Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2017

The first company represents a normal software company that sells its products directly (either via sales staff or directly off of the internet). They both raised angel / seed money of $1.5 On quick glance a person might lament the fact that Company A is “not profitable” or is being a typical Internet startup.

Stock Options 227

Stock Options Startup Dilution Venture Capital 227

Hippoland

AUGUST 17, 2016

A reader named Turner Dean recently asked me whether it’s better to raise seed money on convertible notes or straight-up equity. I think my total legal bill for getting my seed round done for LaunchBit was something like < $3000. This should be basically free.

Equity 48

Equity Convertible Security Silicon Valley Technical Review 48

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. Personal Marketing Efforts.

Private Equity 159

Private Equity Startup Incubator Social Network 159

Up and Running

MAY 12, 2015

They ended up with a nice pitch, and approximately $300K in seed money.”. See Also When Ice.com—a Top 500 Internet Retailer—Uses Mentors, You Should Too. See Also How to Do Market Research. “They were invited separately, and each of the three sat for the pitch and commented on it.

Angel Investor 60

Angel Investor Software Review Technical Cofounder Due Diligence 60

Berkonomics

MARCH 30, 2012

The great majority of investors who did invest in “idea stage” businesses, lost fortunes when the Internet “bubble” burst at the beginning of the last decade. Independent Third Parties: This area for securing business loans has witnessed the greatest degree of change, primarily due to removal of communication barriers using the Internet.

Intellectual Property 76

Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Small Business Administration SBA 76

cdixon.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

Very, very few markets have room for only one player. Quite early on, you will be able to differentiate yourself – and having competitors help you grow the market can actually be a good thing. The only thing I wouldn’t do is to post it on the internet. link] What’s the right amount of seed money to raise?

Stealth 68

Stealth Startup NDA Cofounder 68

Austin Startup

APRIL 23, 2010

Everyone is so focused on search that they’re going to miss the bigger opportunity, which I think is making meaning out of the massive amount of information on the internet, not just searching it. But the financial markets have definitely raised the bar. Take a second to think about how much information is produced in a day.

Intellectual Property 79

Intellectual Property Austin Early Stage Agile 79

readwrite.com

DECEMBER 3, 2012

And because , "According to our market research, the top vendor in the space does more than $450 million in annual sales." And who announces a fund before he’s actually raised the money. Share on LinkedIn. Like on Facebook. Like on Facebook. The kind of guy who makes up a name like #DominateFund. Enough said.

Silicon Valley 111

Silicon Valley Las Vegas Angel Investor Startup 111

Seeing Both Sides

MARCH 2, 2011

Hunch-driven : they had deep domain knowledge and didn't need outside studies or market research to guide their prioritization. Dennis wrote a great post at the time of the financing that showed just how product obsessed he was, even after taking the seed money. Raising money, scaling the team. Monetization.

API 44

API Valuation Lean Burn Rate 44

Mike Michalowicz

MARCH 24, 2013

Good businesses are birthed from good ideas – innovative ways to solve a problem in the market, whether that’s providing refreshing drinks for thirsty travelers along Route 56, cleaning yards for busy two-income families or Smart Phone Demystification Services for empty-nesters. 6 Social Marketing. 4 Investments and Passive Income.

Entrepreneur 167

Entrepreneur Seed Money Social Media Sales 167

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The market price is less than the inconvenience of signing an NDA. Microsofts originalplan was to make money selling programming languages, of all things.Their current business model didnt occur to them until IBM droppedit in their lap five years later. The best odds are in niche markets. This doesnt work well.

Startup 105

Startup Cofounder Software Stock 105

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

I need money for the servers. Here’s the rub: in consumer internet (and often enterprise), if your founding team doesn’t have the chops to get a prototype of your product out and in the hands of a blogger to test and write about, you might as well save yourself a lot of pain – you’re not going anywhere. I don’t know any developers.

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 6, 2014

A founder will raise one party round worth of seed money and they''ll go teach a class on how to raise venture capital. Now, the company had blossomed, hired a new VP of Marketing with twenty-five years experience, and had reached a point where it “needed specialists instead of generalists.” Growth hacking?

Startup 161

Startup Venture Capital IPO Viral 161

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Add to this regular angels becoming “super angels” — a much-mocked phrase for when someone goes from investing their own money to investing institutional funds. Essentially they became micro-VCs, still investing at the seed level but with much greater resources behind them. A name like 500 Startups says it all.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93