David Teten

JUNE 22, 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — NEW YORK, June 22, 2012 – Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York (HBSAANY) and The National Association of Investment Companies (NAIC) today announced the finalists for their inaugural Venture Capital Access Program (“VCAP©”). Select Finalists for Venture Capital Access Program. Torsh, Inc.’s

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Programming Accredited Investor Naming New York 114

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

How do I find good technical co-founders? How Much Equity Do Your Employees Deserve? Before You Add That Feature, Do You Know The Real Cost? Phenomenal Reddit AMA … I’m Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – [link]. Quora – [link]. Venture Math 101 – [link].

Social Media 107

Social Media Small Business Design Media 107

The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2013

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Christian Reber, CEO and co-founder of Berlin-based 6Wunderkinder. I’ve seen a few businesses where the first investors took huge pieces of equity for very little money. 15-20% equity for first investors. 60-70% for founders. 10-20% for employees. 10-20% for employees.

Management 120

Management Cofounder Startup Bootstrapping 120

Up and Running

JUNE 23, 2015

Meg Wirth and Allyson Cote, founders of Maternova. Maternova is an online marketplace for low-cost but vital obstetric tools; you might think of it as something like Amazon for childbirth-related medical supplies. “It took an enormous investment of sweat equity on both our parts,” Allyson admits.

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Cofounder Sweat Equity Social Media Business Model 60

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

5, 2012, and it is a very personal post. It was there that I met Eric Simone (one of the first investors in Bazaarvoice) as well as Josh Baer (one of the first investors in Bazaarvoice through his team building our first solution and getting paid primarily in equity versus cash). Still in business today and run by my co-founder.

Bootstrapping 48

Bootstrapping Austin Equity Cofounder 48

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

I knew it was an easy fix, so I really didn’t want to pay for a tow truck in addition to the cost of the repair. It struck me that had the technology existed, travelers could have taken advantage of our empty aircraft to get back to London and then the aircraft could be dropped in Oxford, with minimal additional cost.

Entrepreneur 91

Entrepreneur LLC Cofounder Green 91

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Mike Arsenault and his two co-founders—all with technical backgrounds—built their MVP while working full time for other SaaS companies. “We We also got lucky and qualified for some startup benefits with companies like Rackspace, who covered our infrastructure costs for the first year,” continues Arsenault. “We

Sweat Equity 78

Sweat Equity Software Review Vesting Cofounder 78

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Mike Arsenault and his two co-founders—all with technical backgrounds—built their MVP while working full time for other SaaS companies. “We We also got lucky and qualified for some startup benefits with companies like Rackspace, who covered our infrastructure costs for the first year,” continues Arsenault. “We

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Sweat Equity Software Review Vesting Cofounder 50

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 18, 2014

Founder.org founder Michael Baum. In Paris today at the World Founder Forum he announced the top 10 student team winners who split $1 million in seed money prizes. Nobody wanted equity in startup. I started Founder.org in 2012. Instead of launching another startup, however, he’s launching entrepreneurs.

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Founder Entrepreneur North America Startup 60

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Howard Lindzon is Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information. Parekh started his career at Goldman Sachs, developing the firm’s equities business in the Middle East, with high net worth family offices and sovereign wealth funds.

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Technical Review Technology North Carolina Switzerland 128

Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

Dan is the co-founder of Standard Treasury, a Y Combinator backed company. He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. How do you get to that point if you have that kind of a view of the world, of founders, and of this space? On Sushi and VC. Everything we do.

Silicon Valley 88

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cofounder Africa 88

View from Seed

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

2012-2016: The Era of Blitzscaling. If you understand the premise of blitzscaling, it’s not truly growth at any and all cost… it’s a strategic mindset for building a company from scratch at previously unheard pace specifically where digital innovation enables capturing a large addressable market. On paper, VC portfolios perform well.

IPO 202

IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 202

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Written By Dan Martell on February 2nd, 2012 | Category: Hiring LeanStartup Marketing Metrics Startup Life | 6 Comments. Outsourcing is something a big company, with a known customer / problem (that has revenue & traction) does to save cost. Whats is the best way to find a co-founder for your startup? Why do I do it?

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

I have ranked this list in ascending order of cost (defined as combined time and money). - Educating the VC/angel community on the city/state resources available to them to build companies. HBS Angels will likely execute this in 2012. If you see something that piques your interest and want to get involved, please contact me.

Government 146

Government Technical Review New York Offshore 146

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

2012-2016: The Era of Blitzscaling. If you understand the premise of blitzscaling, it’s not truly growth at any and all cost… it’s a strategic mindset for building a company from scratch at previously unheard pace specifically where digital innovation enables capturing a large addressable market. On paper, VC portfolios perform well.

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IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 100

Professor VC

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Co-founder Dustin Moscovitz is referred to as a programmer, but he is actually an operations guy. Several weeks after Zuckerberg and the team move to Palo Alto for the summer, co-founder Eduardo Saverin finally pays a visit. Also, be sure to include vesting for all founders. Labels: equity , Facebook.

Social Network 28

Social Network Networking Software Review San Jose 28

techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

As CEO and co-founder Naval Ravikant tells me, when he and co-founder Babak Nivi started VentureHacks a few years ago, their goal was to educate companies on how to negotiate venture term sheets. AngelList eventually resulted from this, and actually helped startups make connections to investors. Crunchbase. ANGELLIST.

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Term Sheet San Francisco Technical Review Seed Stage 70

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

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. Tools for Hackathons – added Dec 2012. tells you how much adwords cost. Wireframes.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53