Gust

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

As I’ve discussed elsewhere, Gust’s long-term goal is to serve as the infrastructure platform for the entire global, early stage finance industry. Instead, it is our eight years of indefatigable relationship and customer building with large segments of the world’s early stage finance industry.

Belarus 107

Belarus Kazakhstan Accredited Investor Portugal 107

Gust

JANUARY 13, 2023

New York State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) and it's venture capital management arm, NY Ventures is providing support and capital of $30 million for it's Pre-seed and Seed Matching Fund Program to help early stage startups who are registered in New York.

Matching 91

Matching Programming New York Early Stage 91

Gust

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Investors absolutely need to know the specific financial status of a company before they invest, because they are going to be part owners of the business. How much would you be willing pay someone to take over their bank account if you had no idea how much was in it?

Balance Sheet 151

Balance Sheet Early Stage Revenue Startup 151

Gust

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

When you have early stage legal needs, you want to find a law firm that specializes in working with startups and know how to guide them toward an exit. To choose the right one, business owners need to evaluate their needs as well as the abilities and experience of the startup law firm.

Intellectual Property 91

Intellectual Property Hiring Early Stage Startup 91

Gust

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The process of acquiring venture capital can stir up quite a few emotions in an early-stage founder: Excitement. A sense of doing something incredibly important. The incredible degree of pressure in knowing that you need this money to be successful.

Founder 91

Founder Venture Capital Early Stage 91

Gust

JULY 15, 2012

I recommend that every early-stage startup find three Advisory Board members. These should be carefully selected, with a proven track record, willing and available to help, and be completely trustworthy. Make sure they are willing to check their egos at the door. Let’s talk specifics.

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Advisory Board Technical Review Startup Software Review 178

Gust

DECEMBER 6, 2022

They are primarily used for early-stage financings, but they are also a good solution for a bridge round when a company isn’t quite ready for the next equity financing round. Convertible notes are a great tool for venture financing.

Early Stage 91

Early Stage Equity Finance Conversion 91

Gust

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Today, any sophisticated investor with a portfolio of alternate assets should consider direct, early-stage investments in private companies as one potential component of that portfolio. The post Why Everyone with Six Figures to Invest Should Consider Angel Investing appeared first on Gust.

Early Stage 91

Early Stage Portfolio 91

Gust

OCTOBER 28, 2022

It’s important to raise capital to support growth and scalability in the early stages. Raising capital for your startup is probably near the top of your mental "to-do" list, but chances are you haven't really gotten around to starting on it just yet.

Early Stage 91

Early Stage Startup Founder 91

Gust

JULY 7, 2022

In this ongoing series we’ll highlight the experiences of Gust Launch founders, in their own words, as they navigate the challenges of early-stage entrepreneurship. Gust Launch supports a variety of exciting founders doing amazing things. Want to share your story? Reach out at spotlight@gust.com.

Early Stage 91

Early Stage Founder 91

Gust

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Most of our early-stage startup clients fit this description. For now, focusing on the early stages of getting a startup off the ground, it’s worth understanding the basics of the IP assets that are dumped into the empty receptacle of a newly incorporated business entity.

Intellectual Property 149

Intellectual Property Technical Review Software Review IP 149

Gust

APRIL 28, 2022

Every early-stage startup has a unique set of constraints it must deal with and trade-offs that must be made along the way to launch its product into the market. From product development, to legal, to go-to-market strategy, even the most seasoned startup founder can make potentially business-crushing missteps.

Product 91

Product Early Stage Product Development Founder 91

Gust

MARCH 24, 2022

In this ongoing series we’ll highlight the experiences of Gust Launch founders, in their own words, as they navigate the challenges of early-stage entrepreneurship. Gust Launch supports a variety of exciting founders doing amazing things. Want to share your story? Reach out at spotlight@gust.com. appeared first on Gust.

Founder 91

Founder Technology Early Stage 91

Gust

DECEMBER 1, 2011

When meeting with early stage entrepreneurs for the first time, after reviewing a demo or hearing their pitch, I often ask them to articulate what they’re most focused on building. What is a startup really?

IP 114

IP Intellectual Property Equity Liquidity Event 114

Gust

JUNE 7, 2014

In many, if not most, seed and early stage funding scenarios, the investments are structured in LIFO order: Last In, First Out. Invested Interests company early stage funding investors startup starup'

Warrant 157

Warrant Preferred Stock Early Stage Common Stock 157

Gust

JUNE 14, 2014

” A major, public, positive event affecting the company.

Early Stage 128

Early Stage Revenue Entrepreneur 128

Gust

MAY 22, 2012

It’s an early stage investment, meaning that it has a long way to go, several years, before it gets through all the testing and makes a difference for people. We like the local connection. .

Technical Review 111

Technical Review Oregon Due Diligence Term Sheet 111

Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

The amount of investment in IP in any direct sense is generally small for early stage startups. startups to ignore foreign patent protection in the early stages, only to learn that they’ve lost the opportunity altogether if they try to pursue foreign patents later when better funded. (By In practice, this leads many U.S.

Intellectual Property 143

Intellectual Property IP Startup United States 143

Gust

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

This method may be less useful as a stand-alone valuation method for investors, but it is my opinion that this method should be one of several methods used by early stage investors to establish pre-money valuation, because it forces investors to consider important exogenous factors.

Valuation 102

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Ohio Early Stage 102

Gust

JUNE 17, 2012

After bootstrapping, friends and family are the most common funding sources for early-stage startups. Just don’t quit your day job before your new company is producing revenue. Friends and family. Use this approach before you have a real valuation, a real product, or any real customers.

Technical Review 164

Technical Review Bootstrapping Venture Capital Incubator 164

Gust

JUNE 22, 2016

Gust announces acquisitions of Sharewave and Preferred Return; creates the most robust and affordable equity management solution for early-stage startups. The new platform provides early-stage companies with powerful. Read more >.

Cap Table 93

Cap Table Valuation Equity Management 93

Gust

JULY 23, 2014

You can find this in a number of places, but in a nutshell, I prefer to invest in highly-scalable, technology-based ventures, with a particular focus on platforms, at a very, very early stage (but, oxymoronically, where there is already some type of traction).

Angel Investor 153

Angel Investor Elevator Pitch Pre-Money Valuation Technical Review 153

Gust

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Reasonable minds can differ on all of the above topics. Nevertheless, with the notable exception of healthcare reform, political polarization along partisan or ideological fault lines is less likely on these subjects than in many other areas of public policy.

Silicon Valley 187

Silicon Valley San Francisco Intellectual Property Accredited Investor 187

Gust

SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

Early venture and angel investments are much, much riskier than Buffett’s, with more than half of them typically failing completely and losing the entire investment. As such, the returns on an early stage portfolio typically come from only one or two investments out of every ten.

Exit Strategy 116

Exit Strategy Seed Stage Early Stage Carried Interest 116

Gust

MARCH 26, 2014

In contrast, rich people investing their personal funds into early stage companies are known as Angel Investors. A venture capitalist (colloquially known as a VC) is a professional money manager who gets paid to manage *other* people’s money, not his or her own.

Angel Investor 138

Angel Investor Early Stage Venture Capital Partner 138

Gust

OCTOBER 15, 2012

An impromptu Twitter debate arose among Fred Wilson, Dave McClure, Mark Suster, Chris Dixon and others about convertible debt, priced equity rounds, and the nuances of early stage financing. It was such a good discussion that Fred asked that someone Storify it.

Equity 140

Equity Early Stage Finance Due Diligence 140

Gust

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Rose, who’s dubbed “The Pitch Coach” for his extensive work with early stage entrepreneurs, and LivePlan’s Caroline Cummings, who has raised almost $1 million in startup funding. Join us for this revealing webinar, How to Pitch and Get Funded, on November 20 th at 1pm ET (10am PT). The webinar will be led by Gust’s CEO, David S.

Angel Investor 140

Angel Investor Early Stage Entrepreneur Startup 140

Gust

JANUARY 22, 2014

Gust is the infrastructure that underlies much of the professional world of early stage finance. The answer, of course, is Gust —because that’s exactly the purpose behind the platform! Above is a screen shot I just took of my Gust investor dashboard.

Angel Investor 150

Angel Investor Angel Groups Accredited Investor Early Stage 150

Gust

JULY 26, 2012

The unbelievably seismic changes resulting from exponentially advancing technology mean that the ‘traditional’ venture world is rapidly giving way to a new world of micro-VC, “super angel”, early-stage seed funds, which have very different economics.

IPO 115

IPO Early Stage Acquisition Web 115

Gust

AUGUST 16, 2012

On the other hand, the large majority of self-described “angel investors”, both domestically in the US and internationally, would not fall into this category.

Angel Investor 152

Angel Investor IRR Early Stage Portfolio 152

Gust

JANUARY 25, 2016

Early-stage technology company valuations are generally a crap-shoot. Bill Payne did a great post about this in October 2011. This post builds on top of his work, and attempts to shed additional light on the valuation process.

Valuation 70

Valuation Early Stage Startup Founder 70

Gust

DECEMBER 6, 2015

From TechCrunch, BetaKit to the Financial Post, there have been more than a few arguments made about the lack of female representation in Canada’s early-stage investment community and the benefits of tapping into this financial resource. The female angel investor conversation has been discussed inside and out. For example, Read more >.

Angel Investor 70

Angel Investor Canada Early Stage Community 70

Gust

JULY 30, 2015

2015 is shaping up to be a strong year for the startup and early stage investor ecosystem. Total startup funding applications are up across the globe and in multiple sectors, especially in the United States where the surging New York City tech industry is leading a nationwide growth in new startups.

New York City 70

New York City United States Early Stage New York 70

Gust

JULY 30, 2015

2015 is shaping up to be a strong year for the startup and early stage investor ecosystem. Total startup funding applications are up across the globe and in multiple sectors, especially in the United States where the surging New York City tech industry is leading a nationwide growth in new startups.

New York City 70

New York City United States Early Stage New York 70

Gust

JUNE 25, 2014

Both are useful additions to the early stage entrepreneurial ecosystem. Note: the author is the CEO of Gust, and therefore clearly biased. original post can be found on Quora @ [link] *. Gust News'

Angel Groups 138

Angel Groups Curation Early Stage Programming 138

Gust

AUGUST 27, 2014

Most are somewhere in between, focusing primarily on early-stage, high-growth companies with scalable business models. Some groups specialize, investing primarily in life sciences or tech companies or women-led ventures or other areas. Some are wide open, investing in everything from real estate to films.

Angel Investor 133

Angel Investor Accredited Investor Angel Groups Syndicate 133

Gust

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

You should also engage an attorney familiar with early stage financing to advise you on the legality of your plans. original post can be found on Quora @ [link] *. Invested Interests crowdfunding equity-based kickstarter project-based startup'

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Securities and Exchange Commission Equity Early Stage Startup 137