Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2020

Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. This can cause early investor dilution, lower ultimate returns or leave the startup stranded. Yet, in my view, every early-stage entrepreneur should be exploring this new funding alternative before approaching VCs. The cost of entry for tech startups continues to go down.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2018

In fact, there are people and organizations amenable to very early stage opportunities, so my advice is target your proposals to the right people to match the stage of your effort. Developers are finding powerful tools to build mobile apps and websites for a few thousand, rather than millions of dollars.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Almost every early-stage startup who has approached investors for funding has heard the innocuous sounding rejection “I love your idea, but come back when you have more traction.” I like to see at least 10,000 active users, or a user base, page-views, or mobile downloads that double every three months. Market penetration.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2015

If you need funding for these early stage activities, I have some suggestions on better strategies to follow. In this context, there are at least six stages often included in the scope of R&D to narrow your focus: Search for new technologies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2014

Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. This can cause early investor dilution, lower ultimate returns or leave the startup stranded. Yet, in my view, every early-stage entrepreneur should be exploring this new funding alternative before approaching VCs. The cost of entry for tech startups continues to go down.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2013

Seed investments” are early stage financings (typically less than $1.5 The Internet sector continues to lead the pack (information technology and software), followed by Healthcare (medical devices and equipment), then Mobile (CRM) & Telecom (wireless). million) made by either Angels or venture capitalists, or both.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Funding for early-stage startups is more available than ever. The elements include communications, mobile platforms, and location-based services. The median deal size is back over $100 million. Last year 300,000+ American angels invested an estimated $25 billion in more than 70,000 startup deals.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2018

Funding for early-stage startups is more available than ever. The elements include communications, mobile platforms, and location-based services. The average amount raised also increased to $175 million. Investors showed an increased appetite for new stocks, with 18 percent of deals pricing above the marketed share price range.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

Funding for early-stage startups is more available than ever. According to Statistic Brain , angel investors, numbering almost 300,000, contributed a record $25 billion to early-stage startups in the U.S. The elements include communications, mobile platforms, and location-based services.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Funding for early-stage startups is more available than ever. The elements include communications, mobile platforms, and location-based services. That is a 65% increase in the number of IPOs over 2012, and the highest proceeds raised since the year 2000. Large corporations have lost their ability to innovate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2011

My fourth investment, and the first one I led, was into a mobile applications company, which was also ahead of its time and never truly understood its market. David: The exponential development of technology has begun to cause deep and fundamental changes to the world of early stage finance. It, too, went down the tubes.

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