Gust

JULY 8, 2012

If you are new to the entrepreneurial world of startups, you are likely confused by the terminology of seed-stage, lean startups, micro-VCs, and Super Angels. The good news is that he is all about helping early-stage startups. Early-stage startup. Every startup is early-stage to someone.

Early Stage 177

Early Stage Finance Seed Stage Entrepreneur 177

Gust

SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

Precisely because seed stage investments in private startup companies are NOT Warren Buffet’s types of investments. 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.

Exit Strategy 116

Exit Strategy Seed Stage Early Stage Carried Interest 116

Gust

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Conventional wisdom dictated that they made reckless investments in very early-stage ventures mostly doomed to fail. Deductions like this are problematic because early-stage venture investing does not happen in an efficient market. Let’s take a look at the actual data. (If and the U.K.,

Angel Investor 152

Angel Investor Venture Capital Seed Stage Silicon Valley 152

Gust

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

How to finance a new seed-stage startup? ” Ressi in particular seems to be passionate about removing the “debt” component from convertible debt seed financing transactions. Convertible debt? Convertible equity? As of August 2010, Paul Graham famously proclaimed , “Convertible notes have won.

Finance 134

Finance Convertible Security Equity Seed Stage 134

Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

We also have data points for VC investments in seed/startup companies (but not necessarily pre-revenue companies). The following chart from Dow Jones VentureSource shows very little variation in pre-money valuation of VC seed stage deals over the past decade.

Valuation 146

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Intellectual Property Technical Review 146