Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

Early-stage investors in technology startups are only looking for growth-oriented companies that can achieve an “exit&# someday – either via selling your company to a larger company or via an IPO. Prices have definitely gone up in 2011 as depicted in the anecdotal chart below. And of course there are always outliers.

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Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Silicon Valley Stock 336

techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

There has been no shortage of controversy and criticism around the convertible note, a popular investing vehicle that’s used by seed stage and angel investors. As a refresher, a convertible note is a loan that automatically converts into equity upon the closing of a Series A round of financing.

Equity 87

Equity San Francisco Technical Review Angel Investor 87

Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Bates: Good morning and welcome to our CEO panel, “How to Fine-Tune Your Small Business Finances From Funding to Growth” which I think is the direction that we would all like to be going. I’m here with some really phenomenal CEOs who are going to talk to us today about small business finances from funding to growth.

Small Business 95

Small Business Finance Forecast Metrics 95

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

million in venture financing. No doubt early-stage companies can be started on a shoestring by low-paid entrepreneurs, but when financing a scalable, sustainable product, a free application server won’t make much of a difference. In fact, it’s barely even the beginning for most companies in their seed stage financings.

Startup 79

Startup Social Media RSS Social Network 79

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Capitalize - Regular pitch events where early stage companies get direct feedback from local VC’s. Not Boston focused, but definitely follow his reports of PE and VC financings and the state of the venture market. @danprimack. Northeastern IDEA Venture Accelerator. Olin College Foundry Program. Invite only.

Boston 56

Boston Technical Review Community CTO Hire 56

www.entrepreneur.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Entrepreneur Homepage Startups Starting a Business Home How-To Guides Startup Basics Business Ideas Business Planning Startup Financing Success Stories Home-Based Business Starting a Business Play Video How to Take a New Product from Just an Idea to a Business (Video). Financing Some Jobs Act Proposals Make Headway.

Sweat Equity 55

Sweat Equity Equity Fractional CTO CTO 55

Startup Company Lawyer

AUGUST 31, 2012

Over the past few years, convertible debt has emerged as a quick and inexpensive method for startup companies to raise money from angel investors and early stage venture funds. ” As a result, Ted introduced the Series Seed preferred stock documents as an alternative to convertible debt for early stage investments.

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View from Seed

APRIL 21, 2015

On the heels of our research on HBS entrepreneurs , NextView’s Dimitri Dadiomov (HBS ’15) interviewed several top founders on the early stages of their companies. On Launching and Finding Early Traction. Our class was at least a third finance and a third consultants.

Founder 120

Founder Las Vegas Entrepreneur Cofounder 120

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 13, 2011

The first quarter of 2011 saw these return to their pre-recession levels with financing for Internet companies up 83% from the last quarter of 2010. While about half of that was included in the fourth quarter of 2010, the rest was counted in this first quarter of 2011. billion in VC investment. Breakdown By State.

Illinois 124

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Monday, September 26, 2011. How would Billy Beane have done as an early stage investor? Im still not convinced that "gut feel" isnt a good way to invest at the early stage, but this can certainly get rid of over-thinking and provides diversification and investments in entrepreneurial teams that would be otherwise overlooked.

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Technical Review Early Stage San Jose Angel Investor 38

mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

October 10, 2011 by Erica Swallow. Not to mention, early-stage startups usually only employ a few people focused on product and development. October 10, 2011 14:07:23. October 10, 2011 14:10:15. October 10, 2011 14:18:53. October 10, 2011 14:12:16. October 10, 2011 14:16:25. Flag this comment.

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PR Startup Social Media Technical Review 103

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

I had witnessed a number of early-stage tech startups in LA raise seed capital from the Bay Area and relocate. It was 2009 and it was terribly difficult to get any financing (if you can remember a time like that!) By 2011 the market had started to change dramatically. We announced Fund I in 2011. So we went for it.

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Early Stage Venture Capital Los Angeles Coder 290

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

With a unique vision for starting and successfully managing innovative companies, he is the Managing Partner of Social Leverage, a holding company that invests in early stage web businesses. and Tweetdeck (purchased by Twitter in June 2011). Mr. Lindzon continues to manage a hedge fund he started in 1998.

Technical Review 128

Technical Review Technology North Carolina Switzerland 128

The Next Web

MARCH 11, 2013

When the company was around 30 employees, the recession hit and the company grew as early stage mobile devices became an efficient cost-management system for businesses. “Three or four months later in 2011, we brought the product to market and it was a turning point that allowed us to be early.”

Startup 124

Startup Mobile Restful Finance 124

VC Cafe

APRIL 23, 2012

According to the latest IVC - KMPG quarterly survey published today, in the first quarter of 2012, venture capital investments in Israel rached $483 million, up slightly from the amount invested in Q1/2011. The average company financing round was $3.40 million in Q4/2011 and up slightly from $3.42 million in Q1/2011.

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Venture Capital Early Stage Distribution 137

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Business Development for Early Stage Startups – [link]. Crowd funding offers entrepreneurs a shot at financing their dream – [link]. 90+ creative advertising & design from January-February 2011 – [link]. Small business and startup issues: net neutrality and H.R. 1 – [link]. 1 – [link].

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

Gust

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Last week , we gave some attention to the “why” behind convertible note financing for early stage startups. As with so many subjects in law and finance, mastering the jargon is half the battle. This may seem like a no-brainer now that you understand the basic structure of a convertible debt financing.

Finance 79

Finance Preferred Stock Term Sheet Early Stage 79

Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

And today, we have a group of early adopter premium members who are making good use of the program. Our community has successfully established a culture of bootstrapping as a counterforce to the compulsive rush to financing that entrepreneurs mistakenly often engage in, only to be rejected over and again by investors.

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Programming Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 116

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

In other words, angel investors and early stage venture capital (VC) firms will have different expectations than late stage VC firms. September 14, 2011 00:53:22 Reply 0 Flag this comment Fabrizio Poli Follow If you want to expand your business internationally, this will be useful. e Cagal Follow [link] ÖDÜL KAZANMAK ?SYEN

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France Marketing Social Media Startup 77

www.seriesseed.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

Series Seed Financing Documents Blog. I hesitate to use a quote from one of the greatest people ever to grace planet earth, and certainly the question of how to structure early stage investment is a laughable cause as compared to the rights that Ghandi (also a lawyer) fought to advance.  SeriesSeed.com. Blog Archives.

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Term Sheet Ratchet Dilution Equity 40

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 4, 2019

On Saturday, I gobbled down King of Capital , which is the story of Steve Schwarzman and Blackstone from inception through 2011. While 2011 is only eight years ago, it’s a lifetime in the world of finance, private equity, venture capital, and business. And then, a year later, the global finance crisis was in full bloom.

Private Equity 82

Private Equity Cofounder Equity Venture Capital 82

genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

September 2011. August 2011. April 2011. March 2011. February 2011. January 2011. Before you agree to take equity in lieu of cash, you need to understand that any individual early stage start-up company equity is most likely going to be worthless. CRM Magazine: 2011 CRM Market Leaders.

Equity 40

Equity Technical Review San Jose Stock 40

K9 Ventures

JUNE 5, 2015

Together this means that Seed stage companies need to run longer and at a higher expense structure, meaning they need to raise a lot more capital. A re-jiggering of deal stages and sizes had begun in 2013. I still wanted K9 to be the first institutional money in a company and work with “frighteningly early-stage” companies.

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Seed Stage Venture Capital Early Stage Valuation 48

Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

Thursday, January 27, 2011. I strongly believe (at least for very early stage technology ventures) that you will get diminishing returns and arguably negative returns once you get past an initial threshold of team, product, market and financial diligence. May 1, 2011 10:32 PM. June 28, 2011 3:41 PM. ▼ 2011.

Technical Review 31

Technical Review Due Diligence Silicon Valley San Jose 31

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Finance | Tuesdays. Financing a Small Business. Financing A Small Business. Personal Finance. The 2011 Inc. The 2011 Top Lists. Last fall, Arizona Bay launched its own venture capital firm, Arizona Bay Technology Ventures , which will invest from $50,000 to $750,000 in early-stage start-ups.

Arizona 40

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 26, 2012

The latest 2011 Angel Market Analysis , recently released by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire, shows not only that there are more angels around, but that they are investing more money in more companies. Overall, angel investments in 2011 reached $22.5 billion, 12.1% more than in 2010.

New Hampshire 120

New Hampshire Early Stage Seed Capital Angel Investor 120

gtziralis.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

This indeed is a healthy approach and it seems to work pretty well to begin with it, especially in the pre-product, or also in the pre-revenues early stage of a technology company. November 2011. September 2011. August 2011. February 2011. And the game goes on… :-) . Archives by Month. October 2012.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. The opportunity cost of the money I have not made on crypto is insane because I first was talking about crypto in 2011 as I’ve been in financial services for a long time. We do that primarily through leading financings.

Silicon Valley 88

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cofounder Africa 88

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 30, 2014

identify financing vehicles before you need them. The life sciences community is still warming-up to the value of customer development in the early stages of building new ventures”, says David Schonthal , MATTER Co-founder and Clinical Assistant Professor of entrepreneurship & innovation at the Kellogg School of Management.

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San Diego North Carolina Chicago Lean 261

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

If 2011 & 2012 look like 2010 then the current crop of angel investments will look great. There has been a preponderance of early-stage deals that have seen quick exits. And the best early-stage investors know this. So where are we now? It’s hard to say.

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Angel Investor Early Stage Cap Table Deal Flow 284

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Homebrew, an early stage venture firm focused on this same revolution has illustrated the following: An engineer or designer gets work by offering his skills via vertical marketplaces. In 2011, roughly 21% of working Americans qualified as proprietors – receiving at least part of their income through a form of self-employment.

Silicon Valley 208

Silicon Valley API Cofounder Salary 208

www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Duncan Connor • Jan 4, 2011 I was about to provide an answer, but then read this response and realized Saul had already provided an even better response than I would have done. Dave McClure • Jan 9, 2011 Home run Saul. Dave Morin • Jan 9, 2011 Very well written Saul! Could not have said it better myself.

Technical Review 51

Technical Review Startup CTO Hire Cofounder 51

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. easy business finance software. YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents. Y Combinator : They provide a series of AA equity financing documents that are written with simpler words so start-up companies will have an easier starting point.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

But information about early stage investment can be more difficult to come by. and Canada, providing data that entrepreneurs and early-stage investors have long sought after. CB Insights has an extensive database of private company financing, and we often cite its findings here at ReadWriteWeb. Discuss.

Silicon Valley 118

Silicon Valley Early Stage Canada Angel Investor 118

Professor VC

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Monday, November 14, 2011. Are you refering to the various early stage platforms that are popping up? in fees is a hefty transaction fee considering company will still have legal and other fees on the financing. ▼ 2011. (7). I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. ProfessorVC.

SEC 54

SEC San Jose Angel Investor Accredited Investor 54

Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

Thursday, April 7, 2011. This will also serve as a good pointer for all the entrepreneurs who ask why I am not interested in their company led convertible note financing round. This will also serve as a good pointer for all the entrepreneurs who ask why I am not interested in their company led convertible note financing round.

San Jose 36

San Jose Technical Review Angel Investor Valuation 36

philipsmith.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

While there have been times in the last dozen or so years, usually during times of venture capital excess, that cash to founders, early-stage executives and other key employees has matched regular market compensation (still with the upside of the equity), this is not true in the vast majority in the start-up game. February 2011.

Silicon Valley 40

Silicon Valley Equity Technical Review Recapitalization 40