YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Connell-Tombs stresses that any concern that intends to provide services to clients, directly or as a supplier to financial institutions, must be aware of due diligence questions and related activities. Take, for example, the number of new products that are made available to firms.

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Technical Review Software Review Due Diligence Founder 138

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

As the rate of change continues to increase in business and technology, the more I’m convinced that marketing is the primary key to success for a new venture. Yet I find that many technical founders don’t feel they need it at all, or at best point to one person on the team who is marketing.

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Technical Review Marketing Due Diligence Social Media 178

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

The press around the raise & company was fantastic and the promise of their technology – wireless charging that works as easily as WiFi – would positively affect many of our lives. uBeam’s tech does work and I have safely seen it demo’d in the real life many times. Working on it. And being ambitious.

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Technical Review South Korea San Francisco Software Review 417

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

I’ve been having discussions with several people recently about the role of the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) in very early stage companies. Most often at the earliest point in the life of a startup, the dominant need is certainly to produce product to get something in the market, get funding, etc. What technologies will we use?

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 30, 2016

In a flash of brilliance, we took our dial-up filter technology and built a software product that would run on any computer regardless of its Internet connection type. We called this new product Safe Eyes. Safe Eyes had been named the #1 parental control product out of 11 products tested by Consumer Reports.

Software Review 188

Software Review Technical Review Due Diligence Startup 188

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2015

Every startup founder loves to prompt for questions from investors and potential key team members about their vision, and the huge opportunity that can be had with their disruptive technology. If the company has been around for more than a couple of years, and still has no product or revenue flow, there better be a good explanation.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Due Diligence Sweat Equity Burn Rate 120

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Even when someone is aware of what a CTO does, they often have limited context due to the wide variety of CTO roles. A chief technology officer (CTO) is a C-suite executive who is focused on scientific and technological issues including web applications, mobile applications, electronic and digital media development.

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Version One Ventures

JULY 24, 2019

and also has the imagination to picture what the world *could* be with technology. In fact, I came into VC with little experience beyond academia but had a love for tech. – as long as s/he has a passion for technology and is aligned with our core beliefs and values. what can be better?)

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

It’s imperative to perform a due diligence check before entering into any business relationship — especially for an entrepreneur. Just like launching a new product, hiring a partner requires protecting your business against potential risk and failure. Now, don’t get me wrong: Most people don’t lie on their résumés.

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Technical Review Partner Due Diligence Bankruptcy 219

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

With a bit of due diligence, how to develop a successful marketing plan for a startup and rules to ensure your endeavor grows and becomes successful. Hire Experience. The value of experience is often overlooked, especially in the startup space with the tech industry in mind. That’s a pretty startling statistic.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Startup Demand 182

Gust

DECEMBER 22, 2011

So you’ve chosen a name for your startup, product, or both. Tech startups are at the other extreme. Second in importance only to talented people, IP in all its forms is the key asset comprising most of the value of any tech startup. One common mistake is to equate “IP” with “code” or other technical contributions.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Here is more of her story: Describe your product/service in 10 words or less: We help companies improve their bottom-line and/or get ready to sell. Get a company ready for sale: per due diligence work and support during the sale process. She has some great advice for startups and businesses of all size. Quality control?

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 6, 2013

Although I put the general terms together, I will ultimately utilize an attorney for formality of the deal and to review anything that I may have missed. Due Diligence. Here are the 14 points not to forget: 1. Use plain language. Thinking Aloud deal making deals JP James Libreum Capital Management startup'

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

In addition to goodwill justified by a great leader and an outstanding team, investors will use their due diligence process to assess the organizational structure and effectiveness as well. Research has confirmed that culture is a primary driver for financial performance, customer experience, and team productivity.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Angels invest in one out of every forty deals they review (2.5%) versus the one out of 400 by VC’s (0.25%). They are professionals with full-time jobs, who often don’t have time for due diligence (and may not even know how to do it) and often make decisions through trusted referrals or based on gut feelings (more on gut feelings later).

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Up and Running

JULY 2, 2014

My business partner and I made many mistakes in our first tech startup, and so many of them were the result of choosing a lawyer who was a terrible fit. After a couple of due diligence meetings with the investor and our attorneys, he gave us the check. We had stars in our eyes and excitement in our bellies.

Technical Review 118

Technical Review Angel Investor Due Diligence Dilution 118

The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Here is more of her story: Describe your product/service in 10 words or less: We help companies improve their bottom-line and/or get ready to sell. Get a company ready for sale: per due diligence work and support during the sale process. She has some great advice for startups and businesses of all size. Quality control?

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Market/technology acuity (patterns of success, domain expertise). Early-stage Venture Capital firms grow their partnerships in different ways, some hire: partners from other firms. because culture is such an important part of who we are, we will probably never hire a partner from another firm. People skills. People skills.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2015

That’s why they insist on spending a day with your team as part of the due diligence process. Focus on hiring the right people, and deal quickly with mismatches. Skills and experience are necessary in hiring, but finding a match in values and culture is equally important. Foster innovation in process as well as products.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Due Diligence Social Media 120

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2016

Every startup founder loves to prompt for questions from investors and potential key team members about their vision, and the huge opportunity that can be had with their disruptive technology. If the company has been around for more than a couple of years, and still has no product or revenue flow, there better be a good explanation.

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Sweat Equity Burn Rate Technical Review Intellectual Property 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2015

Many of the entrepreneurs I meet prefer to focus on the technology, so they desperately need a people-oriented partner for balance. More than one startup team has been broken due to differences in work style -- for example, if one person works on the business 20 hours a day, while the other has a nine-to-five mentality.

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Partner Technical Review Due Diligence Startup 120

Up and Running

MARCH 14, 2018

I’ve raised close to $1 million from angel investors for my previous technology startups. Share what’s unique about your product and how it will solve the issue you shared in the previous slide. Be realistic about who you’re building your product for and break out your market into TAM, SAM, and SOM. Image via WOCinTechChat.

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The Next Web

MARCH 9, 2014

He’s one of those rare types that communicates well, has solid management skills, is fluent technically, and was a perfect startup culture fit. Kiran was one of our toughest hires. It was like fundraising due diligence all over again. Kiran runs all of our data supply chain activities. We knew he had options.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Coder Cofounder 165

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

In addition, I’ve noted a few multi-product lending firms, e.g., Kapitus and United Capital Source , which provide RBI as one of many structural options to companies seeking capital. . We have a special program if you are pre-seed and need product development. I’ve listed below all of the major RBI venture capitalists I’ve identified.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

VCs tout themselves as frontier technology investors, but most are using the same infrastructure tools they have used for the past 20+ years: Excel and recent college grads searching Google. According to Knowledge.VC , under 5% of US VCs have a full-time team member focused on technology. . But we’re doing it slowly.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

The Architect: This is the maker who takes ideas and thought into motion and product. Since your business is in infancy, have those who believe in your product, who would invest equal time and money, by your side — it’s how top businesses like Apple, Harley-Davidson, and Google started out. Alright, so what? How do I assemble my team?

Software Review 54

Software Review Technical Review CTO Hire San Antonio 54

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

My initial desire to blog came from something that’s always been my approach to investing – I’m a nerd and I love to play with the technology and part of my approach has really been to understand things both at a user level and at a reasonably deep tentacle level. Brad on blogging. How did you start blogging? “My Human Computer Interaction.

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Technical Review Venture Capital Silicon Valley Software Review 288

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Things change very quickly today, particularly if you’re in the technology business, so be prepared to share how you find data about your customers and industry, as well as how you apply those findings to your business. #4 4 : Can you tell me a story about a customer using your product?

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Software Review Technical Review Due Diligence Exit Strategy 147

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Something isn''t going to go your way--product development, hiring, revenues. Angel investor Jeff Stewart once told me that either the product takes twice as long and costs three times as much to build as your plan, or takes three times as long to build and costs twice as much--you just don''t know which one.

Technical Review 118

Technical Review Due Diligence Angel Investor Venture Capital 118

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. I’d argue that the same type of technologies that have revolutionized dating can revolutionize our industry. . I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations.

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

The Next Web

MAY 4, 2013

He is a part-time hacker, angel investor, and product advisor, and was selected from more than 300 people to “shadow” Dave McClure at 500 Startups. On top of deciding if the market is big enough, most investors only do one type of due diligence for seed deals: reference check the founders. it’s hard to check them. Fundraising.

San Francisco 159

San Francisco Europe Technical Review Due Diligence 159

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2010

I’m doing due diligence on a company of another entrepreneur in LA whose company was apparently doing very well. It meant that the management teams hadn’t figured out a product / market fit for their own businesses. I know, I know … technically they can be structured as mergers. million uniques.

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Merger Technical Review Early Stage Dilution 276

mashable.com

MARCH 20, 2014

Because there is often a lot at stake for a new company, its wise to ask where you will fit in among founders and first hires — and how you can make a direct impact on the companys success. Proceed — if at all — with extreme due diligence and caution. How does your product apply to my role? Follow @mashable. Must Reads.

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Technical Review Software Review Exit Strategy San Francisco 103

VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2011

Examples: insurance, health care, hosting, public relations, marketing materials, finding and hiring talent, etc… Buying power, negotiation power, economies of scale were all mentioned in different variations. This is probably the weakest link of most technical founders. Share due diligence on a space or an existing space.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Hosting Harvest 101

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

In the early 80’s he left academia to work on venture capital investing with Jim Simons, Renaissance Technologies. 100 get serious due diligence where the entrepreneur meets with several people from the firm. Is a completed product necessary to get funding? Is a completed product necessary to get funding?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2010

If I’m interested I get to spend more time with them, if I’m not I don’t have to – A few companies per month come in that have fascinating business ideas that warrant my spending more time trying to understand their people, company, technology and market. Tags: Tech Market Analysis VC Industry.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Spain Warrant 312

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Also, high-tech high-growth startups have access to investment funding that would not be available to stable, established businesses that show only slow growth. Investors will look first to a summary , and then a pitch ; but if you get through that screening, they’ll want to see a business plan for the process of due diligence.

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SBA Venture Capital Angel Investor Technical Review 161