Austin Startup

JUNE 9, 2017

Assuming that they are taking the classic approach of raising money only from accredited investors , a well-made deck and a solid operating plan are often their core needs for closing on early money. Founders outside of Silicon Valley can sometimes forget that most of the resources — blogs, articles, podcasts, tweets, etc. — on

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2012

A while back I heard a talk by Dave McClure, a long-time angel investor, who also proclaims to be one of the “new breed” of venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, as CEO of 500Startups , which is either a micro-VC seed fund, or a startup incubator, or both. In any case, it’s time to look again at the options you really have.

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Business Plan Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Angel investors may invest individually or as part of an angel group, which are usually local organizations made up of Accredited Investors*. Some well-known Silicon Valley angel groups are Band of Angels, Sandhill Angels, TIE angels and others. Convertible Debt Financing.

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Scott Edward Walker

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Only raise funds from “accredited investors” (see post here ) and don’t pay anyone a commission for raising funds for you unless they are a registered broker-dealer (see post here ). Put proper privacy policies in place and make sure you adhere to them (see post here ). None of this is rocket science.

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Growthink Blog

JUNE 3, 2014

In The Silicon Valleys and The Silicon Beaches and The Salt Lakes and The Seattles and The Austins of the World. To Your Success, -- Jay Turo CEO Growthink P.S. Are you an accredited investor? The challenge is to see and act upon this reality. Are you looking for opportunities now? read more.

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Hippoland

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

A lot of entrepreneurs just think to pitch to VCs or well-known angel investors or people who have signaled they are angels on Angelist. But the reality is that angel investors can be anybody, especially these days, now that non-accredited investors can invest much more freely.

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Gust

JULY 8, 2012

A while back I heard a talk by Dave McClure, a long-time angel investor, who also proclaims to be one of the “new breed” of venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, as CEO of 500Startups , which is either a micro-VC seed fund, or a startup incubator, or both. In any case, it’s time to look again at the options you really have.

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Early Stage Finance Seed Stage Entrepreneur 177

Scott Edward Walker

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Only raise funds from “accredited investors” (see post here ) and don’t pay anyone a commission for raising funds for you unless they are a registered broker-dealer (see post here ). Put proper privacy policies in place and make sure you adhere to them (see post here ). Note: none of this is rocket science.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2022

This one claims to be the world’s largest single angel investor network, with 3000 accredited investor members throughout 52 chapters on 3 continents. The Founding Chapter is in Silicon Valley, California, (naturally).

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Professor VC

MAY 29, 2008

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. What does it take to be an Angel Investor? To the SEC, it means that you are an accredited investor and To the man (or woman) on the street, a minimum qualification would seem to be an interest and ability to invest in early stage ventures. ProfessorVC. Thursday, May 29, 2008.

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Professor VC

APRIL 1, 2010

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. A couple of items buried in the 1300 page bill include changing the definition of an accredited investor and moving regulatory roles on private3 placements from federal to stage level. ProfessorVC. Thursday, April 1, 2010. Negotiating an Angel Deal in your PJs. Well, not exactly.I

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Business Plan Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2013

4) The Startup Conference - It is an annual conference that takes place in Silicon Valley. It has close to 2,000 entrepreneurs and gives you the tools to pitch to investors, find co-founders, and launch your product to the press and more. Their community has already grown to more than 500 startups and 2,500 investors.

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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. The Founding Chapter is in Silicon Valley, California, (naturally).

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2022

Today most startup investors still register with the SEC as “ accredited ” investors before they buy any startup equity in the U.S. Finally, it’s an opportunity to “give back” what you have learned in your own career for the next generation. Do your homework before investing.

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Scott Edward Walker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

We networked to him through three sources – one of my [Harvard Business School] professors who knew him well, a Silicon Valley CEO friend of Michael’s who knew him, and a Fortune 500 CEO with whom Michael was friendly. Many entrepreneurs initially reach-out to friends and family as a source of capital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

This one claims to be the world’s largest single Angel investor network, with 1,100 accredited investor members throughout 27 chapters on t3 continents. The Founding Chapter is in Silicon Valley, California, (naturally). Angel Capital Association (ACA).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2017

This one claims to be the world’s largest single angel investor network, with 2500 accredited investor members throughout 52 chapters on 3 continents. The Founding Chapter is in Silicon Valley, California, (naturally).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2013

This one claims to be the world’s largest single Angel investor network, with 1,000 accredited investor members throughout twenty one chapters on three continents. The Founding Chapter is in Silicon Valley, California, (naturally). Angel Capital Association (ACA).

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Today most startup investors still register with the SEC as “ accredited ” investors before they buy any startup equity in the U.S. Finally, it’s an opportunity to “give back” what you have learned in your own career for the next generation. Do your homework before investing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Today you still need to be registered with the SEC as an “ accredited ” investor to legally buy any startup equity. Today these are only legal in the USA for non-equity rewards or pre-orders, but the JOBS Act may relax the accredited investor rule soon. Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

Today most startup investors still register with the SEC as “ accredited ” investors before they buy any startup equity in the U.S. Finally, it’s an opportunity to “give back” what you have learned in your own career for the next generation. Do your homework before investing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Today you still need to be registered with the SEC as an “ accredited ” investor to legally buy any startup equity. Today these are only legal in the USA for non-equity rewards or pre-orders, but the JOBS Act will relax the accredited investor rule by early 2013. Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Today you still need to be registered with the SEC as an “ accredited ” investor to legally buy any startup equity in the U.S. Today these are only legal in the USA for non-equity rewards or pre-orders, but the JOBS Act may relax the accredited investor rule soon. Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2013

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. If there is no one in your area interested or experienced in your type of business, you may have to move to Silicon Valley or Boston, or wherever the right Angels for your domain congregate.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 10, 2015

To benefit from the explosive growth of companies like Uber, Airbnb, Dropbox, etc, you had to fit in either one of two categories: be an angel investor already in an inner circle of experienced angels and entrepreneurs, largely located in Silicon Valley, or be an investor in a venture capital fund that backed those companies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2011

I also spend close to half my time teaching, and in addition to serving on the entrepreneurship advisory boards at Columbia, Yale and NYU, I am Chair of the Finance, Entrepreneurship and Economics program at Singularity University in Silicon Valley. Marty: Were your own first investment ventures a positive and learning experience?

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. The blog post you included does offer a solution and limiting non accredited investors to $1,000 rather than 10% of income will hopefully eliminate people betting the farm. ProfessorVC. Monday, November 14, 2011. Crowdfunding - Good Idea or Really, Really Stupid Idea? Daniel Sisson.

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Professor VC

MARCH 12, 2015

As with all M&A exits, there was a round of congratulatory messages to the founder in the Silicon Valley echo chamber. As a refresher, syndicates were introduced by Angellist a couple of years ago as a way for companies to raise funds in small increments from a large number of investors (SEC limit of 99 accredited investors).

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Gust

OCTOBER 26, 2011

This is the norm for West Coast deals, but it’s often the case in dealing with East Coast investors (more commonly for VC financing rounds rather than angel seed rounds) that the lead investor wants its lawyers to draft the documents.

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Scott Edward Walker

MARCH 1, 2012

This is because of federal and state securities laws which have been in place (in one form or another) since the 1930’s, including the following: A prohibition against advertising or “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 (..)

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 10, 2021

I didn’t even get to the use of technology to facilitate hate speech and disinformation—which Silicon Valley libertarians will argue is a “free speech” issue without grasping even the basics of the yelling fire in a crowded theater analogy. That was before Prop 22 passed. I spoke up on these issues… at a table of VCs.

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Professor VC

AUGUST 14, 2012

Since the provisions of the JOBS Act relating to angel investments by non-accredited investors haven't been finalized yet, these platforms are currently only available to accredited investors, who already have the ability to make angel investments. One of FC's goals is to expand the pool of investors.

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