Gust

DECEMBER 16, 2012

Get your Internet domain name and website. In today’s world, if you don’t have a web site up and running, you will not be perceived as a real company. Investors routinely go to candidate web sites to get a feel for the tone and scope of the company, as well as its maturity and offerings.

Angel Investor 179

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Elevator Pitch Angel Groups 179

Gust

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Unsurprisingly the dominant industry for new startups in August is Internet/Web Services, but other top industries include Consumer Products and Services, Media and Entertainment, as well as Financial Services.

Brazil 134

Brazil India Startup Florida 134

Gust

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

This time I’ll use a hypothetical health-care web site company named NewCo as an example to illustrate the points. Two founders have spent $200K of personal and family funds over a one year period to start the company, get a prototype site up and running, and have already generated some “buzz” in the Internet community.

Valuation 187

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation NPV Intellectual Property 187

Gust

JULY 8, 2012

Here is just a sampling of the latest terminology and lingo that I gleaned from Dave, and from some additional research on the Internet, that I think every entrepreneur should know, who may be looking for funding now, or down the road: Micro-VCs. The hard part for entrepreneurs is figuring out what it takes to play. Lean startup.

Early Stage 177

Early Stage Finance Seed Stage Entrepreneur 177

Gust

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

As I write this, Congress is teetering on the brink of passing the most disastrously ill-conceived law in the 18-year history of the commercial Internet, SOPA. In 2011, virtually every new consumer Internet startup incorporates a social/UGC element. Facebook, which did not exist in 2003, is now valued at nearly $100 billion.

IPO 110

IPO Prospectus SEC Intellectual Property 110

Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

The early history of MySpace is inextricably intertwined with that of Intermix, a small-cap publicly traded Internet company in Los Angeles where I worked as corporate counsel from 2004-06. MySpace was incubated by a small team of employees within Intermix in 2003 (Chris DeWolfe, Tom Anderson and four others).

Valuation 98

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Merger Vesting 98

Gust

AUGUST 8, 2012

Nevertheless, Southwest charges $5 for in-flight Internet access, which starts to feel like nickel-and-diming. It might make sense for weekend partiers heading from LA to Vegas on El Cheapo Web-Only Special fares, but doesn’t WiFi come free along with the peanuts since I paid substantially more for a Business Select fare?

Customer 143

Customer Southern California San Jose Marketing 143

Gust

JULY 27, 2014

People are always asking me for an inside tip on Internet sites that will be “the next big thing.” You can find web sites like the Comprehensive List of Search Engines , which is nothing but a list of 250+ available search engines. In my view, the single biggest reason for startup failures on the Internet is a lack of real innovation.

Entrepreneur 182

Entrepreneur Aggregator Engineer Social Network 182