www.drowningamerican.com

JUNE 22, 2012

Next → How to Hire for Sweat Equity…. What We’re Doing: We’re currently setting the groundwork for an innovative educational web application that will eventually fuse with social networking. In the longer term we will compete with social networks and online advertising. Musings on Life and the American Dream.

Sweat Equity 40

Sweat Equity Equity Hiring Technical Review 40

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

We spent our future since the equity was artificial. It is also a result of pent-up demand. In the following post I argue that this increased pace may be temporary. It affects even B2B companies because ultimately most must sell to companies who sell to consumers and if they suffer they cut back on suppliers. So why the ’09 bounce?

Technical Review 269

Technical Review Stock Hawaii Early Stage 269

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2011

The hot term these days is “viral marketing”, meaning we won’t do any marketing, but our product is so great that everyone will know about us anyway by word of mouth and through Internet social networks. Investors expect the founder and other principals to have “skin in the game,” over and above “sweat equity.”

Sweat Equity 246

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Viral Social Network 246

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2022

With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. This is another very popular website for raising equity or debt investments for startups. AngelList has featured over 3 million businesses for potential investors in a format that is, effectively, a social network for entrepreneurs and angels.

North America 337

North America Accredited Investor Angel Investor Angel Groups 337

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 the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. Other VCs use Contently * or Social Native * to create relevant content.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

The Startup Magazine

MAY 7, 2024

Moreover, the traditional barriers in investing are broken down since anyone with a credit card or an internet connection can become your investor. While you get funding for your project, backers in return receive rewards or equity depending on the type of crowdfunding.

Campaign 148

Campaign Seed Capital Social Network Global 148

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

The corporate entity lends itself best to the concept of “sharing” equity required by investors, and unincorporated entities don’t get funding. Get your Internet domain name and website. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. Line up an experienced team.

Intellectual Property 249

Intellectual Property Angel Investor Technical Review Elevator Pitch 249

Gust

DECEMBER 1, 2011

Notice what is missing from this list of priorities: The company itself – that is, a business entity, most often a corporation , that will own the entire business (however defined), issue equity to founders, take investment capital , enter into contracts, make sales, pay employees and contractors, and so forth.

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IP Intellectual Property Equity Liquidity Event 114

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 28, 2012

As an Internet entrepreneur, tech skills are certainly helpful (at the very least so you know when you’re paying a fair fee when outsourcing), but they’re most definitely not necessary. Give up equity in your company. When I started my social network, I didn’t have any tech skills. Caitlin McCabe , Real Bullets Branding.

Technical Review 131

Technical Review Cofounder Founder Software Review 131

The Equity Kicker

JULY 18, 2012

We want to be a social network. Facebook and LinkedIn are highly profitable free social networks, but I can’t think of any others. Four or five years ago the list of free social networks that were popular but not making money was equally long, but totally different. Let’s say advertising.

Social Network 92

Social Network Networking Advertising Valuation 92

Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Public investors, cross-over investors, and even traditional private equity firms have taken notice, further blurring the lines of what constitutes true venture capital. 1/ Social Network Interference. In 2017, we learned about how social media feeds were used to surface biased or planted information.

Technical Review 165

Technical Review Venture Capital Russia China 165

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Limited “Targeting&# of Advertisements : The great promise of the Internet for advertisers was that they were finally going to be able to deliver targeted advertisements to users because they could finally know who you were. I would reduce my equity stake much further. Boxee was created to give us this experience.

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Video Technical Review Advertising Distribution 292

The Startup Magazine

JULY 20, 2021

Betancourt Lopez put together a group of investors, including Félix Ruiz and Hugo Arévalo, who were the founders of Tuenti, a social networking app. He also knew that he needed a new approach to marketing the company that had been primarily an internet company. He invested heavily in Internet marketing, especially on Facebook.

Viral 158

Viral Private Equity Venezuela Los Angeles 158

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

The corporate entity lends itself best to the concept of “sharing” equity required by investors, and unincorporated entities don’t get funding. Get your Internet domain name and website. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. Line up an experienced team.

Angel Investor 224

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Technical Review Elevator Pitch 224

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. 70% of Chinese Internet users are under 30. business models. New Rules for China.

China 326

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 326

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

I show charts on housing, structural unemployment, home equity re-financings that we spent meaning less spending power post crash, new housing sales, debt-to-income ratios, public-sector job problems that will cause crises in cities and states across the US. And the equity in their house isn’t rising. And Social.

Stock 305

Stock Technical Review Marketing Greece 305

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2010

The hot term these days is “viral marketing”, meaning we won’t do any marketing, but our product is so great that everyone will know about us anyway by word of mouth and through Internet social networks. Investors expect the founder and other principals to have “skin in the game,” over and above “sweat equity.”

Sweat Equity 130

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Startup Viral 130

VC Cafe

MARCH 27, 2022

There more than 35,000 engineers working on building it, and a strong level of passion/engagement in the communities being built around this ‘New Internet’ But with that, there are also challenges, which are less discussed. Opportunities for startups and investors in the Metaverse. Some might find this definition too limiting.

Cofounder 179

Cofounder Venture Capital Equity 179

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2019

With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. This is another very popular website for raising equity or debt investments for startups. AngelList has featured over 3 million businesses for potential investors in a format that is, effectively, a social network for entrepreneurs and angels.

Angel Investor 241

Angel Investor North America Accredited Investor Angel Groups 241

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 28, 2012

Tech Skills Help, But Aren’t Necessary As an Internet entrepreneur, tech skills are certainly helpful (at the very least so you know when you’re paying a fair fee when outsourcing), but they’re most definitely not necessary. Give up equity in your company. When I started my social network, I didn’t have any tech skills.

Technical Review 79

Technical Review Cofounder Founder Software Review 79

YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2012

jamescaan : James Caan is a serial entrepreneur and CEO of the Hamilton Bradshaw private equity firm. Ischaefer : Deep Focus CEO Ian Schaefer loves to tweet about branding and advertising, especially in social media. skaritt : Social media junkie and CEO of FlockMarketing.com tweets all about marketing through social networking.

Cofounder 239

Cofounder Technical Review Social Media PR 239

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. 70% of Chinese Internet users are under 30. business models. New Rules for China.

China 218

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 218

David Teten

JANUARY 8, 2013

Fewer private equity funds are using social media for outreach, but 2xPartners , Healthpoint Capital , and MCM Capital Partners are notable exceptions. Many investors remain ambivalent about social media because the advantages of using it are not always apparent, while the detractions can be very clear.

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Private Equity Social Media Equity Media 114

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 7, 2017

As recent as 2016, for example, many business ideas from great minded entrepreneurs came to life, including those related to cancer cure, fast internet connectivity, business news, self-driving trucks, drones for relief operations, and so much more. Professional Social Networking Sites. Private Equity Firms.

Private Equity 159

Private Equity Startup Incubator Social Network 159

The Startup Magazine

JULY 20, 2021

Betancourt Lopez put together a group of investors, including Félix Ruiz and Hugo Arévalo, who were the founders of Tuenti, a social networking app. He also knew that he needed a new approach to marketing the company that had been primarily an internet company. He invested heavily in Internet marketing, especially on Facebook.

Viral 78

Viral Private Equity Venezuela Los Angeles 78

The Equity Kicker

MAY 22, 2013

As you can see from the latest Pew Internet research Facebook is still used by far more teenagers than any other social sites, and that they were used by more teenagers in 2012 than in 2011. Social networks' There is more detail on the sure.

Internet 96

Internet Social Network Social Media Networking 96

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2013

Those at the other extreme don’t look up from the grindstone long enough to notice whether all their work is producing sweat equity or just sweat. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Some say the Internet is a metaphor for our brains. Both are networks. Marketing is top priority.

Sweat Equity 251

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Startup Viral 251

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. This is another very popular website for raising equity or debt investments for startups. This one claims to be the world’s largest single Angel investor network, with 1,100 accredited investor members throughout 27 chapters on t3 continents.

North America 289

North America Rhode Island Accredited Investor Angel Investor 289

Growthink Blog

APRIL 2, 2012

While the crowdfunding portion of the bill still needs to go through SEC rule-making, the die is clearly cast that a whole new social networking – based world of start-up and small business investing and financing is coming fast upon us. This week, the President is expected to pass H.R.

Disintermediation 72

Disintermediation Technical Review SEC Early Stage 72

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2017

With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. This is another very popular website for raising equity or debt investments for startups. AngelList has featured over 3 million businesses for potential investors in a format that is, effectively, a social network for entrepreneurs and angels.

Angel Investor 167

Angel Investor North America Accredited Investor Angel Groups 167

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2012

Those at the other extreme don’t look up from the grindstone long enough to notice whether all their work is producing sweat equity or just sweat. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Some say the Internet is a metaphor for our brains. Both are networks. Marketing is top priority.

Sweat Equity 256

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Viral 256

venturebeat.com

JULY 12, 2012

Social media. Social networking. Social games. The Bing Fund will invest $50,000-$100,000 in early-stage startups, through standard convertible notes (loans that convert to equity at Microsoft’s option). 10 Internet comments about games that actually make us laugh. Streaming media. Streaming video.

Detroit 69

Detroit Incubator Technical Review Venture Capital 69

The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Earlier this week Mary Meeker published an update to her by now legendary internet trends presentation and Nielsen published their Social Media Report 2012. Taken together they tell us clearly that mobile and social are still growing very fast.

Mobile 125

Mobile Internet Social Media Portfolio 125

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter. but: Something is Still Missing. It may be that all the doomsayers are right. What truth?

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Technology Product CTO Hire 175

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2013

With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. This is another very popular website for raising equity or debt investments for startups. It won’t help your case or your workload to do an email blast and follow-up with 250,000 members around the world. Keiretsu Forum.

Angel Investor 270

Angel Investor North America Rhode Island Accredited Investor 270

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Social networking. Social/Sharing. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents. Founder Equity Issues. Venture Hacks equity section. Legal, Equity, etc. Mailing lists/groups. Google Groups. Forms/Surveys.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2012

Here is the inverse, sometimes called reverse due diligence, describing what you should do to validate your investor before signing up for an equity partnership. Check track record on the Internet and social networks. I’ve had startup founders tell me that it’s only about the color of the money, but I disagree.

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Due Diligence Entrepreneur Offshore Angel Groups 241