Austin Startup

OCTOBER 22, 2017

My recent years have included many thousands of hours of mentoring, coaching, advising, teaching, and encouraging startup founders with prospective ventures across a wide range of disciplines. In those situations, I have watched over business issues and opportunities so the founders have been able to stay focused on their visions.

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Technical Review Incubator Software Review Vertical 48

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

I raised money and traded equity, but with my venture, I had to make one of the toughest decisions, to build it with some assistance of co-founders. If you are having any issues with cash flow, you always have the option of opting for alternate business finance. Find the right co-founders. Often, this is considered as a mistake.

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Cofounder Sweat Equity Equity Dilution 109

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2012

A while back I heard a talk by Dave McClure, a long-time angel investor, who also proclaims to be one of the “new breed” of venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, as CEO of 500Startups , which is either a micro-VC seed fund, or a startup incubator, or both. He is going gangbusters, and is now targeting a $50M second round of funding.

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Early Stage Finance Seed Stage Entrepreneur 253

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

The Financier (Finance Manager): Assesses the viability & profitability of the business and product — This is vital when looking for investors. Additionally, your Finance Manager should understand the relationship between data, decisions, and people. Additionally, if there’s an incubator/accelerator in your area, apply!

Software Review 54

Software Review Technical Review CTO Hire San Antonio 54

NZ Entrepreneur

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

In 2014 Niesh co-founder, Jae Yoo, now 26, had $10 in his bank account, and had to choose between printing past papers for exam study, or feeding himself. With talent in sales, marketing, and technology, Niesh was still missing some critical processes and systems – including elements of finance and human resources – to support their growth.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Pamela Poole is a blogger, translator and tech writer, and founder of Francophilia.com , a social startup for Francophiles. Through them, entrepreneurs can hook up with R&D resources in universities and companies, and get access to a robust support network that provides opportunities for visibility, growth and financing.

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France Technical Review Incubator Early Stage 163

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

I challenge any entrepreneur, for example, to define the difference between "seed-stage" and "early-stage" financing. Ron Conway , of SV Angels, and Reid Hoffman , LinkedIn's founder, are names often mentioned in this category. Startup incubator seed funding. Yet, knowing this distinction is important.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Most healthy businesses need business financing at some point. Startups have to deal with starting costs and ongoing businesses have to finance growth and working capital. Financing options depend on what kind of business you have. Don’t waste your time looking for the wrong kind of financing.

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SBA Venture Capital Angel Investor Technical Review 161

Version One Ventures

JULY 22, 2014

AngelList makes it easier for founders to reach angels and there are hundreds of accelerators and incubators to choose from. Any entrepreneur trying to navigate the financing landscape should be aware of the over-abundance of angel money compared with subsequent rounds. Is your opportunity at least $100M?

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Finance Seed Money Bootstrapping Angel Investor 167

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

The other problem with extreme success is that for some VCs it makes them disinterested in middling outcomes, things that take a long time to incubate or solving thorny problems when a company doesn’t immediately move up and to the right. Nothing blows up great opportunities faster than founders who are constantly fighting.

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Portfolio Chicago Sales Incubator 364

ReadWriteStart

JULY 28, 2011

This week, I've had several meetings with venture funds, incubators, corporate accelerators and other significant players in the startup eco-system. The same applies to Malaysia, where our partner, the MAD Incubator, is in search of 10 good deals to put through the 1M/1M program. Incubator photo from Geograph. Discuss.

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Incubator Silicon Valley Malaysia Entrepreneur 128

A Crowded Space

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Incubators and accelerators are breeding grounds of hype - they put lists of companies out there and have a demo day to display their wares. Good founders are really good at building buzz and hype. But that may be all that’s needed to grab a financing from investors that moved very quickly. Let’s talk about how to do that.

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San Diego Software Review San Francisco Silicon Valley 60

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

They''re new to the gig, super excited about all its potential, and getting out there selling founders hope for that one big gamechanging deal. That''s really all I have to give to the founders I back. Here are a bunch of things I don''t do: I won''t do office hours anymore at incubators and accelerators.

Technical Review 126

Technical Review Venture Capital Finance Chicago 126

The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

With mobile development agencies and product incubators on the rise and more corporate “labs” spinning out each day, there’s no shortage of talent to help you build the next great Web or mobile app. Suddenly, those multi-million dollar financing rounds that startups raise don’t seem so outrageous! 3) Facebook. 4) WhatsApp.

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Cost San Francisco New York City Ruby 168

The Startup Lawyer

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Great news — your startup just got accepted to an incubator! But before your startup signs up and cashes that $[XX,000] check, your startup’s co-founders should sit down and evaluate the incubator’s offer. Pre-money valuations startups receive from incubators are typically low…really low.

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Incubator Pre-Money Valuation Option Pool Advisory Board 105

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

Zendesk is heavily financed by Benchmark and Charles River and has 10,000 customers. You can read more about Freshdesk on the 1M/1M Incubation Radar today. The founders, Sunil Guttula and Abinasha Karana, are experienced IT professional with 15 years of experience between them solving various enterprise IT problems.

India 123

India Bootstrapping Non-Compete Entrepreneur 123

Gust

JULY 8, 2012

A while back I heard a talk by Dave McClure, a long-time angel investor, who also proclaims to be one of the “new breed” of venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, as CEO of 500Startups , which is either a micro-VC seed fund, or a startup incubator, or both. He is going gangbusters, and is now targeting a $50M second round of funding.

Early Stage 177

Early Stage Finance Seed Stage Entrepreneur 177

VC Cafe

JULY 4, 2011

Startup incubators have grown in double digits in the last couple of years. Following the success of Ycombinator and TechStars, in recent years we have seen literally hundreds of regional incubators set up in the rest of the US and Europe , across campuses and within vertical industries, such as mobile or finance.

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Incubator Entrepreneur Startup Vertical 97

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Why do these founders get to stay around? Because the balance of power has dramatically shifted from investors to founders. VCs competing for unicorn investments have given founders control of the board. A pre-IPO board usually had two founders, two VCs and one “independent” member. Technology Cycles Measured in Years.

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Founder Technical Review CTO Hire IPO 245

David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

Managers of VC funds typically want to grow their business aggressively, just like the founders we back. Among the sites we have found most helpful with practical guides for founders: Biztree , First Search , Foundersuite , Goodwin Founders Workbench , Guides.co , Inc.com , and StartupRocket. .

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Cofounder 60

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 28, 2018

A breadth of understanding of common business principles, such as management, personnel and finance, is more important than a depth of knowledge in a technical area. Get involved in startup-business incubator activities with peers at school. Don’t forget business writing and communication. Then branch out to local business groups.

Chad 242

Chad Incubator Startup Dilution 242

Austin Startup

AUGUST 10, 2017

Although we were studying finance, we were always more interested in tech. Before graduating, I decided to forgo the finance path and instead dove into engineering and later sales and product management roles at VersaSuite (health IT) in Austin. But we never lost the finance bug. We were infatuated with tech.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Austin 48

Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2015

Here the company is essentially incubating a startup. Horizon 3 groups need to be physically separate from operating divisions (in a corporate incubator, or their own facility.) These innovators want to create new and potentially disruptive business models. are assigned to work inside Horizon 3 organizations. Do it Again!?

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Lean Management Business Model Incubator 120

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Like many established finance & media companies, GLG knows that the tech startup sector is a growing part of the economy. Our founders realized that investors needed to learn interactively, on-demand, on very specific topics, and in an atmosphere of trust. Or, you can go straight to the source.

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New York Technical Review Networking Advisory Board 114

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

To find out how real startup founders dealt with the accelerator issue, we asked eight successful entrepreneurs from the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) to share their experiences – and their advice for other founders considering a startup accelerator. – Andrew Schrage , Money Crashers Personal Finance.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Chile Startup Due Diligence 60

SiliconHills

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Capital Factory, Silverton Partners and Floodgate announced Monday morning they are teaming up to provide matching investments for all Capital Factory incubator companies. Josh Baer, co-founder of Capital Factory, made the announcement via a blog post and on Twitter. TechCrunch also posted this story on it.

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Finance Austin Incubator Cofounder 56

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Tim O’Reilly, Founder at O’Reilly Media and promoter of open source and Web 2.0 Let’s have a look at what early stage founders can expect in terms of oxygen. Capital Factory runs not only a tightly-knit co-working space, but also an incubator-accelerator type of organization with very founder-friendly terms.

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Rob Go

DECEMBER 28, 2011

And that’s true pretty much across the board – from exits, late stage financings, scaling companies, and seed activity. Still led by its founder, Steve Kaufer. The company also never raised any previous financing, and is one of the great bootstrapped success stories out there. IPO’s/Exits. market cap.

Technical Review 54

Technical Review Boston Software Review IPO 54

ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I recently wrote a blog post that I believe is worth pointing out in the context of the strategy roundtables: VCs, Angels, Incubators, Accelerators - What Are You Doing With Your Rejects? That means that less than 1% of the entrepreneurs who apply succeed in getting financed. His firm invests in four.

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Incubator Silicon Valley Idaho Entrepreneur 116

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Getting to meet the founders and investing early is a lot more fun than trading stocks at an online brokerage. Startup Incubator or Accelerator. Startup incubators and accelerators are often non-profit groups that can help you in finding startup investors. There are platforms where investors can invest less.

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Accredited Investor Angel Investor Initial Public Offering Due Diligence 91

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

A breadth of understanding of common business principles, such as management, personnel and finance, is more important than a depth of knowledge in a technical area. Get involved in startup-business incubator activities with peers at school. Don’t forget business writing and communication. Then branch out to local business groups.

Chad 279

Chad Incubator Dilution LLC 279

Startup Company Lawyer

AUGUST 31, 2012

One major concern about convertible debt is that it eventually needs to be repaid if another round of financing doesn’t occur. ” If the company didn’t raise a round of financing, the convertible debt would convert into the last round of financing (i.e. Series A) or have to be repaid.

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Convertible Security Equity Security Preferred Stock 73

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 14, 2013

Amsterdam-based startup accelerator Rockstart last year launched a program to find and support ten teams of startup founders in Europe. It recently announced the results of its incubator program – and the results look promising.

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Silicon Valley Europe Venture Capital Incubator 215

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 7, 2011

At this week's One Million by One Million roundtable, we announced a very important partnership with MAD Incubator, Malaysia for entrepreneurship development in the region. This is our first major partnership with an incubator whereby MAD will adopt the 1M/1M methodology to foster Silicon Valley-style technopreneurship in Malaysia.

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Malaysia Incubator Silicon Valley Entrepreneur 114

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

The discussion today was around Social Media financing and go-to-market strategy. Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond.

Illinois 114

Illinois Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Chicago 114

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Cheered on by finance professors, Wall Street analysts, investors and hedge funds, companies have learned how to make metrics like Internal Rate of Return look great by one; outsourcing everything, two, getting assets off their balance sheet, and three only investing in things that pay off fast. This never ends well.

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Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 325

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Parallel6 is already clocking over $1 million in revenue and is looking to enhance its customer acquisition and also raise some financing. The offering is a managed service, priced at $7,000-$10,000 for a one-time setup fee and a $2,500-$3,000 per month maintenance and services charge. Statisco Economic Analytics.

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North Carolina San Diego Entrepreneur Balance Sheet 116