not all changes warrant a new business name.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 18, 2019

by Paul Trapp and Stephen Davis, coauthors of “ Prep for Success: The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Achieving Your Dreams “ While many business owners say that the first rule of a successful company is keeping customers happy, studies show that also keeping employees happy is critical to the whole process. Federal Conference, Inc.,

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 9, 2018

This is exactly what happened to entrepreneur Jacob Childrey and his established food spice company. Nellie Akalp, entrepreneur, author, and small business expert, explains : It’s only natural for a business to grow, evolve or change direction over the course of its lifetime. Not all changes warrant a new business name.

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Naming Differentiation Warrant Search 52

Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

To begin with, it is important to understand some basic facts about the world of entrepreneurial finance: There are many more entrepreneurs than there are investors, with the result that only one company out of every 400 that seeks venture funding actually receives it.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

Though RBI will displace some traditional equity VC, its much bigger impact will be to expand the pool of capital available for early-stage entrepreneurs. . That’s how we can offer competitive rates … with no prepayment penalties or warrants attached. Kauffman Foundation: Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs: Removing Barriers.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Too many entrepreneurs prioritize growth over sustainability, and the result is usually disastrous. In fact, the most successful entrepreneurs are the ones who know when not to pursue growth and expansion. Years ago, I was helping an entrepreneur make a decision about his manufacturing business. In the U.S.,

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Haystack

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Additionally, this new crop of builders are bringing a sophisticated level of product design expertise (some from consumer-facing companies and products) to these newer marketplace models. 4/ Software- and fintech enablement: This is a topic on its own that warrants more investigation.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

If youre trying to design an architecture to maximize agility, how can that work if some people are working in TDD and others not? Platform selection and technical design - if your business strategy is to create a low-burn, highly iterative lean startup, youd better be using foundational tools that make that easy rather than hard.

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CTO Fractional CTO CTO Hire Technical Review 168

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

Like other RBI firms, Decathlon does not require warrants, governance involvement, or the types of financial covenants that are often associated with other venture debt type solutions. Each year, Founders First Capital Partners works with hundreds of entrepreneurs. Key elements: . “We Podfund , focused on podcast creators. “We

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

It makes the following observation: When I first talked about the 1M/1M program, I had observed the need to contain the immense infant entrepreneur mortality prevalent in the startup ecosystem. That means that less than 1% of the entrepreneurs who apply succeed in getting financed. His firm invests in four.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 10, 2012

The most interesting company to present was The Coop , a modern, design-focused, indoor-outdoor children’s playspace in Los Angeles. This is a loan with a 15% warrant attached at a zero strike price. Astonishingly, the entrepreneurs took the deal. This was a crazy deal for the entrepreneurs to take.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

The Golden Gate Bridge is iconic, and it warrants instant recognition. Dolce and Gabbana, two designers who combined their shared passion for Italy and feminine curves to create a distinctive elegant style and a massive following. Bottom line—design is vital because it communicates value. An entrepreneur is an artist.

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David Teten

MARCH 24, 2011

I think Profitably’s service makes a lot of sense, and even referred my mother’s company, DanceTime Publications , and my uncle/cousin’s firm, Architectural Designs , as beta clients. We welcome feedback on how we can run the most entrepreneur-friendly angel network. The NY Angels website says this clearly.

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New York Warrant Angel Groups Architecture 122

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 25, 2023

Matt is an entrepreneur and the Vice President of Marketing & Communications at Lulu.com, as well as a self-diagnosed collaboration junkie. Matt is an entrepreneur and vice president of marketing and communications @ Matt Briel (01:02): lulu.com, as well as a self-diagnosed collaboration junkie. 00:50): This is John Jantsch.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

I’ve seen a range of options for supporting entrepreneurs, which I can rank from least to most involvement in companies by investors: financier VCs, e.g., Correlation Ventures. We are a venture capital firm with deep design and development capability, not a design and development shop that sometimes takes equity as compensation.

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Software Developers Software Development Software Review Technical Cofounder 60

OnlyOnce

OCTOBER 5, 2011

The classic entrepreneur builds the business — quite frankly, he or she probably just builds the product for a long time first, then the business. In fact, in many ways, I probably spent more time building the company in the early years than the business warranted given its size and stage.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Why did entrepreneurs turn to Shopify to launch their start-ups and not one of the more widely used and cheaper platforms like Squarespace or WooCommerce? Since its launch in 2006, Shopify has positioned itself as the best solution for small-end and startup entrepreneurs. Squarespace on the other hand, grew 24%. Brand equity.

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Equity Marketing Social Media Software Review 94

www.instigatorblog.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

I always think that comp design strategy should attract and retain those key employees you need to create the value you need within the time frame you need it. I always think that comp design strategy should attract and retain those key employees you need to create the value you need within the time frame you need it.

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VC Adventure

AUGUST 30, 2010

I think the answer to these questions are that 1) it’s not at all clear that this trend is as definitive as Graham suggests; 2) it’s a mixed bag for entrepreneurs (more positive in the short run, potentially negative in the long term); and 3) it’s clearly not a positive trend for early-stage investors. Good for investors?

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Angel Investor Early Stage Equity Valuation 103

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 25, 2010

These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Logo design heresies: A Devil’s Advocate look at The 10.5 Commandments of Designing a Logo – [link]. 5 skills you should have as a graphic designer – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 95

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 25, 2010

These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Logo design heresies: A Devil’s Advocate look at The 10.5 Commandments of Designing a Logo – [link]. 5 skills you should have as a graphic designer – [link].

Social Media 95

Social Media Small Business Design Media 95

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

AUGUST 30, 2010

He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. Performing tasks you could pay someone else $6 to accomplish is a foolish use of an entrepreneur's time. Not automating this process creates the ongoing repetitive work that computers are designed to handle.

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Software Review Startup Technical Review Hosting 284

Gust

MAY 24, 2012

Yet I’m skeptical that a widespread shift will occur anytime soon, and for reasons discussed below, as much as I admire and advocate for talented entrepreneurs, I believe it would be a losing proposition for nearly all involved. Options and warrants, when issued, are also typically exercisable for shares of Common Stock.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

Being in love with your business, when you’re an entrepreneur, is even better. Although there are days when tossing in your hat seems like a viable option, remembering how much you love your “job” can quickly snap an entrepreneur out of that mentality. Successful entrepreneurs enjoy the highs and stomach the lows.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 11, 2019

Stephen David Leonard , President and CEO of Lisa Leonard Designs (LLD) and Stephen David Leonard ( SDL ). This involves depression, a growing problem among the high achieving and entrepreneurs. Deep, longstanding depression warrants seeking professional help. As a former pastor I was nervous about who to turn to.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 5, 2009

In the past, we invested in brilliant architecture, code reuse, refactoring, modular design, etc. If not, maybe an investment in that direction would be more warranted. By contrast, most investments in traditional prevention are designed to anticipate and fix a specific problem.

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San Francisco Architecture Lean Continuous Deployment 133

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

On Tuesday, we put out two different sample pitch decks that we think can guide entrepreneurs as they try to communicate the information behind their companies. Although pitch decks are well-trodden territory online, we tried to introduce decks that were specifically designed for how they would be used in practice.

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Cofounder Startup Seed Stage Warrant 120

www.seriesseed.com

MARCH 2, 2010

  In my opinion, the reason that capped convertible debt is the current market leader is that entrepreneurs have been conditioned over time to believe that convertible debt is (a) faster (b) cheaper and (c) better for them than equity investment.  Why use Series Seed Documents instead of capped convertible debt? 

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Finance Term Sheet Equity Aggregator 58

Board Effect

MAY 10, 2019

Most entrepreneurs enter into investor negotiations with an assessment of what their business is worth, the percentage of ownership they’re willing offer, and the amount they’re seeking in return. Cap tables may also include derivatives such as warrants and options.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

The ten answers that I can guarantee you’re not going to get are of the businesses that those entrepreneurs are currently in. With the advent of the web and the multifaceted programming features of WordPress , many younger entrepreneurs have the ability to go into business for themselves very easily and very cheaply, but very haphazardly.

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Software By Rob

APRIL 7, 2010

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. At this point we begin looking at the launch of Hosted DotNetInvoice as a market test; to see if we could build enough of a customer base to warrant a major investment in the hosted invoicing market space. Check out my book Like this post?

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← I’m in a Book! Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. Where else can you learn new things every day, play around with computers, and get paid for it?

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Software Review Software Product Salary 42

Rob Go

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

On Tuesday, we put out two different sample pitch decks that we think can guide entrepreneurs as they try to communicate the information behind their companies. Although pitch decks are well-trodden territory online, we tried to introduce decks that were specifically designed for how they would be used in practice.

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