Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Furthermore, angel groups frequently syndicate (co-invest) with neighboring angel organizations in an effort to help fill round of investment for local companies and assist members in diversifying their portfolios with investments in nearby regions. Is the founder coachable? Channels secure, customers placed trial orders.

Valuation 146

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Intellectual Property Technical Review 146

View from Seed

OCTOBER 16, 2019

On the more organic side is when the founder and investor have a pre-existing relationship. Maybe you’ve backed the founder before, or have just known and shown mutual respect for each other for months or years. When seed investing was less mature, there was a high degree of deal trading among early stage investors.

Deal Flow 45

Deal Flow Syndicate Syndication Cofounder 45

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 1, 2018

by Rachel Strella, founder of Strella Social Media. Explore content syndication opportunities to expand the reach of your blog posts. Even in the early stages of business ownership, reconsider trying to tackle every aspect of starting and running the company yourself.

Social Media 133

Social Media Syndicate Syndication SEO 133

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

I’m now in my second founder/CEO role, having raised more than $18.5 No doubt early-stage companies can be started on a shoestring by low-paid entrepreneurs, but when financing a scalable, sustainable product, a free application server won’t make much of a difference. million in venture financing. All Rights Reserved.

Startup 79

Startup Social Media RSS Social Network 79

View from Seed

OCTOBER 22, 2015

One of the things we frequently discuss with founders is how to interpret and manage their dialogue with VCs when raising capital. So you should be looking for this level signal and, if you’re getting it, know that it’s in the early stages but progressing in the right way. The ultimate reference is through a portfolio founder.

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Term Sheet Due Diligence Seed Stage Seed Capital 120

Hippoland

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Investors say things like: “This founder is very fundable” or “This founder doesn’t pattern match” Ellen Pao talks about this explicitly in the excerpt of her new book. Just a couple of years ago, AngelList announced their syndicate feature. But syndicates are logistically challenging.

Silicon Valley 48

Silicon Valley Syndicate Syndication Early Stage 48

Hippoland

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Investors say things like: “This founder is very fundable” or “This founder doesn’t pattern match” Ellen Pao talks about this explicitly in the excerpt of her new book. Just a couple of years ago, AngelList announced their syndicate feature. But syndicates are logistically challenging.

Silicon Valley 48

Silicon Valley Syndicate Syndication Angel Investor 48

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

In other words, angel investors and early stage venture capital (VC) firms will have different expectations than late stage VC firms. Partners W3 EDGE Concentric Sky Rackspace Intridea Dynect DNS Webtrends Global Syndication Partners ABCNews CNN Metro USAToday Yahoo ©2005-2011 Mashable, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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France Marketing Social Media Startup 77

View from Seed

JUNE 16, 2015

Our investment size may differ slightly from one company to the next, but it tends to be driven entirely by situation-specific factors (needs of the company, syndicate composition, anticipated reserves, etc) … and not based on our belief. How does the firm behave if you are knocking the cover off the ball?

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Boston Syndicate Syndication eCommerce 120

mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Naming can be one of the most difficult challenges in the early stages of a startup. A few weeks of organized effort should be enough time to develop a name and gain consensus among your co-founders, but if you’re on a tight schedule, it’s also possible to do in just a few days. Global Syndication Partners. infographic.

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Naming Startup Social Media RSS 84

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

More than half allocate most of their budget to securing leads. Only around 10–15% of B2B leads turn into paying customers, and it’s because tactics optimizing for the early stages of the funnel only cater to early-stage goals. Marketing teams capitalize on this fact with lead generation campaigns.

Demand 95

Demand Management B2B Campaign 95

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

I think it would help founders to understand funding better—notjust the mechanics of it, but what investors are thinking. And if trouble withinvestors is one of the biggest threats to a startup, managing themis one of the most important skills founders need to learn. Some angel investors join together in syndicates.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

Rob Go

JANUARY 8, 2014

We don’t invest in “syndicates A rounds” as our first point of entry into a company. We invest in companies that are early – we take the early stage risk and hope to be rewarded for that risk. Syndicates: We have a bias to lead rounds. Surprisingly few seed funds operate this way.

Syndicate 45

Syndicate Syndication Portfolio Advertising 45

mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Not to mention, early-stage startups usually only employ a few people focused on product and development. Twitter Secures “Tweet” Trademark. Founder and President Gilt Groupe. Global Syndication Partners. Therefore, marketing and public relations are often tackled piecemeal by whomever has time.

PR 103

PR Startup Social Media Technical Review 103

Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

Since the iControl system chronicles all meetings, I was able to find the automatic picture snapped from my first meeting with the founders, Reza Raji and Chris Stevens on April 22, 2004. At this time, we had secured a term sheet from a co-investor from one of my other angel investments (Thanks, Graeme!)

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San Jose Angel Investor Term Sheet Venture Capital 28