Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. In addition to fresh products, you need people smarter than you for real help, with the right combination of skills, experience, and passion to foster and manage new growth. Managing business growth is more than metrics.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 28, 2012

This being done in-house means more revenue stays with us, compared to hiring a firm or paying a employee who requires training and possible review process, slowing down the speed of business and still adding a layer of time effort to the management team. Give up equity in your company. Jerry Piscitelli , Portopong LLC 4.

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Growthink Blog

MARCH 19, 2012

Letting small companies sell equity stakes online would be a huge boost to those firms—like angel investing on steroids. Broadening the Base Currently, equity-based crowd funding falls under strict Securities and Exchange Commission rules governing angel investing. That hinders broad-based online fund raising in a couple of ways.

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Growthink Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

Tools of virtual collaboration – email chief among them but also Skype, Google Apps, and inexpensive “cloud” project management software like Basecamp - have eliminated most of the collaboration advantages of the traditional corporate form. How do they resist? And Ones That Let Virtuality Touch Them, but not Kill Them. What to do about it?

SMS 69

SMS Software Review Social Network Equity 69

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. Management 101. business models. The overall culture still has a fear of failure.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! a part of an exciting team, building web applications such as social networking, ecommerce, games, sports, contact management, CMS and more.Re. Marketing Manager at Fanscape (Lo.

Angel Investor 83

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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 later joined the O’Hara Administration, an investment and asset management firm, where he manages the firm’s investment strategy and fund-raising initiatives.

Viral 78

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! 7 Handy iPhone Apps for Managing Empl. 4 Winning Strategies for Social Media. Marketing Manager at Fanscape (Lo. Groupon Adds Self-Serve Deal Platform.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. In addition to fresh products, you need people smarter than you for real help, with the right combination of skills, experience, and passion to foster and manage new growth. Managing business growth is more than metrics.

Mezzanine 141

Mezzanine Private Equity Startup Bandwidth 141

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. Management 101. business models. The overall culture still has a fear of failure.

China 216

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 216

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. In addition to fresh products, you need people smarter than you for real help, with the right combination of skills, experience, and passion to foster and manage new growth. Managing business growth is more than metrics.

Mezzanine 240

Mezzanine Private Equity Bandwidth Metrics 240

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 5, 2012

The ideal product manager – [link]. The ideal product manager – [link]. Experienced entrepreneurs preserve equity – [link]. Social network addiction around the world (Israelis are the most addicted) – [link]. Radio Still Good Advertising Option for Small Business – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

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. . 1) Manage the firm . Before you can actually invest, you have to manage your fund. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Barter services and use equity to get things done for minimum cash. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Manage your time. Make every effort to do things “in house”, rather than rely on outside services, accountants, and law firms. Create intellectual property.

Intellectual Property 247

Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Social Network Naming 247

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Barter services and use equity to get things done for minimum cash. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Manage your time. Make every effort to do things “in house”, rather than rely on outside services, accountants, and law firms. Create intellectual property.

Intellectual Property 257

Intellectual Property Startup Social Network Naming 257

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

Barter services and use equity to get things done for minimum cash. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Manage your time. Make every effort to do things “in house”, rather than rely on outside services, accountants, and law firms. Create intellectual property.

Intellectual Property 251

Intellectual Property Startup Social Network Naming 251

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. In addition to fresh products, you need people smarter than you for real help, with the right combination of skills, experience, and passion to foster and manage new growth. Managing business growth is more than metrics.

Mezzanine 120

Mezzanine Private Equity Startup Bandwidth 120

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

They don't like managing people. John Jantsch (12:39): So I know in the book you talk a lot about managing people. You can also reach out to me on virtually any of the social networks, just search for Steve Hoffman or founder space. Like a lot of people, they are naturally not foreign leaders. They don't like it.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2012

…” I’ll write soon on my views of why I believe Instagram took off as a social network and what I think comes next. Instagram happens to be one of the few social networks I regularly use along with Twitter. You are either bought for stock or for equity. Think about it.

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clicksend.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 26, 2010

To find a programmer who will simply share equity with you, you need two things. If you do find a programmer and don’t bring enough to the table, Eduardo in The Social Network is an example of how things can go wrong (ignore the fact that Mark Zuckerberg approached him). First, you need a very good pitch.

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Cofounder Technical Cofounder Non-Compete RSS 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2010

Barter services and use equity to get things done for minimum cash. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Manage your time. Make every effort to do things “in house”, rather than rely on outside services, accountants, and law firms. Create intellectual property.

Intellectual Property 230

Intellectual Property Startup Social Network Naming 230

www.cscyphers.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Basically, the kind of technical people you want for a startup — whip smart, adaptable, willing to work long hours for equity instead of cash and highly competent — that person is probably already out there, doing her own startup. Management (7). Social Networking (22). social networking.

Cofounder 40

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

And finally, you may be able to avoid diluting your equity. Preserve your equity by using a consulting CTO to ramp up your company before securing early-stage financing and hiring a permanent technology partner. third party to vet or manage&# your development team. Like Be the first to like this post.

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Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire Fractional VPE 40

The Next Web

JULY 27, 2013

Are traditional investors really that great when you can leverage your social networks for cash? He never managed to start up a company, and now he’s back to working a day job and trying to fill his Kickstarter orders on the side. But is giving away equity in your company to someone with the fattest wallet really a good idea?

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Seed Money Massachusetts Equity Campaign 130

The Next Web

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Shut up about equity and build something. Passing equity around before you’ve done anything is like budgeting your lottery winnings before you’ve even bought the ticket – at this point it’s nothing more than unicorns and rainbows as my developer would say. of an idea is 100% of nothing.

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Cofounder Equity Stealth Social Network 146

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 3, 2015

The size of their networks. No, not their social network, their investment network and their network of business contacts. Avoid investors who don’t really go into the details and only focus on tax breaks. They might end up investing as a result of the tax breaks but will not contribute beyond the capital.

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Angel Investor Early Stage Due Diligence Cofounder 100

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Leverage Existing Platforms or Third Party Products - you want to test your social network, grab Drupal and whip something together, or even just use a hosted service. And the back-end is something that a non-technical founder can manage. WordPress is pretty easy to hack.

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Technical Cofounder Technical Review CTO Hire Fractional CTO 338

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

LA was a leader in lead generation (LowerMyBills), comparison shopping (PriceGrabber, Shopzilla), social networking (MySpace … I know, I know – Facebook won – but it was still a big business). Recruiting will be different – You can build a great management team in LA. So it’s always a trade-off.

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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. The founders may believe they are onto such a good idea that they don’t want to give up any equity. What is bootstrapping?

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View from Seed

MAY 12, 2015

Even if a firm’s members are almost all titled “partner” externally (and not other gradations like Managing Director), some partners are still more equal than others. And if you’re easily able to get an introduction to a particular partner through a close tie in your own network, that’s often just the right approach.

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Partner Term Sheet Reputation Deal Flow 120

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 10, 2013

As the movie “The Social Network” and Facebook’s About Us page attest, Mark Zuckerberg got his initial capital from his then-best friend, Eduardo Saverin to start Facebook. Even venture capitalists look past PowerPoint presentations and spreadsheets to see the “people equity.”

Entrepreneur 60

Entrepreneur Equity Valuation Social Network 60

Up and Running

AUGUST 18, 2021

The answer is social networks. b) Investors like venture capitalists or private equity funds. If you need a more general selection of job titles to work through, use the following list: CEO CFO CTO Business development Innovation Digital Strategy Management. But how does one digitally get out of the building?

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 22, 2013

In these businesses changing market or product destroys a lot of value but it is possible to bring in new managers (with pain). Fab started as social network. Later stage companies have the reverse situation. They have released products to a market and have built a brand. Twitter was a side project for Odeo.

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Growthink Blog

JULY 15, 2013

Well, with the Big Data, “Moneyball” and “Freakonomics” management and investment revolutions, where it is a matter of high faith that you get the behaviors that you reward and that you measure, we are seeing a clear and strong movement back toward high accountability, no excuses “get it done or get out” management practices and cultures.

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Jordan Green Social Network Equity 59

blog.nahurst.com

JULY 19, 2010

This covers one of the most common situations I encounter: For a pre-funding web startup whose team includes only a non-technical cofounder, how much equity should an incoming technical cofounder get? This is an area that varies widely and can significantly impact how much equity a technical cofounder receives (if they take more salary).

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Technical Cofounder Cofounder Equity Salary 43

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Howard Lindzon is Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information. With a unique vision for starting and successfully managing innovative companies, he is the Managing Partner of Social Leverage, a holding company that invests in early stage web businesses.

Technical Review 128

Technical Review Technology North Carolina Switzerland 128

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

But when the finally convert the debt to equity the round gets filed with the SEC and thus journalists often pick up on it. Ad.ly – (disclosure: I led the funding on Ad.ly) Provides an in-stream advertising platform for any content creator (individual or organization) with an online social presence. . They also avoid Reg D.

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