Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2015

Enthusiastic startup founders may try to deflect or minimize these questions in true media-training style, so you need to be patient, calm, and persistent to get the whole story. These questions are the key ones in every due diligence effort, always done by accredited investors, but almost never done by key employees and new partners.

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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. You’ll need an excellent marketing campaign, with a special emphasis on social media.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

As a business lawyer working with startups in technology and digital media every day, I’m fortunate to have a front-row seat as entrepreneurs create value out of thin air. Political candidates can give all the stump speeches they want, but ultimately, the prescription is simple (though not easy): Entrepreneurial innovation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

These events are swarming with potential investors, and this is the forum where they are actively soliciting new opportunities, so don’t be shy about handing out your business card at breaks, lunch, mixers, or scheduled activities. Join a local investment group.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Many entrepreneurs seems to be convinced that the “crowd” of regular people using the Internet will somehow solve their startup funding needs, when they sense a lack of interest from accredited investors. Even online, the type of people who may respond to social media requests may bear very little relationship to the intended market.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 26, 2014

506(c) offerings must be made only by accredited investors, whereas crowdfunding ventures are free to accept backing from nonaccredited investors as well. On top of that, Rule 506(c) investors must be verified as accredited investors. What is legal now? 506(c) is legal now; crowdfunding is kind of legal.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2013

Many entrepreneurs seems to be convinced that the “crowd” of regular people using the Internet will somehow solve their startup funding needs, when they sense a lack of interest from accredited investors. Even online, the type of people who may respond to social media requests may bear very little relationship to the intended market.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2016

When Facebook first started looking for investors, there was so social-media market. In these cases, you need to show more traction, or find highly motivated investors with vision. Also, disrupting an existing market typically takes too much time and money to interest the average investor.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 2, 2016

CrowdFunnel offers a unique form of marketing and media buying for crowdfunding platforms, issuers and agencies. We generate fully-surveyed and verified Investor and Reservation leads, for both accredited and non-accredited investors. are all necessary components of a complete marketing strategy.

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Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Entrepreneur success stories, like Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook, are now mainstream media. For example, "accredited investors" can now make equity-based Crowdfunding investments. But non-accredited investors still cannot. That’s exciting! Another reason is that we more and more live in an entrepreneurial culture.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

Many entrepreneurs seems to be convinced that the “crowd” of regular people using the Internet will somehow solve their startup funding needs, when they sense a lack of interest from accredited investors. Even online, the type of people who may respond to social media requests may bear very little relationship to the intended market.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Angel investors are accredited investors who have a net worth of at least $1 million and are willing to give investment money to help fund your business. Utilize your connections to help get funding from those who were in the same position you are in now.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Startups can’t legally troll for investors on the web. They can’t advertise in the media or announce themselves in large gatherings. The SEC rules about accredited investors and broadcasting investment offerings still apply. Restrictions that started with the great depression are still in place.

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Up and Running

MAY 27, 2014

human resource management, computer programming skills, operations, financial management, leadership in high-growth environments, sales, new media skills, patent filing processes, etc.). Connections to other accredited investors. Specific skill-sets that are missing in your company (e.g., Mentorship and coaching when needed.

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K9 Ventures

MAY 14, 2011

In my view the terminology being used for early stage investors by the press and the media is not as clear as it should be. They may or may not be accredited investors, and they don’t invest regularly or often. The 3Fs invest their own hard-earned money, usually under $50K.

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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.) OTHER DEALS.

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Scott Edward Walker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

By getting-out and attending conferences and meet-ups; by blogging; by reading and commenting on other blogs; and by engaging on Twitter and other social media sites. Many entrepreneurs initially reach-out to friends and family as a source of capital. By banging on doors.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

There are inherent challenges in raising smaller amounts from many shareholders rather than leveraging larger checks from fewer experienced, accredited investors. One way is with early adopters who will champion your startup on social media. Timeframes are defined and short. How to market your company as an investment.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

These types of foundational technologies have catalyzed radical shifts in how we create, discover, and consume existing media types for entertaining ourselves. Even the term “social media” itself was barely in our lexicon a decade ago , and now Facebook has 93% penetration in adults. The Next Generation of Media.

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Scott Edward Walker

JANUARY 13, 2012

Such laws include: A prohibition against “general solicitation” – which means that a company may not offer or sell securities unless there is a substantive, pre-existing relationship between the company (or a person acting on its behalf) and the prospective investor (see “ Can I Raise Money For My Startup Via Twitter? ” ); Disclosure and state law (..)

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 10, 2021

Better yet, how confident are you that the investors behind the big social media and content platforms will insist on better polices going forward? Should Robinhood be having serious conversations about whether its app is creating a bubble in Tesla stock—a bubble that might take down a bunch of retail investors ?

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 1, 2020

And investors? Well, you would have needed to be a wealthy, accredited investor to get in on the upside, and only 3% of Americans meet the criteria to do that. You can't just post to social media circles of people with the same skin color as you that you want to meet diverse founders in June.

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