Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

What is perhaps different from other regions is that we have large indigenous aerospace industry and a big high-tech import/export trade as opposed to a lot of software companies. Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. billion dollars of regional GDP.

Los Angeles 376

Los Angeles Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Seattle 376

Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

One excellent way to do this (with a good bit of help from the experts), is to create a draft business plan using LivePlan from Palo Alto Software. While VCs are the toughest nut to crack, there are many other (often better) sources of seed capital that may be available to you. If they’re legitimate, they will.

Angel Groups 159

Angel Groups Elevator Pitch Software Review Deal Flow 159

Up and Running

AUGUST 12, 2014

This piqued my interest partly because of my own position as a woman in the still male-dominated tech industry, but also because the company I work for Palo Alto Software is led by a female CEO with very strong ideas about women, motherhood, and family-friendly policies. The internet makes this easy enough.

Venture Capital 90

Venture Capital Founder Angel Investor Portfolio 90

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

And, as one entrepreneur put it to me, "we understood that a big part of our responsibility in the program was to make sure the mentors have a good experience, by taking their advice to heart and giving them a feeling of being part of our evolution as a company." Provide early seed capital, and be the ones to make those introductions.

San Francisco 113

San Francisco Silicon Valley Startup Lean 113

Steve Blank

APRIL 28, 2016

The program examines the DNA of entrepreneurs: what makes them tick, how they came up with their ideas; and explores the habits that make them successful, and the highs and lows that pushed them forward. Ajay Kshatriya has 15 years of experience in biotechnology in energy, healthcare, and software. Clips from their interview are below.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Cofounder Seed Capital Texas 120

Steve Blank

APRIL 28, 2016

The program examines the DNA of entrepreneurs: what makes them tick, how they came up with their ideas; and explores the habits that make them successful, and the highs and lows that pushed them forward. Ajay Kshatriya has 15 years of experience in biotechnology in energy, healthcare, and software. Clips from their interview are below.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Cofounder Seed Capital Texas 120

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 12, 2011

While they’ve been hard at work on their product, they’ve also incorporated the company, now named SayAhh (thanks Mac!) QuickBooks and other accounting software programs will do this for your finances, but you should also implement tools for tracking other key metrics (e.g. as a C-Corp in Delaware.

Balance Sheet 136

Balance Sheet Forecast Cap Table Early Stage 136