Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

in 2013, with aggregate proceeds of over $38 billion. That is a 65% increase in the number of IPOs over 2012, and the highest proceeds raised since the year 2000. Funding for early-stage startups is more available than ever. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups. It’s not too late to start.

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IPO Entrepreneur Social Media Startup 273

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

Though it’s incredibly valuable to be an early adopter of 2012′s tech trends, it won’t hurt your company to be right on time with everyone else who is just discovering them now. While it’s still early-stage, I’m excited to continue following this space. Lane Sutton , Social Media from a Teen.

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API Social Media Mobile Valuation 157

Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

How much risk do IP issues in the aggregate pose to our business ? The quicker the startup establishes a strong brand identity that “sells itself” through word-of-mouth and social media, earning goodwill in its name, the sooner it can effectively chase away knockoffs that try to use confusingly similar names , logos, or domain names.

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Intellectual Property IP Startup United States 143

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

On November 28, 2012. This time around, there has been an explosion at the early stages, and the very late pre-IPO growth stages. “The real winners here are going to be the seed funds and early stage VCs that can write a $1 million to $2 million check,” says AngelList co-founder Naval Ravikant.

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Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93

Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

March 8, 2012. The secondary wave of VC-backed IPOs has also come to fruition… both consumer facing (Yelp, Demand Media, Pandora, Carbonite, HomeAway, Angie’s List, et al) and B2B (Jive Software, Brightcove, Imperva, Responsys, etc). What’s the impact for early-stage startups? Author howerl.

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IPO Silicon Valley Revenue Seed Stage 100

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Startups for startups – the top B2B tools used by Startups – Includes the list of top 50 startup vendors in 2012 by Vendorstack , a reviews and Q&A platform on enterprise vendors for startups and mid-market companies. Media Temple.

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Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Day 2 featured the consumer and social media, which were more interesting for me and much of the audience. A check-in aggregation platform. ► 2012. (1). I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases.

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Technical Review San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 38