This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Your team does a good job hustling around to find good teams, but the reality is that your dealflow is more dependent on your network than it is any kind of objective criteria. Thanks to the SEC, you don't know who's actually fundraising, what kind of performance they have, and you'll never get reached by their marketing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2011

So what can you do, and what are the “red flags” to look for as you do your due diligence before pooling your money with other investors, or accepting money for your startup from investors? Every reputable investment firm is registered with FINRA and files regular reports with the SEC. How do you get paid? By commission?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2010

So what can you do, and what are the “red flags” to look for as you do your due diligence before pooling your money with other investors, or accepting money for your startup from investors? Every reputable investment firms has to file regular reports with the SEC. By commission? Amount of assets you manage? Another method?

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

If you’re seeing this movie for the first time from the top, you need to ask many questions and be led by your outside team, whether legal, financial, accounting, or networking – or all. Welcome to the club. First, should you inform your employees of the deal? [ Email readers, continue here.] Let’s back up to the headline. “A

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Business Plan Blog

JANUARY 2, 2014

In September of this year, the SEC voted to overturn the ban on “general solicitation” that made it illegal for companies to publicly advertise that they are raising capital. First and foremost, the screening and due diligence needed to decide which startups warrant investment is best suited for the professionals.

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VC Adventure

MAY 21, 2014

A smaller group performs due diligence on each deal before they invest and makes a deal by deal decision whether or not to participate. 506(b) vs 506(c): These refer to two of the SEC rules that regulate “crowdfunding” financing. The Timing: FG Angels Syndicate investments go FAST.

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VC Adventure

MAY 21, 2014

A smaller group performs due diligence on each deal before they invest and makes a deal by deal decision whether or not to participate. 506(b) vs 506(c): These refer to two of the SEC rules that regulate “crowdfunding” financing. The Timing: FG Angels Syndicate investments go FAST.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Social networking. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. That’s why we gathered a collection of 20 online resources for European startups that will help you with business plans, recruiting, publicity and networking. Mailing lists/groups. Google Groups. Forms/Surveys. Google Forms.

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Small Business Force

JUNE 29, 2013

Success is not gauged by how many meetings you have with them, but by the depth of their questions and due diligence. If you like this post, by all means, share it with your networks and colleagues. But at the end of the day, the real measure of how interested they are will only appear in your bank account�or not!It's

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

If something caught my eye, I’d immediately send a message to them, or do a little due diligence to see what the website was about. The problem with acting quickly is you also have to do your due diligence to make sure you’re not buying a lemon, so there’s a real fine balance there and an element of risk. Wait for people.

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infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Unable to confirm if my proposed approach was correct, he indicated that he would have to check with his SEC group and that ‘someone’ would get back to me. Networking (20). Someone’ never called and I fired the prestigious and inept firm shortly thereafter. Corporate Communications (13). Corporate Culture (35). Entrepreneur (151).

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