2000, Angel Investor and Cofounder

What’s the Difference Between a Small Business Venture and a Startup?

Up and Running

AUGUST 18, 2014

In comparison to traditional business ventures, startups are expected to grow rapidly, at a rate of between 5% and 7% per week in their initial stage – Paul Graham, co-founder of Y Combinator. “Startups looking for angel investors or venture capital (VC) absolutely need an exit strategy because investors require it.

Small Business

Small Business Exit Strategy Cofounder Angel Investor

Want to Know How First Round Capital was Started?

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

They have totally changed the way you run a VC firm, investing heavily in systems & events for their founders that are pushing the boundaries of the way our industry works. The discussion with Howard Morgan starts off by acknowledging Josh Kopelman as a co-founder of First Round Capital. I'm a huge fan of this innovation.

Pre-Money Valuation

Pre-Money Valuation Technical Review Cofounder Cram Down

A Closer Look At The Quality Of Angel Returns Data

David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2013

The good news for Techcrunch readers: Every major study conducted to date has placed angel investors’ IRR between 18 and 38 percent, as summarized by my Partner John Frankel and Professor Robert Wiltbank in prior Techcrunch articles. Given that angels deploy almost as much capital as VCs ($ 22.5 billion for angels versus $ 29.5

IRR

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Yair Goldfinger’s Newest Exit: Dotomi Sells to Value Click

VC Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2011

Yair Goldfinger, co-founder and CTO of Dotomi and a prominent Israeli angel investor, founded Dotomi back in 2000, following the acquisition of ICQ by AOL. It raised $17 million in funding since inception from Globespan Capital, US Venture Partners, Investor Capital and Velocity.

Angel Investor

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5 Good Reasons Not to Seek Angel Investment

Gust

OCTOBER 25, 2011

This might seem awkward on this site, suggesting that you don’t want angel investment. But angel investment isn’t for everybody. I’m an angel investor now, but I also had a small piece of co-founder equity in a software company that went public, and whole ownership of a software company that grew and prospered but remained private.

Cofounder

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Tango Health Raises $3M Series A

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

The funds from S3 and several angel investors will help to accelerate the nationwide rollout of its innovative web-based Health Savings Account (HSA) management service. This results in individuals losing up to $2000 per year in tax savings, and their employers losing billions more,” said Brian R.

Angel Investor

Angel Investor Cofounder America Finance

Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio form a massive startup Megalopolis that is attracting top talent, impact-focused investors, and the most innovative companies in the world. Startups and investors should treat Texas like one big city. Joe Lonsdale. Drew Houston. Jim Breyer. Charles Schwab. Hewlett Packard. Who’s next?

Texas

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Resources to Find Angel Funding

Business Plan Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2013

You may think that numbers and locations are the only thing to look out for, but in reality it is best to find the angel that fits you and then your situation. As always, keep these key principles in mind while looking for, and after you find an angel investor. Angels are typically only interested in opportunities local to them.

North America

North America Angel Investor Accredited Investor Silicon Valley

April 4-Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2011

We will discuss liquidity options appropriate for a wide range of people with private company stock, including private equity funds, venture capitalists, angels, founders, and employees with options. David Weild IV, formerly Vice Chairman of The NASDAQ Stock Market Mr. Weild is the founder of Capital Markets Advisory Partners.

Private Equity

Private Equity Merger IPO Equity

Why Startups Fail - 20 Top Reasons Gleaned from 32 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

After a thorough analysis of those 32 start-up post-mortems, we have determined the common reasons founders gave to compile this list of the top 20 ways to have your startup fail. 17 – Be unable to Attract Investors. Work life balance is not something that startup founders often get and so the risk of burning out is high.

Cofounder

Cofounder Startup Technical Cofounder CTO Hire

Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Whats is the best way to find a co-founder for your startup? However, one of my co-founders doesn’t seem to be as motivated as the rest of us. Visa can make an amazing investor, just be sure to ask for money when you don’t need it. investors like great companies, that’s really the filter.

Technical Review

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review

Former Head of Microsoft Israel Dreams of Billion Dollar Israeli Startups

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 18, 2011

His name is often associated with other successful Israelis such as: Shai Agassi , Better Place founder and CEO and former next-in-line to become CEO of SAP, Safra Catz , CFO and co-president of Oracle, and David Perlmutter , an EVP of Intel and GM of Intel Architecture Group. The base of our industry is weakening.

Venture Capital

Venture Capital New Zealand Startup

How to Make Profits Serve a Purpose With Your Startup

Up and Running

APRIL 5, 2017

After the turn of the century, startups created fewer jobs than they did before the year 2000. Sources for funding in the seed round can include angel investors, crowdfunding sites, micro-venture capital firms, a business accelerator, an incubator, or a corporate seed fund. It’s time for a startup that benefits the world.

Green

Green Angel Investor Startup Alabama

25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

declined Microsoft’s offer (summer 2000) to be the first enterprise software company with a.NET product (a Microsoft employee came back from a follow-up meeting with Allen and said “He reminds me of a lot of CEOs of companies that we’ve worked with… that have gone bankrupt.”). During this year they.

Software Review

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting

The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

The results were similar when he examined data for companies funded from 2000 to 2010, he says. Consider Daniel Dreymann, a founder of Goodmail Systems Inc., Mr. Dreymann moved his family from Israel in 2004 after co-founding Goodmail in Mountain View, Calif., Breaking Up (With a Co-Founder) Is Hard to Do.

Venture Capital

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What Most People Don’t Understand About How Startup Companies are Valued

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

I’d like to explain as best I can my opinion on what is going on because most of what I hear from entrepreneurs is not only wrong but is reminiscent of what I heard in 1997-2000. Can Investors Spook the Market into Falling? “10 angel investors walk into a bar …” Do you remember AngelGate at Bin38 ?

Valuation

Valuation Down Round Startup Later Stage

The Future of Startups 2013-2017

Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

And that’s been reflected in the entrepreneurial community, where entrepreneurs, especially between 2000 and 2008, entrepreneurs really only wanted to do — for the most part wanted to do consumer software, because that’s the only software that they could actually get anybody to adopt. So that’s the big, big, big change that’s happened.