Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

The ten questions that make up the core of the Gust executive summary (and that in turn comprise the bulk of the ‘One Pager’ that investors print out for screening and review sessions) are only the distilled tip of the iceberg. This will almost always be the best approach to an investor. 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.

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

The Next Web

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Startups die due to a variety of causes. I have witnessed startup failures that were due to predictable co-founder conflicts. No Bootstrapping Plan : Many startups that come out of an accelerator program (such as YCombinator, Dreamit, or TechStars) simply do not get funding. You can follow him @amontalenti on Twitter.

Cofounder 155

Cofounder Technical Cofounder Technical Review Software Review 155

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Don’t wait to fill the void before letting him go (but obviously get all the code / usernames / password). Sometimes I use Balsamiq, sometimes I code a prototype, doesn’t matter – just create something, then tell the world. I think quick, do something, then review what I’ve learned. I’m learning how to program.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The group seeks out technologies that are complementary to the company’s core operations, including applications, software and infrastructure startups. Code for America Chooses 20 Developer. Nagraj Kashyap: The Qualcomm Ventures vice president oversees the telecommunication giant’s investment arm, Qualcomm Ventures.

Angel Investor 80

Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. Wave after wave of hardware, software, biotech and cleantech products have emerged from what has become “ground zero” of entrepreneurial and startup culture. Finally, venture capital and angel investing is no longer a U.S.

Silicon Valley 335

Silicon Valley United States Venture Capital Software Review 335