ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Brand marketing is concerned with objectives such as: Brand tracking , identity, and recognition; Improving brand awareness ; Building brand equity ; Understanding and influencing consumer perceptions about the brand. Use brand marketing strategies to build brand equity. But, consider what equity you hold before executing a rebrand.

Marketing 110

Marketing Product Audience Equity 110

The Next Web

JANUARY 27, 2013

Crowdfunding is the process of raising capital by offering rewards to ‘backers’ by pre-selling your product or offering equity in exchange. Let’s take a look at what equity crowdfunding looks like when compared to the traditional capital raising process. You spend more time pitching.

SEC 146

SEC Equity United States Technical Review 146

David Teten

MARCH 28, 2012

This study is effectively a sequel to the study David Teten led with Chris Farmer of General Catalyst on best practices of venture capital and private equity funds in originating new deals , published in Journal of Private Equity , Harvard Business Review , Institutional Investor , etc.

Portfolio 144

Portfolio Private Equity Venture Capital Early Stage 144

The Equity Kicker

JULY 19, 2013

We offer a bundle of strategic advice, development services, marketing support, design advice, product management, office space and cash that are designed to dramatically increase the chances of an entrepreneur succeeding and we ask for an equity stake in his or her company in return. Exactly what is in the bundle?

Early Stage 113

Early Stage Design Venture Capital Framework 113

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

Let’s set up a framework. Plus, most early-stage M&A fails so this isn’t likely a good use of capital for a young company). So money spent should add equity value or create IP that eventually will. But what IS the right amount of burn for a company? Turns out like most things there are no simple answers.

Burn Rate 383

Burn Rate Balance Sheet .Net Valuation 383

David Teten

AUGUST 1, 2019

So I recommend use the framework of an investor: Venture capital investing checklist. Negotiating Employment with a Private Equity Firm – 7 Surprises to Expect. Joining An Early Stage Startup? Negotiate Your Equity And Salary With Stock Option Counsel Tips. Here’s How Startup Founders Should Offer Employee Equity.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Equity Due Diligence Portfolio 60

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. Advocate for the appropriate use of SAAS, design patterns, frameworks, SOA, ORM, and MVC. And now I’m trying to get my own team, and have them work for equity.

Sweat Equity 40

Sweat Equity Equity Hiring Technical Review 40

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

It’s among the most-asked questions on startup forums, and an issue we’re dealing with right now at WPEngine as we bring on new employees: How do you decide how much equity (shares) to give a new employee or partner? Here’s a simple framework for how to come up with those numbers. What about $Y/mo?&#

Equity 276

Equity Salary Hiring Institutional Investors 276

David Teten

JULY 25, 2017

Large private equity funds like KKR can afford to pursue a consulting model ( Capstone ), typically with associated fees, but that doesn’t normally make economic sense for a VC. the “TOPSCAN” framework from my research study on value creation by VCs ): T eam-Building – We aggregate openings across our portfolio on our jobs page.

Portfolio 60

Portfolio Technical Review Private Equity Database 60

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

That said, one limitation in early-stage investing particularly is that 2022’s growth sectors probably don’t fit neatly into a vertical we can define today. In a prior life, I served as a consultant to Goldman Sachs Special Situations Group, Carl Icahn’s organization, and some other very large private equity investors.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

That said, one limitation in early-stage investing particularly is that 2022’s growth sectors probably don’t fit neatly into a vertical we can define today. In a prior life, I served as a consultant to Goldman Sachs Special Situations Group, Carl Icahn’s organization, and some other very large private equity investors.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The three-question framework goes as such: Q: How much tech-related market cap will be created in the next 10-20 years? For context, seed-stage pre-money valuations are up 24% from H1 2020 to H1 2021. Early-stage valuations are up 70%, and late-stage valuations are up 103% (source Pitchbook ).

Valuation 319

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 319

David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

V: Should you raise venture capital from a traditional equity VC or a Revenue-Based Investing VC? VI: Revenue-based financing: The next step for private equity and early-stage investment. VIII: The Leading Flexible VCs, With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing. We plan to raise $2.5m

Equity 78

Equity Revenue Cofounder Colorado 78

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The three-question framework goes as such: Q: How much tech-related market cap will be created in the next 10-20 years? For context, seed-stage pre-money valuations are up 24% from H1 2020 to H1 2021. Early-stage valuations are up 70%, and late-stage valuations are up 103% (source Pitchbook ).

Valuation 295

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 295

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.

Silicon Valley 50

Silicon Valley Technical Review Texas Venture Capital 50

View from Seed

JANUARY 21, 2022

After graduation, I spent the next 9 years working at a bank, an early-stage b2b fintech startup, and a growth-stage mortgage startup. My first hand experience has helped me build a framework for go-to-market strategy (more specifically d2c marketing) and thinking about how to reach short term goals by constraining the factory.

B2B 120

B2B Germany Stock Engineer 120

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

So I recommend use the framework of an investor: Venture capital investing checklist. Negotiating Employment with a Private Equity Firm – 7 Surprises to Expect. Joining An Early Stage Startup? Negotiate Your Equity And Salary With Stock Option Counsel Tips. Here’s How Startup Founders Should Offer Employee Equity.

Due Diligence 60

Due Diligence Stock Options Covenant Private Equity 60

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The three-question framework goes as such: Q: How much tech-related market cap will be created in the next 10-20 years? For context, seed-stage pre-money valuations are up 24% from H1 2020 to H1 2021. Early-stage valuations are up 70%, and late-stage valuations are up 103% (source Pitchbook ).

Valuation 156

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 156

Up and Running

AUGUST 17, 2015

Entrepreneurship: While entrepreneurship classes can sometimes feel outdated and contrived, they can be useful in terms of developing a framework to evaluate the quality of an idea, and then laying out a roadmap to build a business around that idea. This can be particularly important for founders with “non-traditional” career backgrounds.

Entrepreneur 60

Entrepreneur Cofounder Angel Investor eCommerce 60

Steve Blank

JUNE 2, 2011

Yet even with all these tools, early stage startups still need to physically meet with advisors and investors. We propose that early stage startups communicate in a way that didn’t exist in the 20 th century – online – collaboratively through blogs. That’s great if you can get it. for a business model.

Silicon Valley 281

Silicon Valley Business Model Early Stage Venture Capital 281

Genuine VC

OCTOBER 23, 2012

You’re able to spend time with the company during its early stage to do some interesting work, explore if there’s a good fit for you there in the long run, and be compensated for the efforts which you’re putting in. The compensation framework and contract template are reasonable (though of course I am not a lawyer).

Equity 116

Equity Cofounder Early Stage Framework 116

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. (To see the video above, please click the image, and then click on the Play button.).

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The presentation was on outsourcing generally, not just software engineering and the audience was very early stage companies (some yet to be founded). We tried to provide a framework for startups to think about what activities should be outsourced and why. To that I say baloney. Even without cash you have many ways to outsource.

Software Review 65

Software Review Offshore Startup Boston 65

SoCal CTO

APRIL 28, 2014

Generally I say that developers should be doing significant developer level testing, but in early-stage startups, testing falls back on the founders. Other Topics Covered I also covered topics that are covered more thoroughly in the following posts: Document Your MVP for a Developer. Great question.

Technical Cofounder 280

Technical Cofounder Developer Fractional CTO CTO Hire 280

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

And finally, you may be able to avoid diluting your equity. Preserve your equity by using a consulting CTO to ramp up your company before securing early-stage financing and hiring a permanent technology partner. Increasingly, people who were only available as full-time, equity-position founders or [.]

Fractional CTO 40

Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire Fractional VPE 40

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Though most founders would agree culture is important in an organization’s success, it often takes a back seat to product development and generating a profit in the early stages of an organization’s life. As a startup grows, the equity position offered to new employees goes down as the number of employees goes up.

Cofounder 113

Cofounder Hiring Leadership Employee 113

Altgate

DECEMBER 17, 2009

it's up to the Board or CEO) One or more financial metrics Balanced scorecard For very early stage startups (e.g. " Well, there are basically three ways you can link pay to performance (in startups): Discretionary (i.e.  It is just too hard to see out 12+ months with any certainty to be able to pick meaningful metrics.

Venture Capital 47

Venture Capital Metrics Startup Software Review 47

The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Secondly it gives a framework for thinking about our investment strategy. They are just starting to digitise, which feels like a good place for an early stage VC like Forward Partners to be investing.

Product 60

Product Early Stage Green eCommerce 60

The Equity Kicker

MAY 6, 2015

Because we are tightly focused on early stage ecommerce we have a lot of relevant learnings to share with our partners. So far we’ve captured them ad hoc on our blog but going forward we will start to publish them under a framework we are calling The Path Forward. So much so that we are writing them down.

Early Stage 60

Early Stage eCommerce Framework Metrics 60

The Equity Kicker

JULY 8, 2019

As the number of startups has exploded over the last 30-40 years best practices have been developed that can be shared from one early stage company to the next. This trend accelerated through the emergence of VC and operator blogging in the early 2000s. . Entrepreneurship is becoming more science and less art.

Portfolio 84

Portfolio LP Venture Capital Partner 84

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 15, 2011

Yet even with all these tools, early stage startups still need to physically meet with advisors and investors. We propose that early stage startups communicate in a way that didn't exist in the 20th century: online, collaboratively, through blogs. That's great if you can get it. But what if you can't?

Silicon Valley 118

Silicon Valley Startup Early Stage Business Model 118

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Brad has been an early-stage investor and entrepreneur since 1987. He's been an early stage investor in entrepreneur since 1987. When they think about the board, including reasons why early stage entrepreneurs and startup entrepreneurs don't create boards. Early board can be very powerful.

Startup 86

Startup Cofounder Early Stage Founder 86

aweissman.com

JANUARY 30, 2010

There is an amazing wealth of innovation around early stage venture financing, most of which developed in just the past few years. On top of this framework First Round announced last week that they have set up an "exchange fund" for founders of companies they have invested in. We like products and building stuff.

Early Stage 46

Early Stage Entrepreneur Cofounder Framework 46

Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Starting a venture capital blog post with 1970s country music lyrics is pretty uncommon, but so is writing about when and why an investor might choose to sell equity before the company exits. And finally, a more robust (but still somewhat opaque) secondary market emerged for transacting equity among parties. You might think, “Hunter!

Venture Capital 122

Venture Capital Cap Table LP Equity 122

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. To keep the equity we out-sourced.

Bootstrapping 41

Bootstrapping Offshore Startup EC2 41

Eric Friedman

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

It has also become a great question as an early stage investor and an executive coach. Founders are selling their relationships, their milestones, their ideas, and their abilities – all for equity. It lets me in on exactly how the relationships work, even if it is just two people at the beginning. The Tapestry.so

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Founder Software Review Early Stage 78

www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Theres nothing inherently wrong with Flash or Silverlight, but most often their use should be considered only for incremental interface enhancements to a system built on an establish web framework. One can, however, make these arguments about different frameworks. 37signals repopularised Ruby this way, and last.fm

Fractional CTO 40

Fractional CTO CTO Technical Review CTO Hire 40