A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

It’s among the most-asked questions on startup forums, and an issue we’re dealing with right now at WPEngine as we bring on new employees: How do you decide how much equity (shares) to give a new employee or partner? This is the key, because Q — what an institutional investor would accept — is a well-understood system.

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David Teten

JUNE 22, 2012

VCAP© launched on May 9, 2012 and generated entries from a large range of industries and market sectors, including technology, retail and entertainment. HBSAANY members embody try capitalists, particular accredited investors, and other institutional investors. domestic market. domestic market.

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David Teten

JUNE 22, 2012

VCAP© launched on May 9, 2012 and generated entries from a large range of industries and market sectors, including technology, retail and entertainment. HBSAANY members embody try capitalists, particular accredited investors, and other institutional investors. domestic market. domestic market.

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 23, 2012

And even if they wanted the index return, there is essentially no way to buy (or sell) a broad-based basket of VC funds in the way you can trade the S&P 500 or Russell 2000 or other public equity index. better than the market average), rather than trying to achieve an index return within the VC asset class.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2013

Partners for a New Beginning (PNB), a public-private partnership housed at the Aspen Institute, is organizing a Venture Capital, Private Equity and Angel Investor Delegation from the Maghreb. Aspen is looking for institutional investor and entrepreneur speakers willing to share their investing insights and personal experiences.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 20, 2021

The shrewd marketing tactics of an experienced business executive transformed what had been a regional sunglasses maker into an international company that is focused on disrupting the industry. With a viral approach to marketing and customer-friendly pricing, Hawkers today is sold primarily online and in 50 countries. Growing Hawkers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Sometimes these will ask for 5%-15% of your equity for their support services. Separately at this stage, you may look for small funding amounts from angel investors , called seed investments. Companies at this stage must have a large market, good traction, and be focused on scaling infrastructure and market adoption.

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David Teten

JANUARY 23, 2021

For ideas, see How Executives Can Work from Home with Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds. Set up the basic marketing toolkit: deck, website, accurate online databases, and social media accounts. . The less widely marketed your fund is, the more valuable it is perceived to be. Lastly, gather feedback.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2018

In the interim, there is no market for the shares, and no dividends or interest. Treat the transaction as you would expect to be treated by an angel investor or VC. Insist on paying market rates for commercial loans, since the IRS can instigate some nasty consequences on “gifts.” Loans are a safer option than equity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2014

In the interim, there is no market for the shares, and no dividends or interest. Treat the transaction as you would expect to be treated by an Angel investor or VC. Insist on paying market rates for commercial loans, since the IRS can instigate some nasty consequences on “gifts.” Loans are a safer option than equity.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 30, 2017

TL;DR : Elite accelerators have cemented themselves as the universities of the entrepreneurial world; offering a bundle of resources in exchange for a price (tuition in form of equity). in exchange for a price: usually 6–9% of equity, with (sometimes) heavy anti-dilution rights, and pro-rata rights.

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David Teten

JULY 14, 2014

Technology innovation, globalization of markets, and recent market volatility such as the 2008 market collapse are driving painful changes (for some) in the asset management industry. What drove the expansion of the ETF market and who are the players that are taking advantage of it? However, this is about to change.

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The Equity Kicker

OCTOBER 14, 2014

. ———————————– If you ask most VCs what they look for in a startup they will say great team, great product and great market. Early stage investors like Forward Partners look for a minimum of a great entrepreneur and a great idea. Venture Capital'

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Pension funding was above market using aggressive actuarial assumptions. s form of no-holds-barred capitalism, our financial markets were slow to adopt the idea, with the trend really only taking hold during the heady securitization period of the mid-2000’ s. municipal bond market. Unions often cast an outsized presence.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2013

In the interim, there is no market for the shares, and no dividends or interest. Treat the transaction as you would expect to be treated by an Angel investor or VC. Insist on paying market rates for commercial loans, since the IRS can instigate some nasty consequences on “gifts.” Loans are easier than equity.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 10, 2012

When seeking equity investments, the source of capital is, for the most part, tied to the stage of capital being raised. You see, equity capital is raised in stages or rounds. Mezzanine Financing Most companies that raise equity capital and are eventually acquired or go public receive multiple rounds of financing first.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

In the interim, there is no market for the shares, and no dividends or interest. Treat the transaction as you would expect to be treated by an Angel investor or VC. Insist on paying market rates for commercial loans, since the IRS can instigate some nasty consequences on “gifts.” Loans are a safer option than equity.

Cram Down 120

Cram Down Angel Investor Equity Dividend 120

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

I’ve written on the expert network industry a fair amount in the past: see How to Earn More Consulting Revenue from Expert Networks and How Executives Can Work with Private Equity and Venture Capital Portfolio Companies. We launched GLG Share because we knew this same network would be valuable to help startups scale their businesses.

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David Teten

MAY 12, 2011

It’s been very exciting to see such a strong response to our recent research study on “Best Practices in Private Equity and Venture Capital Deal Origination”, published in the Winter 2010 Journal of Private Equity. 3/29/11: Axial Market Blog , Where the Deals Are – Best Practices in Sourcing Investments. -

Private Equity 122

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2013

Sometimes these will ask for 5%-15% of your equity for their support services. Separately at this stage, you may look for small funding amounts from Angel investors , called seed investments. Companies at this stage must have a large market, good traction, and be focused on scaling infrastructure and market adoption.

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thebarefootvc

MAY 6, 2020

In the midst of highly volatile traditional financial markets, savvy investors are searching for new avenues for not only higher returns, but the best risk-adjusted ones as well. I’ve often faced questions from institutional investors who considered Bitcoin a passing fad and too volatile for any serious consideration.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Sometimes these will ask for 5%-15% of your equity for their support services. Separately at this stage, you may look for small funding amounts from Angel investors , called seed investments. Companies at this stage must have a large market, good traction, and be focused on scaling infrastructure and market adoption.

Incubator 120

Incubator Startup Exit Strategy Institutional Investors 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2012

Sometimes these will ask for 5%-15% of your equity for their support services. Separately at this stage, you may look for small funding amounts from angel investors , called seed investments. Companies at this stage must have a large market, good traction, and be focused on scaling infrastructure and market adoption.

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Incubator Startup Exit Strategy Institutional Investors 237

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Venture debt provides a very cost-effective way to receive capital from a big financial institution if you have liquidity or existing financial backing from a well-known investor. A considerable number of banks and financial institutions, all which specialize in this type of financing. The downsides of venture debt? In the U.S.,

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David Teten

JUNE 1, 2012

The Marcum MicroCap Conference is hosted by Marcum LLP and co-presented by CCG Investor Relations. The conference is geared towards investors in small-cap equities; expected attendees include institutional investors, mutual funds, hedge funds, wealth managers, and family offices. I hope to see you there!

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . In liquid markets, most of the calories expended on technology and analytics are focused on trade selection, or “ origination ”. 2) Market . This is harder than it sounds.

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2011

Sometimes these will ask for 5%-15% of your equity for their support services. Separately at this stage, you may look for small funding amounts from angel investors , called seed investments. Companies at this stage must have a large market, good traction, and be focused on scaling infrastructure and market adoption.

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Incubator Startup Exit Strategy Institutional Investors 230

The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

I just saw a great presentation from Mark Suster/Upfront Ventures on the State of the Venture Capital in 2016 which explains the discrepancy between the sentiment in the market and the observation that there are lots of funds out there which need to deploy capital.

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Marketing Institutional Investors Venture Capital Later Stage 60

David Teten

AUGUST 21, 2019

Most founders who are raising capital look first to traditional equity VCs. Or should they look to one of the new wave of Revenue-Based Investors? Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) is a new form of VC financing, distinct from the preferred equity structure most VCs use. RBI investors usually don’t take equity.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 12, 2009

The massive institutional investor losses incurred from investments in asset classes unrelated to venture capital due to the global financial crisis have only fanned the wildfire fire burning in the American innovation forest. Investors take risk in order to reap rewards.

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K9 Ventures

MARCH 23, 2011

I may be well be in the minority in the Valley to think this way — especially so as a seed stage investor — but I have a strong preference for doing priced equity rounds for funding companies at any stage. It is in essence equivalent to being a Liquidation Preference that is typically seen in a preferred equity financing.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2010

a loan) that is later converted to equity at the time of the next financing. If no financing happened then this “note&# may not be converted and thus would be senior to the equity of the company in the case of a bankruptcy or asset sale. VC’s money comes from mostly institutional investors called LPs (limited partners).

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David Teten

JULY 12, 2017

When I meet with other VCs, family offices, and other institutional investors, the most common question I get is: “What are the highest-potential companies in your portfolio which are raising now?” This is primarily an advantage for the underlying investor in the company, not the VC leading the syndicate. . Market Insight.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

JUNE 11, 2021

Stock markets are a common platform where individual and institutional investors come together to buy and sell shares. Nowadays, these exchanges exist as an electronic market. The share price is determined by supply and demand in the market based on the buying and selling stocks. Advantages of Buying Stocks.

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Gust

MAY 24, 2012

Some commentators have suggested this is the wave of the future, signifying a shift in the balance of power from investors to founders of the relatively small, elite group of growth companies that make it to public markets. Nevertheless, these preferences aren’t intended to last forever.

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David Teten

APRIL 13, 2021

They had 154 visits, 97 due diligence requests, 33 second visits, and 12 reference requests, to ultimately produce 9 institutional investors. Using a placement agent is sometimes viewed as a negative signal by investors in the capacity-constrained world of emerging managers. Fundraising hacks for VC and private equity funds.

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Private Equity Technical Review Management LP 60

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

The first panel will focus on public markets and will discuss the use and effectiveness of social media tools and data mining technologies in harnessing the wisdom of crowds to generate investment ideas. He was an Institutional Investor ranked analyst for several years. Since 2003, Rumson has helped clients invest over $1.0

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