techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

Convertible Equity, A Better Alternative To Convertible Debt? There has been no shortage of controversy and criticism around the convertible note, a popular investing vehicle that’s used by seed stage and angel investors. Ressi estimates that the debt note now accounts for over 50% of all angel and early stage deals.

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Gust

JULY 8, 2012

The good news is that he is all about helping early-stage startups. In the last year, there has been a resurgence of interest, some say a bubble, by both angels and VCs, in a pre-Series A kicker to identify promising startups with seed funding, before major equity has been given away. Early-stage startup.

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www.entrepreneur.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Entrepreneur Homepage Startups Starting a Business Home How-To Guides Startup Basics Business Ideas Business Planning Startup Financing Success Stories Home-Based Business Starting a Business Play Video How to Take a New Product from Just an Idea to a Business (Video). Financing Some Jobs Act Proposals Make Headway.

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Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

1M/1M Program has a bold mission. I had an opportunity to catchup with Sramana and we talked about the program. Once the $1 million revenue milestone is crossed, entrepreneurs find it easier to find additional customers, manage working capital, and access funding, whether it is credit or equity.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

This past summer, the Lightspeed Summer Fellowships program invited selected guests to provide aspiring entrepreneurs a perspective into all aspects of starting a new company. The program provides entrepreneurs the resources and mentoring they need to build their companies and develop their skills. ” The Cost of Financing.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 2, 2019

And of course, effectively all venture capitalists are going to require some equity for their investment. I emphasize my focus here is organizations which are backing for-profit companies and do not take equity. I suggest start by looking at the many programs offered by the Fortune 500’s startup networks. Aspen Tech Policy Hub.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2011

The good news is that he is all about helping early-stage startups, the hard part for entrepreneurs is figuring out what it takes to play. Early-stage startup. Every startup is early-stage to someone. For VCs, early-stage means customer revenue is less than $10M. Business accelerator.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

This structure offers some of the benefits of traditional equity VC, without some of the negatives of equity VC. I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. We have a special program if you are pre-seed and need product development. Alternative Capital. “

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

Convertible debt is an investment that “converts&# into equity in the future usually at a discount to your next funding round price and sometimes has a “cap&# (maximum price). a priced/valued preferred stock financing)? a priced/valued preferred stock financing)?&#. Here is my answer with some minor editing: _.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Unlike small business entrepreneurs, their interest is not in earning a living but rather in creating equity in a company that eventually will become publicly traded or acquired, generating a multi-million-dollar payoff. It is not a “jobs program” for the local populace. Any attempt to make it so dooms it to failure.

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Austin Startup

JULY 6, 2018

Ask the Users Startup Accelerators: Bundled and Unbundled Over the past several years, accelerators have emerged as a powerful filtering and signaling mechanism in early-stage startup ecosystems, allowing high-potential young startups to connect with investors, advisors, and other strategic partners far faster and more efficiently than before.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

I challenge any entrepreneur, for example, to define the difference between "seed-stage" and "early-stage" financing. Asking for early-stage money before you have customers and revenue will likely kill your credibility with real investors. Yet, knowing this distinction is important.

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philipsmith.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Two Tales of "Working For Equity". Working for equity only is, realistically, the way most startups have to get going. a year burn rate and your equity is worthless due to numerous recapitalizations and bridge loans from investors then either you don't get it or I'm stupid to do it. » January 23, 2010.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Finance | Tuesdays. Financing a Small Business. Financing A Small Business. Personal Finance. Will Work for Equity. Dave Graham Business Venture Capital Private Equity GlobalLogic Inc. Theres a huge opportunity cost in not taking equity," he says. Start-up | Mondays. Technology | Thursdays.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 20, 2017

Since the field’s estimated beginnings in 2009 , subsegments like “feminomics” and “inclusive finance” have spun off, but at it’s core gender lens investing is: incorporating gender as a factor to guide investment strategies. Contrasted with an average VC fund size of $30M… there is a mismatch. Enter True Wealth Ventures.

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www.drowningamerican.com

JUNE 22, 2012

Next → How to Hire for Sweat Equity…. Here is the original post: Early Stage Web Application Start-Up Seeking Developer/Designer. Application programming Expertise: PHP, ColdFusion, AJAX, Web Services (RSS, REST, SOAP, XML-RPC, etc.). And now I’m trying to get my own team, and have them work for equity.

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Working for Equity Instead of Cash. has an article on service firms waiving their fees and instead taking equity in their clients. Interest in this waned when the Internet bust resulted in most tech start-up equity becoming worthless, but it seems to be coming back. Not all start-up stock is created equally.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Bottom line, early stage equity is very, very expensive. So at any point, if you are trying to raise money, and you are hearing from investors that you are too early and have too little validation, it may be a good thing. Then Liana Thompson pitched Trendy Loot , a very early stage deal site for low-end jewelry.

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David Teten

APRIL 29, 2014

I published in 2010 a research study on best practices in how private equity and VC funds source investments. However, VCs, who pride themselves on making bold bets, have rarely funded entrepreneurs in Quadrant IV, particularly at the early stage. Another example is 645 Ventures, a new venture fund founded by Nnamdi Okike.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Bates: Good morning and welcome to our CEO panel, “How to Fine-Tune Your Small Business Finances From Funding to Growth” which I think is the direction that we would all like to be going. I’m here with some really phenomenal CEOs who are going to talk to us today about small business finances from funding to growth.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

It is a very good format for entrepreneur groups around the world to get together and network around the roundtable programming which happens every week, religiously. Jacqueline asked an important question: how do you mitigate your working capital challenges in an e-commerce company at the very early stages without raising financing?

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

With a unique vision for starting and successfully managing innovative companies, he is the Managing Partner of Social Leverage, a holding company that invests in early stage web businesses. Panel 2 – How Social Investing is Disrupting Investments in Hedge Funds, Private Equity Funds, and Other Alternatives.

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Board Effect

DECEMBER 19, 2019

A board management software program is the most secure way for boards and managers to collaborate on the corporate strategic plan and the expectations for the role of the board of directors in strategic management. Questions may arise that require boards to make new decisions about debt and equity that affect the capital structure.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Whether it is credit or equity, funding is very, very tight. I call it drip-financing. Most entrepreneurs have no choice but to avail of this sort of financing along with the mentoring and the contacts that could come with it (doesn't always come along, though). In 1M/1M, our preferred financing strategy is customers.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

Meet the Locals Here are the most active early stage investors in town that you should meet while you’re here and do deals with. It’s a robust ecosystem so I’m only listing the ones we’ve done the most deals with here but Capital Factory is the most active early stage investor in Texas so this is a good sampling.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 10, 2012

When seeking equity investments, the source of capital is, for the most part, tied to the stage of capital being raised. You see, equity capital is raised in stages or rounds. The five main stages include the following: 1. Early Stage Investment (Series A & B) 4. Pre-Seed Funding 2.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Having enough capital to finance your start-up next milestone is essential for your business to live to its potential. Of course, it’s only in your dreams that you will receive random calls from high-end capital firms or Shark Tank producers willing to finance your business. Kickstarter and Indiegogo are good for donations.

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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. If a company hasn’t taken in any outside financing at all, things are very simple, because the liquidation waterfall jumps directly from (1) down to (9).

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Up and Running

AUGUST 17, 2015

Additionally, I had already studied Economics and Finance during undergrad, making the academic part of an MBA seem a little redundant. The fundraising process may start with friends and family, but may quickly shift to a bank loan, individual angel investors, or at a later stage, venture capital or private equity.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

VC Financings: 1. Wildfire was one of the darlings of the fbFund incubator program. I knew that OATV had invested in the company and I typically like to look harder at stuff that they do since I consider them to be very savvy with early stage trends. I keep meaning to get him drunk to spill the stories. Other News: 1.

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

Or, as my friend Marc Andreessen might say, Software Eats the Private Equity World. YC began as a small startup accelerator program making very tiny (~$20K) investments, but in a few short years grew quickly to become the most famous (some would also say most dominant) program for aspiring young internet entrepreneurs.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 30, 2014

identify financing vehicles before you need them. They add mentors and additional services and some offer free space in exchange for equity. Accelerators take teams with fairly focused ideas and offer a formal 3-4 month program of tutoring/mentoring with seed funding in exchange for equity.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

I also suggest look at the UAE-Israel Technology & Finance Community/Mailing List. Amelia Investments – “Amelia Investments is a private equity fund creating economic opportunities throughout the Middle East region. Siraj Fund Management Company (SFMC) is the first Palestinian private equity fund manager. Apply here.

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OnlyOnce

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

On the heels of the announcement we made last month about our Series B financing , we are now announcing the launch of a new program called Bolster Prime and a new venture capital fund called Bolster Ventures. worked as advisors and mentors to numerous early stage founders and startups. What about the middle?

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 8, 2020

Many entrepreneurs believe that they cannot go into business without loans or seed funding from an entity that may want equity in their company. There are ways to nurture a startup company that do not require taking debt or giving equity away. That’s the mentality you need to have in order to succeed in the early stages of business.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

With new micro VC entrants into to early-stage investing plus increased competition from angels, incubators and the like – traditional VCs have taken notice. So VCs spent a couple of years experimenting with earlier-stage investing, which is OK. The Explosion in Early-Stage Innovation. There are also others.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The use of a cap table for a company comes into play when it has to track the total amount of shares, the value of shares, and the equity ownership of all the shareholders. The data of the company, such as debt and the company’s equity ownership, is laid out with the help of a cap table. Convertible notes.

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