Gust

JUNE 17, 2012

Venture capital. An investment from a venture capital firm is usually expensive, in equity and control. If you go for venture capital, don’t expect a quick fix, so prepare to spend at least six months searching for and closing the deal. Partner with distributor or beneficiary.

Technical Review 164

Technical Review Bootstrapping Venture Capital Incubator 164

Gust

DECEMBER 6, 2011

An experienced software engineer, for example, can develop a new mobile app with his or her own resources and market the product on the web with very little capital. Center for Venture Research. Venture Capital. $20 Pre-seed, startup. Angel Investors. $20 20 billion. Most for startups and growth stages. 20 billion.

Angel Investor 179

Angel Investor Venture Capital Valuation Software Engineering 179

Gust

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

After you have successfully attracted angels or venture capital with your business case, your million dollar product idea, and you have a signed term sheet, there is still one more hurdle to overcome before investors write the check. This is the dreaded “due diligence” process. Product or service readiness.

Technical Review 152

Technical Review Due Diligence Intellectual Property Private Equity 152

Gust

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

As such, creating a functional clone of Gust (including all the features under the hood, and ones that have not yet been released), using world-class engineers and state-of-the-art, 2012 project management in Ruby on Rails, would take roughly 20 person-years from soup to nuts (figure about 1/3 of that in product/UX/UI and 2/3 in actual coding.)

Belarus 107

Belarus Kazakhstan Portugal Accredited Investor 107

Gust

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Even Jim Clark started as just another associate professor of electrical engineering, but he teamed with some bright people, and proved he could beat the odds. Everyone loves that dark horse who comes from the rear to lead the pack and win the race, but very few people will bet on him up front. But don’t let that discourage you.

Startup 147

Startup Bootstrapping Social Network Internet 147

Gust

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Obviously, a frantic reaction to someone else’s move will damage the way your biz dev, sales, product managers, engineers, PR people, and strategy teams interrelate. Your customers should feel the same way. It reinforces processes. And that’s hard enough to get right already!

Product 70

Product PR Matching Engineer 70