Gust

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Parts of the answer are that (a) there are enormous regulatory requirements relating to secondary markets, and (b) there are no analysts tracking private company stocks.

Seed Stage 131

Seed Stage Hockey Stick Cap Table Liquidation Preference 131

Gust

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

This has resulted in a platform with over 150,000 companies actively using Gust for investor relations, over 40,000 Accredited Investors using Gust to manage their deal flow and portfolios…and over a billion dollars of seed and early stage investments tracked through the platform since we started. despite having lots of competitors.

Belarus 107

Belarus Kazakhstan Portugal Accredited Investor 107

Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

How much is it worth investing in cultivating and enforcing an IP portfolio ? Later stage companies have some additional concerns: What favorable impact could IP have for PR, marketing and investor relations purposes, or as an attraction to potential acquirors? Designing and producing marketing and PR materials (copyright, trademark).

Intellectual Property 143

Intellectual Property IP Startup United States 143

Gust

JULY 23, 2014

You’ll need to have invested significant cash (whatever that term means to you) in your own company, and you’ll need to have the core of your team in place (typically a techie and a marketer, at a minimum.) so checking out my portfolio of other investments, and my background, will generally give some guidance there.

Angel Investor 153

Angel Investor Elevator Pitch Pre-Money Valuation Technical Review 153

Gust

MARCH 5, 2014

The best way for a VC to mitigate conflicts between portfolio companies is to avoid investing in direct competitors in the first place! While this can be a bit difficult for seed funds with very large portfolios and limited direct day-to-day involvement, most larger funds are careful to avoid directly competitive investments.

Portfolio 121

Portfolio Business Model Engineer Search 121

Gust

AUGUST 24, 2014

The alternatives range from giving it away for free, to pricing based on costs, to charging what the market will bear (premium pricing). This is a good model for getting your foot in the door, but be aware that this is basically a services business with the product as a marketing cost. Product line pricing.

Revenue 184

Revenue Startup Retention Internet 184

Gust

JUNE 21, 2014

The problem is that since the average holding period for an angel investment is around nine years , that means by the time you’ve toted up the returns for 90% of your investments, and subtracted out the time value of money, the one very successful investment in the entire portfolio must return at least *30* times the original investment!

Angel Investor 127

Angel Investor Post-Money Valuation Valuation Time Value of Money 127