Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2017

The hottest new way of funding startups is to use online sites, like Kickstarter , to request donations, pre-order, get a reward, or even give equity. The positives are that you give up no equity, and these apply to the early startup stages, but they do take time and much effort to win. Join a startup incubator.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

The hottest new way of funding startups is to use online sites, like Kickstarter , to request donations, pre-order, get a reward, or even give equity (coming soon). The positives are that you give up no equity, and these apply to the early startup stages, but they do take time and much effort to win. Join a startup incubator.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

Nevertheless, it’s an option that doesn’t cost you equity. The hottest new way of funding startups is to use online sites, like Kickstarter , to request donations, pre-order, get a reward, or even give equity. Join a startup incubator. Solicit funds from friends and family. Use crowd funding to build reserves.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

Forms of funding. ? Equity investment. Equity investment is the most popular and most talked-about avenue for startup funding. These investments are made instead of shares or equity in your startup. Bootstrapping inculcates the entrepreneurial discipline and financial responsibility to run a lean business. ?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

Nevertheless, it’s an option that doesn’t cost you equity. The hottest new way of funding startups is to use online sites, like Kickstarter , to request donations, pre-order, get a reward, or even give equity. Join a startup incubator. Solicit funds from friends and family. Use crowd funding to build reserves.

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Austin Startup

MAY 11, 2017

Arena Growth Partners | Venture Capital and Private Equity | Austin, Texas - Venture to Lead™ Aspect Ventures We bridge the gap between your seed and later stage venture so together, we can turn great ideas into great companies. home Breaux Capital Breaux and Company is a creative agency and social justice startup incubator.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, May 14, 2009 The Lean Startup Workshop - now an OReilly Master Class My rate of posting has been much lower lately, and this is mostly due to preparations for the upcoming Lean Startup Workshop on May 29. I have a lot of good news to report on this front. You can click here to learn more.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for The Lean Startup Conference. We’re dedicated to making The Lean Startup Conference unlike other entrepreneurship conferences. Early-stage entrepreneurs; people participating in startrup incubator or accelerator programs; and bootstrappers. Here are the details for each group.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Our Lean Launchpad® for Life Sciences is one of them. The Lean Launchpad® for Life Sciences (the I-Corps @ NIH ) uses the Lean Startup Model to discover and validate the business model. The Lean Launchpad® for Life Sciences (the I-Corps @ NIH ) uses the Lean Startup Model to discover and validate the business model.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2013

The program pays scientists $50,000 to attend the program and takes no equity. universities teaching the Lean LaunchPad curriculum organized as I-Corps “nodes” across the U.S. The nodes are now offering their own regional versions of the Lean LaunchPad class under I-Corps. Currently there are 11 U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 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. Lean startup. Lean startups operate on minimal money, an open source environment, and assume multiple iterations, with customer feedback, to get it right.

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Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2015

. — — — — In this second segment, Takashi Tsutsumi and Masato Iino talk about how they brought the Lean Startup to Japan. Takashi Tsutsumi has been a venture capitalist 15 years incubating and investing in startups in Japan. Today they are helping large companies in Japan relearn how to innovate at speed.

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The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 24, 2016

Since Eric Ries wrote The Lean Startup in 2011 smart founders have understood that the best way to progress is to get onto the ‘build-measure-learn’ loop and iterate to success. That’s doing rather than planning.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 4, 2014

It needs the tools and processes pioneered in Lean Startups. While it’s fashionable to build corporate incubators there’s little evidence that they deliver more than “Innovation Theater.” The conundrum is that every policy and procedure that makes a company and efficient execution machine stifles innovation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2011

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. Lean startup. Lean startups operate on minimal money, an open source environment, and assume multiple iterations, with customer feedback, to get it right.

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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. Lean startup. Lean startups operate on minimal money, an open source environment, and assume multiple iterations, with customer feedback, to get it right.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

On the alumni side, we set up an incubator downtown, called the Columbia Startup Lab. … We didn’t really formalize the relationship in terms of equity and decision-making and ownership… Because we couldn’t come to an agreement, we put off the decision. What we couldn’t (agree to) was how to split founder equity.

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

Or, as my friend Marc Andreessen might say, Software Eats the Private Equity World. First Round became a very active investor in consumer internet and e-commerce, on a rather lean investment budget, with several notable exits (including Mint.com to Intuit in 2009 for $170M). Ok, let’s dive in and discuss in more detail.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

incubators, e.g., the many options in New York. incubators, e.g., the many options in New York. Not surprisingly, the list above also is ranked from least to most equity stake in an investment for the investor, relative to the cash they invest. equity that belongs to departed cofounders)? mentor VCs, e.g., most VCs.

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Hippoland

MARCH 30, 2018

Part 2 will be for pre-seed/seed companies raising traditional equity / debt / convertible security rounds. These days, many investors are very much leaning towards funding protocols with potential strong tech over apps. The adage that 9 women cannot incubate a baby in 1 month is apt here.

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Hippoland

MARCH 30, 2018

Part 2 will be for pre-seed/seed companies raising traditional equity / debt / convertible security rounds. These days, many investors are very much leaning towards funding protocols with potential strong tech over apps. The adage that 9 women cannot incubate a baby in 1 month is apt here.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

He is willing to give up 33% of equity for this $1 million investment. I feel that it is not at all necessary to give this much equity up at this stage of the game. In addition, we are offering entrepreneurs access to investors and customers through our recently launched our 1M/1M Incubation Radar series.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

He is willing to give up 33% of equity for this $1 million investment. I feel that it is not at all necessary to give this much equity up at this stage of the game. In addition, we are offering entrepreneurs access to investors and customers through our recently launched our 1M/1M Incubation Radar series.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

With new micro VC entrants into to early-stage investing plus increased competition from angels, incubators and the like – traditional VCs have taken notice. And of course hedge funds and growth-equity funds can’t resist trying to get earlier-stage exposure again. They should start “lean.&#

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Incubators and Accelerators. One of the best definitions in the book is when Feld articulates the difference between an incubator and an accelerator. An incubator provides year-round physical space, infrastructure and advice in exchange for a fee (often in equity.) There is no guaranteed funding.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 20, 2020

Innovators can lean on both traditional and unexpected methods to secure seed funding ethically and legally. Today, options like online crowdfunding, accelerator and incubator funding, and pitch competitions have opened doors. Anyone who’s watched “Shark Tank” recognizes the challenges inherent to negotiating equity terms.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

I recruited a top-flight engineer and serial entrepreneur to build our MVP, on equity?—?and As we self-funded on a tiny amount of cash, sweat equity and vision, we also worked in a methodical manner, moving the ball down the field week by week. Lean into it. and every other team member the same way. What did our customers think?

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

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? Ideally you can pay them based + equity so that you’ll get their attention and focus on the project. Offer equity to a programmer?

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The Next Web

AUGUST 14, 2013

Without further ado, here’s my ultimate guide to raising money as a first-time founder – leaning heavily on the experience and advice I’ve learned from other smart people who understand raising money much better than me. Using Incubators/Accelerators to Bridge the Gap. You likely should stick to the top tier incubators, though.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

AgileZen – project management visually see and interact with your work Kanbanery – Simple online team or personal kanban board LeanKit Kanban – Great for visualizing work of product development Kanban Pad – “Nice and lean” and free online Kanban tool Banana Scrum – A tool simple as Scrum itself.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Lean Methodology Sources. Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Part 3- Lean Cust. Steve Blank’s Lean Startup Resources. Lean Startup Circle â?? Lean project management. YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents. Founder Equity Issues. Venture Hacks equity section.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Find Questions, Topics and People Add Question Add Question Team Configuration 500 Startups Guerilla Marketing Organizations Entrepreneurship Startup Founders & Entrepreneurs Startups Startup Incubators and Seed Programs Seedcamp Y Combinator TechStars Lean Startups What is the perfect startup team?

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