Up and Running

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

A well-written and convincing business plan (and pitch ) presents your business to investors in detail; but they are investing in your business, not just a plan. Normally you have to have a team in place, have made progress toward idea validation , or—better still—traction (paying customers). Nobody invests in ideas or plans.

SBA 161

SBA Venture Capital Angel Investor Technical Review 161

Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

And don’t forget the ability to customize your profile’s background. Your private profile is where investors will look with a critical eye on everything that makes you a business rather than just a product or a sexy idea. Any legitimate investor who finds you through Gust will also contact you through Gust!

Angel Groups 159

Angel Groups Elevator Pitch Software Review Deal Flow 159

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2016

They have connections to industry associations and entrepreneur organizations that can kick-start your networking efforts, both locally and globally. These also get used for guest lectures in business classes, judges for business plan competition, and introductions to accredited investors.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Accredited Investor Entrepreneur Incubator 120

Gust

JANUARY 15, 2014

Unfortunately, there isn’t (and since Google hasn’t fixed Gmail yet, if you’re actually a paying customer for Google Apps, instead of a free customer, you have strictly limited Gmail mail storage, and are not allowed to purchase more, at any price!) But I digress [harumph].

Angel Investor 119

Angel Investor Belarus Portugal Accredited Investor 119

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

By definition, angels are accredited investors, who invest their own money for a percentage of the business. Warm introductions from common friends are even better, so networking with potential peers and future investors is highly recommended well before it’s time to ask for money. Angels prefer strong teams to big ideas.

Angel Investor 120

Angel Investor Accredited Investor Venture Capital Startup 120

Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

For example, "accredited investors" can now make equity-based Crowdfunding investments. But non-accredited investors still cannot. Promote your project to your network 14. While the JOBS was signed in April 2012, it did not allow for equity-based Crowdfunding until the SEC approved certain regulations.

Accredited Investor 89

Accredited Investor SEC Equity Viral 89

Gust

JANUARY 15, 2014

Unfortunately, there isn’t (and since Google hasn’t fixed Gmail yet, if you’re actually a paying customer for Google Apps, instead of a free customer, you have strictly limited Gmail mail storage, and are not allowed to purchase more, at any price!) But I digress [harumph].

Angel Investor 70

Angel Investor Belarus Portugal Accredited Investor 70

Hippoland

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

But the reality is that angel investors can be anybody, especially these days, now that non-accredited investors can invest much more freely. Angel investors can be people without a tech background: doctors, lawyers, bankers, engineers, etc. You no longer need to be super rich or write big checks to be an angel investor.

Angel Investor 48

Angel Investor Accredited Investor Elevator Pitch Silicon Valley 48

Hippoland

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Previously, he held multiple roles at SendGrid, a cloud-based email platform, that delivers billions of customer engagement emails each month for companies like Uber, Spotify, Tumblr and AirBnb. In his first 12 months as a VC Pedro sourced 9 deals for FundersClub with founders from 5 different countries.

San Francisco 48

San Francisco Accredited Investor B2B Cofounder 48

Growthink Blog

MARCH 19, 2012

The businesses would get access to tens of millions more potential investors, and could reach out to them at little or no cost through online outlets like Facebook. Then, if the companies won funding, they'd get a built-in base of customers who were strongly motivated to help the brand succeed. million U.S.

Equity 88

Equity Securities and Exchange Commission Private Equity SEC 88

Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Individual accredited investors in typical angel deals put personal capital at risk for an equity share of growth-oriented, start-up companies. These angel investors generally invest $25,000 to $100,000 in a round totaling $250,000 to $1,000,000. A local network of angels is critical to achieving a diversified portfolio.

Valuation 146

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Intellectual Property Technical Review 146

thestartuplawyer.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Contact The Startup Lawyer: Home Page About Contact FAQs Glossary Ryan Roberts Law: Home Page Social Networks: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flickr Delicious Digg Last.FM He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder. Ryan Roberts says: August 20, 2010 at 4:41 am Thanks for the kind words, Tamer.

Cofounder 40

Cofounder Founder Preferred Stock Startup 40

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2013

For maximum credibility, start networking for potential investors to build relationships a few months before you start asking for money. It won’t help your case or your workload to do an email blast and follow-up with all eight million accredited investors in the US.

Angel Investor 252

Angel Investor Accredited Investor Silicon Valley Venture Capital 252

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2011

The second company in which I invested, back in 2001, was a novel concept from the serial entrepreneur who invented social networking. After that evaporated, I didn’t invest again until just after the dotcom crash (when my long-suffering spouse grounded me from any further entrepreneurial ventures :-)). The third company is still alive.

New York 221

New York Accredited Investor Advisory Board IRR 221

The Next Web

AUGUST 14, 2013

If you aren’t ready to get investors yet, then you have to find other ways to survive. The best way to survive is to have customers paying you. There’s a couple places you can find other investors: Your customers. Often times your customers/users have money to invest or have been running companies that have raised money.

Founder 142

Founder Incubator Cofounder Accredited Investor 142

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 10, 2021

A few months ago, I got a pitch from a company providing a kind of “last mile” for computer vision—an always-on human network that would take images that computers couldn’t identify, and spit back whether or not a roof tile was broken or if a signature matched. Some investors who rewrite the history of innovation.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Cap Table Accredited Investor Silicon Valley 150