Growthink Blog

MARCH 25, 2013

Crowdfunding, private equity and debt secondary markets like Second Market and SharesPost, peer-to-peer lending sites like Prosper.com and Lending Club, and the Big Three social networking giants - Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter - have made information and intelligence on, and access to opportunities better and greater than ever before.

Government 93

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 2, 2012

Particularly in ex-commonwealth countries in Africa and in Eastern Europe where democracy slipped into bloody dictatorship. Third, it requires behavioural norms of valuing education, ambition, initiative, hard work, politeness, peacefulness, and social networking.

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Afghanistan Europe Africa Social Network 84

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. There are a couple of good reasons a company should consider bootstrapping its market entry. To keep the equity we out-sourced.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise GreenTech CrunchBase TechCrunch TV Disrupt SF More TechCrunch TV Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan Whats Hot: Android Apple Facebook Google Microsoft Twitter Yahoo Zynga Subscribe: Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy?

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Written By Dan Martell on February 2nd, 2012 | Category: Hiring LeanStartup Marketing Metrics Startup Life | 6 Comments. How to stay lean and iterate quickly while you’re building a two sided marketplace, especially when “network effect” and “critical mass” are the two main focuses? Why do I do it?

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Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

equity debate. A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , August 9, 2010 This is Part 3 of the series: 5 lessons from 150 startup pitches.? Novel and creative campaigns like the recent YouTube campaign from Old Spice purportedly demonstrate the power of social in marketing. Kudos to John for an excellent pitch.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

One investor played chicken with me by threatening not to approve my next-round financing unless I gave him more equity. Getting on the front cover of the most prominent VC magazine in Europe (was called Tornado Insider). My SVP of Sales & Marketing quit 30 minutes before an important board meeting. I was baffled.

Entrepreneur 384

Entrepreneur Startup Salary Egypt 384

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

In later posts I’ll get more specific on how to figure out if the folks you’re meeting are the right people to work with, and also how to deal with issues like splitting equity and paying yourselves before raising funding. Take facebook – it was not the 1st social n/w but now is the biggest.

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Cofounder Founder Silicon Valley Technical Cofounder 66

www.thestartup.eu

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Sweat Equity: Juliette and Marco put in a bit of work during weekends as project managers, designers, developers, sysadmins, etc. The app obviously geolocalizes every info and integrates with Facebook and other social networks. MyGengo.com and Tolingo.de. 24h turnaround and a great service. Total cost: $100. Total: $8,350.

Bootstrapping 49

Bootstrapping Italy Sweat Equity Europe 49

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

One investor played chicken with me by threatening not to approve my next-round financing unless I gave him more equity. Getting on the front cover of the most prominent VC magazine in Europe (was called Tornado Insider). My SVP of Sales & Marketing quit 30 minutes before an important board meeting. I was baffled.

Entrepreneur 176

Entrepreneur Startup Salary Egypt 176