Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2017

This means that winning investors need to spread their investments across a long period of time, as well as across a large number of companies. It doesn’t seem to matter what the founders’ projections are, or how fast they believe they will turn profitable. All startups always need more money. They will need more money.

Angel Investor 190

Angel Investor Accredited Investor IRR Angel Groups 190

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2021

Here are five of the most common examples: Failure to document a Founder agreement at the beginning. This oversight can lead to the so-called “forgotten Founder” problem. Trouble with the IRS over Founders stock value. Founders ignore non-compete clauses from former employers.

Cost 363

Cost Non-Compete Accredited Investor Cofounder 363

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2016

Every startup founder loves to prompt for questions from investors and potential key team members about their vision, and the huge opportunity that can be had with their disruptive technology. Most founders like to talk about their many months or years of sweat-equity , but cash invested is a stronger commitment.

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Sweat Equity Burn Rate Technical Review Intellectual Property 120

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Their value to you is great industry connections, free legal advice, shared learning, and credibility for you with investors. Attract a co-founder and key team members. These also get used for guest lectures in business classes, judges for business plan competition, and introductions to accredited investors.

Arizona 276

Arizona Intellectual Property Accredited Investor Entrepreneur 276

Scott Edward Walker

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

different perspective as a lawyer (lots of phone calls from founders with problems). Zuckerberg” problem – IP is not assigned to the company by the founders and/or third-party developers (including in foreign countries). Vesting schedules must be established to protect the other co-founders (plus, VC’s will typically require them).

Software Review 111

Software Review Delaware Accredited Investor Due Diligence 111

Scott Edward Walker

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

i) Rule 506 preempts State law, which means all you have to do is file a Form D and pay a filing fee; and (ii) no disclosure requirement/PPM Possible to sell to “friends and family” (e.g., issues to address include: How have they treated their other portfolio companies? (i) Are they good guys or jerks? Can they be counted-on and trusted?

Software Review 111

Software Review Delaware Accredited Investor Due Diligence 111

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2014

This means that winning investors need to spread their investments across a long period of time, as well as across a large number of companies. It doesn’t seem to matter what the founders’ projections are, or how fast they believe they will turn profitable. All startups always need more money. They will need more money.

Angel Investor 278

Angel Investor Angel Groups Accredited Investor IRR 278

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2015

Every startup founder loves to prompt for questions from investors and potential key team members about their vision, and the huge opportunity that can be had with their disruptive technology. Most founders like to talk about their many months or years of sweat-equity , but cash invested is a stronger commitment.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Due Diligence Sweat Equity Burn Rate 120

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

I often recommend business networking as the most effective way for a startup founder to find investors, advisors, and even key executive candidates. If you can meet the SEC “accredited investor” criteria ($1M net worth or $200K annual income), this is a great way to be seen by potential investors as peers before you need money.

Accredited Investor 357

Accredited Investor Elevator Pitch Entrepreneur SEC 357

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2016

These terms refer to a class of professional investors who invest their own money, like angels, but have the larger resources and scope of venture capitalists with other people’s money. Ron Conway , of SV Angels, and Reid Hoffman , LinkedIn's founder, are names often mentioned in this category. Deep-dive meeting. Sweat equity.

Software Review 120

Software Review Sweat Equity Accredited Investor Angel Investor 120

David Teten

MAY 9, 2012

VCAP©, the first program of its kind, bridges the gap between venture capitalists and angel investor networks and women and diverse entrepreneurs, many of whom have not traditionally had access to these sources of capital. HBSAANY members include venture capitalists, individual accredited investors, and other institutional investors.

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Venture Capital Programming Accredited Investor New York 154

techcrunch.com

APRIL 26, 2013

In December, AngelList , a service that matches early-stage startups with investors, debuted the ability to allow accredited investors to actually invest in startups on the platform with as little as $1,000. And today, AngelList is opening the platform up to all startups with top-tier investors. → Learn More.

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SEC Accredited Investor San Diego New York City 61

David Teten

JUNE 22, 2012

VCAP© is a collaborative venture that provides women and diverse entrepreneurs nationwide with access to venture capital through accredited investors within the HBSAANY network. VCAP©, the first program of its kind, bridges the gap between venture capitalists and angel investor networks and women and diverse entrepreneurs.

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Programming Accredited Investor Naming New York 128

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2019

This one claims to be the world’s largest single angel investor network, with 3000 accredited investor members throughout 53 chapters on 3 continents. and the founder of 500 Startups, Dave McClure. In addition, they serve as a jobs available site for 24,000 startups. Keiretsu Forum.

Angel Investor 241

Angel Investor North America Accredited Investor Angel Groups 241

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2020

Their value to you is great industry connections, free legal advice, shared learning, and credibility for you with investors. Attract a co-founder and key team members. These also get used for guest lectures in business classes, judges for business plan competition, and introductions to accredited investors.

Arizona 310

Arizona Intellectual Property Accredited Investor Dividend 310

David Teten

JUNE 22, 2012

VCAP© is a collaborative venture that provides women and diverse entrepreneurs nationwide with access to venture capital through accredited investors within the HBSAANY network. VCAP©, the first program of its kind, bridges the gap between venture capitalists and angel investor networks and women and diverse entrepreneurs.

Programming 114

Programming Accredited Investor Naming New York 114

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2015

This means that winning investors need to spread their investments across a long period of time, as well as across a large number of companies. It doesn’t seem to matter what the founders’ projections are, or how fast they believe they will turn profitable. All startups always need more money. They will need more money.

Angel Investor 120

Angel Investor Angel Groups Accredited Investor IRR 120

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Entrepreneur Finder currently has over 4,500 investor groups (representing over 40,000 individual accredited investors) across 30 countries – making it one of the largest searchable collection of investor profiles online – and should just make it that much easier for startups to seek funding.

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Finder Entrepreneur Accredited Investor Silicon Valley 232

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

There are multiple types of investors and each one is different. Angel investors. In many cities with a startup scene, there are angel investors. They are high net worth individuals who are also accredited investors. Angel investing is more involved than stocks and many angel investors enjoy that factor.

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Accredited Investor Angel Investor Initial Public Offering Due Diligence 90

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Clearly a startup should consult its lawyer before filing or not filing.But the attorneys I relied on to write this piece told me that they’ve done lots of Section 4(2) deals in the past, and would recommend it to clients who had relatively simple financing agreements (not tranched-out, not too many investors, etc.)

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Stealth SEC Advertising Accredited Investor 285

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

I often recommend business networking as the most effective way for a startup founder to find investors, advisors, and even key executive candidates. If you can meet the SEC “accredited investor” criteria ($1M net worth or $200K annual income), this is a great way to be seen by potential investors as peers before you need money.

Networking 227

Networking Accredited Investor Elevator Pitch Entrepreneur 227

Up and Running

JUNE 14, 2012

Do I need a co-founder? These are some of the most frequent questions about co-founders that I have heard from entrepreneurs over the years. Do I need a co-founder? How many co-founders should I have? I have seen many successful companies with as few as 2 and as many of 11 co-founders. How do I chose one?

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Cofounder Technical Cofounder Accredited Investor Equity 90

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Shravan Parsi is CEO and founder of American Ventures , and author of “ The Science Of The Deal: The DNA Of Multifamily & Commercial Real Estate Investing “ He is an entrepreneur and innovator with a background in the diverse fields of real estate investing and pharmaceutical research. Never settle for less.

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Accredited Investor India Private Equity Cofounder 147

SiliconHills

OCTOBER 29, 2018

The invite-only event for accredited investors was held at Sputnik ATX’s offices in downtown Austin. They are all awesome,” said Oksana Malysheva, co-founder […]. Sputnik ATX, an Austin-based accelerator, held its second Demo Day last week featuring presentations from the five startups in its latest cohort.

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Austin Accredited Investor Cofounder Startup 84

Scott Edward Walker

JANUARY 3, 2021

Dear Founders: Here Are Three IP Mistakes To Watch-Out For. SEC Expands “Accredited Investor” Definition. Happy New Year! Below is a list of my top three posts in 2020. Cheers, Scott. Selling Your Company? Here’s A Legal Checklist. The post Top 3 Posts in 2020 appeared first on WALKER CORPORATE LAW GROUP, PLLC.

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Accredited Investor SEC IP Founder 52

Gust

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Nevertheless, there are literally thousands of other examples scattered around the country, each of which grew from a founder or two with an idea to a successful growth company employing scores, hundreds or even thousands of skilled employees, with the attendant benefits to the local and national economy. Intellectual Property.

Silicon Valley 187

Silicon Valley San Francisco Intellectual Property Accredited Investor 187

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2013

Here are five of the most common examples: Failure to document a Founder agreement at the beginning. This oversight can lead to the so-called “forgotten Founder” problem. Trouble with the IRS over Founders stock value. Founders ignore non-compete clauses from former employers. Marty Zwilling.

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Non-Compete Accredited Investor Startup Cofounder 235

Scott Edward Walker

MAY 15, 2012

Part 2, entitled “ Convertible Note Seed Financings: Econ 101 for Founders ,” addressed the economics. One of the tricky issues that founders must address in the note is what happens if their startup is acquired prior to the note’s conversion (and prior to the note’s maturity date, as discussed below). This is another tricky issue.

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Finance Founder Accredited Investor Preferred Stock 64

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2013

I often recommend business networking as the most effective way for a startup founder to find investors, advisors, and even key executive candidates. If you can meet the SEC “accredited investor” criteria ($1M net worth or $200K annual income), this is a great way to be seen by potential investors as peers before you need money.

Networking 250

Networking Entrepreneur Accredited Investor Elevator Pitch 250

Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

Some businesses require very little capital and the founder can self-finance the enterprise and retain 100% of its ownership and control from ignition through liquidity event (startup through sale). For those of you who fit that description, nice work.

Private Equity 118

Private Equity Valuation Cap Table Accredited Investor 118

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 10, 2012

Here are five of the most common examples: Failure to document a Founder agreement at the beginning. This oversight can lead to the so-called “forgotten founder” problem. Trouble with the IRS over Founders stock value. Founders ignore non-compete clauses from former employers.

Non-Compete 249

Non-Compete Accredited Investor Cofounder Startup 249

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 16, 2019

The jobs act promised small individual investors the ability to invest in the next Google. It also pledged founders an alternative route to raising money. Less risk for the new startup investors. For founders, having a new source of capital has a definite upside.

Artificial Inteligence 115

Artificial Inteligence Accredited Investor Startup SEC 115

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Today's top founders will undoubtedly start something new in the future, but they won't make up the majority of innovators going forward--just as prior generations of venture backed founders don't make up a majority of those who are succeeding today. I didn’t say venture investing was easy—but at least we got a look.)

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Venture Capital Community Accredited Investor Deal Flow 94

Early Growth Financial Services

MARCH 26, 2015

When it comes to startups’ earliest funding sources, beyond founders’ personal liquidity (or debt capacity) friends and family are usually the first places founders turn to for help getting their startups going. But there are significant risks to tapping those close to you for funds.

Accredited Investor 28

Accredited Investor Startup Equity Stock 28

The Next Web

AUGUST 14, 2013

This is a guest post by Wade Foster , co-founder and CEO of Zapier, which originally appeared on his blog. But since I’m relatively fresh off of the experience I get asked by first-time founders how they should go about raising money for their startup. Usually those aren’t first-time founders though. It certainly did me.

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Founder Incubator Cofounder Accredited Investor 142

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Capital Factory is so excited to welcome the OHUB community to Austin during SXSW,” said Joshua Baer, founder & CEO. 4:00 PM JW Marriott, Ballroom A & B, 110 E 2nd St Access: SXSW Badge Required Finding & Backing Venture Back-able Black Founders 11:00 AM?—?12:00

Partner 55

Partner Cofounder Technical Cofounder Equity 55

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 5, 2019

Online crowdfunding platforms allow you to make your pitch in one spot where a myriad of different potential investors can see it. Angel investors. An angel investor is an accredited investor who uses his or her own money to invest in a small business. Not just anyone can be an angel investor, though.

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Angel Investor Accredited Investor Bootstrapping Boston 113