Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

In fact, perhaps the most important model, equity crowdfunding for non-accredited investors, is still not legal in the U.S., Startup equity model. In Europe, other investors can buy equity, with platforms such as Seedrs. In the U.S., are actually matchmaking sites between entrepreneurs and professional investors or banks.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 10, 2011

You find early stage employees expecting to work normal hours, to get paid a regular salary, and not asking or expecting equity. The young entrepreneurs I met are bringing impressive energy and intelligence to their goal of building one of Europe’s leading technology hubs in Helsinki.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Amsterdam-based Rockstart Accelerator , one of the many, many startup accelerators in Europe, is taking the first class of startups who’ve graduated from its six-month program stateside this month. Wercker : a continuous deployment solution for software developers, hosted in the cloud.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2013

Partners for a New Beginning (PNB), a public-private partnership housed at the Aspen Institute, is organizing a Venture Capital, Private Equity and Angel Investor Delegation from the Maghreb. Europe will need to source about 20% of its energy from renewable sources; the Maghreb presents a unique opportunity to source solar energy.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 4, 2016

The Rothschilds famously utilized their network of operations on different continents to amass one of the largest fortunes in Europe. An in-house incubator or a stand-alone family private equity fund may help capitalize on these insights for the mutual financial benefit of the family.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

But the thing I am most proud of about Rob is that he has taken a company with a uniquely talented founder & CTO – Nick Halstead – and managed to build a very tight working relationship with Nick where we drive world-class product development without having the usual founder / CEO conflicts. Always seek input.

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Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

You don’t even need to do anything and we’ll give you equity. It doesn’t have to be a huge commitment on their part (or significant equity), but just start giving them some tie to your startup and some incentive to maintain the relationship. Plaid is a developer-first company making it easy for financial data to move between apps.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2013

It’s part three of a series, cross-posted from his own blog , in which he draws on his experience to offer advice for aspiring entrepreneurs in Europe and beyond. I’ve seen a few businesses where the first investors took huge pieces of equity for very little money. 15-20% equity for first investors. 10-20% for employees.

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techcrunch.com

AUGUST 12, 2012

KPCB, Sequoia) developed their core IT investment practices,” Ocko tells me, “It’s driving the same kind of multi-hundred-billion dollar economic transformation.” Enterprise. Smartphones. Digital Cameras. Headphones. CrunchBase. Hot topics. Disrupt SF. Crunchboard. Around Azeroth Beta Edition: We had a pretty good day.

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The Equity Kicker

JUNE 9, 2014

They’ve developed a great understanding of their customers and have made rapid progress with the product, commercially speaking and in building out their team. Many people think that VCs in Europe are failing our entrepreneurs by not taking enough risk. I’m not so sure that’s right.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Startups are keen on business development and will seek partnerships. Unsurprisingly, this seems to weed out the less passionate people, while encouraging others to put in sweat equity in their own ideas. In 2009, business angels invested 160 times more than their counterparts in continental Europe. we don’t).

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The Next Web

AUGUST 12, 2013

It’s part three of a series, cross-posted from his own blog , in which he draws on his experience to offer advice for aspiring entrepreneurs in Europe and beyond. If you ask me, that’s exactly what Berlin (and Europe) needs – ambitious, creative and successful billion-dollar businesses. When it comes to equity, be fair.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 20, 2021

He works closely with European banks and institutional investors and is O’Hara’s largest shareholder for private equity investments, principally held in banking, internet and oil and gas companies. Growing Hawkers. Betancourt Lopez began the Hawkers transformation by fixing the operational issues that had caused the company to struggle.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2018

During this discovery stage, entrepreneurs get to hone their business skills via training and support while typically no equity is taken from them. Both startup incubators and accelerates can provide valuable assistance in the growth and development of an early-stage business. Europe, Asia and South America.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 13, 2011

Sato, an engineer by profession but moved to business development in an equity firm, met his co-founder Takuya Matoba there and decided to start Shiroube with their own personal funds. Interestingly, Sato runs the company from London and Paris, but development work takes place in Japan.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 20, 2021

He works closely with European banks and institutional investors and is O’Hara’s largest shareholder for private equity investments, principally held in banking, internet and oil and gas companies. Growing Hawkers. Betancourt Lopez began the Hawkers transformation by fixing the operational issues that had caused the company to struggle.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 12, 2017

This due to equity ownership interest often requiring an exchange for the early stage funding provided by the investor. Developing a clear understanding of the types of requirements angel investors seek will ultimately prove invaluable for any up-and-coming entrepreneur.

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David Teten

JULY 14, 2014

What that means is that a traditional 80% / 20% equity bond portfolio is set to lose a lot more money in a crisis than most investors are comfortable with. An aging population entering retirement in the US and Europe desires predictable income from their nest egg. population, will turn 62 or older by 2020 ( www.census.gov ).

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thebarefootvc

MARCH 4, 2022

The unspeakable violence and aggression that Russia has unleashed against Ukraine and its people is the first all out “hot war” invasion in Europe since WWII. With rapid global moves in response to this crisis, and highly volatile global equity markets, Bitcoin over the past days has decoupled from these markets to become a “risk off” asset.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Balloch’s 20+ year career prior to becoming an angel investor was in financial services both in the private equity world- fundraising and investor relations, and in investment banking. Karen Bantuveris has 15 years experience as a consultant in customer centric- leadership development, marketing strategy and business process design.

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The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

For a while we’ve spent more online per head than other developed economies and created more than our fair share of ecommerce winners as a result. The equivalent figures for Europe are population: 881m, online: 564m, e-shoppers: 331m. Within that the UK eCommerce is forecast to grow at 17% 2013-2014.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

But when done well it can really help get a company going fast, professionally and without the founders having to give up much (if any) equity - or bankrupting themselves. The founders may believe they are onto such a good idea that they don’t want to give up any equity. What is bootstrapping? Why bootstrap?

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 6, 2012

Most of our portfolio companies open international offices in the US and many of them have development in eastern Europe and encouraging travel between the different sites is the key to getting the face time necessary to build trust and help keep everyone pulling in the same direction.

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VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2020

I believe I am qualified to talk about this as I spent ~6 years at Google in strategic partnerships (commerce), as head of Campus London (Google’s first physical startup hub), Head of Google for Entrepreneurs Europe (now called Google for Startups) and eventually general partner for Google Ventures. M&A – Acquisitions.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 22, 2009

If you assume a 20% cost of capital (typical for equity, debt is generally cheaper), then getting an upfront payment for one additional year on a $10k MRR contract saves you $24k. Thanks for sharing Sophie Dupont Business Development Director SD-Efficiency Paris - France. Europe Consumer. (1). Andrew Burgert. Anonymous said.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

equity debate. Making Money From Social Games - ArcticStartup , August 23, 2010 Games Developer Conference Europe 2010 (GDCE) took place last week in Cologne, Germany. Develop your business plan. He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us.

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 2, 2012

Particularly in ex-commonwealth countries in Africa and in Eastern Europe where democracy slipped into bloody dictatorship. This line of thinking has important implications for policy in the middle east and Afghanistan, and even for Europe where the key institutions need time to develop legitimacy.

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 25, 2011

Its very charter utterly excludes the notion of fostering development, opting instead for a one-way ratchet that can only lead to longer, more costly development cycles with no improvement in real safety for efficacy.” “Our We are doing well in Europe, but the processes for the U.S. Our outlook is solely dependent on the FDA.

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Babbling VC

MAY 13, 2010

Am I delusional to think that we’re not going to feel the effects of Greece in Europe or any of the other macroeconomic problems? Money is available for start-ups in Europe and in my opinion, the consolidation of venture capital and the private equity scene is past the worst. You can make money focusing on Europe.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

The idea at the center of his real estate revolution is “shared equity,” a concept he devised after years of research and international travel. and many developed nations, the housing crisis is not just a question of supply and demand; it’s a matter of access and affordability. In Canada, the U.S.

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www.thestartup.eu

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Development: using DjangoPeople and Elance a very international team was born. Developers are in Argentina, Ukraine and Russia. Iphone development: an italian freelance developer found on the web. tags: app budget cheap design development iphone startup startups bootstrap) [.] Total cost: $5000. Total cost: $100.

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Transformify

JULY 17, 2019

Our guest today is Valerie Lopez, Vice President of Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) at Cision , leading global provider of earned media software and services. In her role, Lopez is responsible for providing vision and leadership to the diversity, inclusion, and equity program across Cision’s global organization.

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VC Cafe

JULY 30, 2012

The good ones would tell you that they have developed a “pattern recognition” After a while, they are able to determine (at least in their own minds) what startups would succeed or fail. 6) Equity Crowdfunding – I’ve covered the different types of Crowdfunding on the post Startup Equity Crowdfunding grows in Europe.

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The Next Web

MARCH 2, 2014

Many entrepreneurs claim that there’s just not enough money, and that investors in Europe fear failure. This was reported as being untrue by British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA) about a year ago. It’s about being mentally at ease with a trial-and-error format of business development. Famous failures.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

It’s part three of a series, cross-posted from his own blog , in which he draws on his experience to offer advice for aspiring entrepreneurs in Europe and beyond. With their initial investment we were able to focus on developing Wunderlist for Mac and Windows, and launched version 1.0 Don’t miss part 1 , part 2 , part 3 and part 4.

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 20, 2013

The small team, building a brand-new product, out-innovating complacent incumbents…not only is the experience fresh and exciting, it also focuses on the things most founders love—especially technical ones: Solving interesting problems, developing new technologies, devising a unique strategy.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

what are the most crucial steps to be taken by a new tech startup when outsourcing major part of the tech to IT firms or outsourcing “product development” eg new social media website project? Near shoring development with your team (ex: your team is based in Canada / India) is cool, but not outsourcing. The way I do it.

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