Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best idea, they have to move to Silicon Valley to find the investors they need, or they need to move to the U.S. Also, investors from the super-hubs (Silicon Valley, New York, or Boston), probably won’t assume anyone outside their domain has the savvy and resources to make it happen.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2021

After working with clients to uncover the best business model, he urges them to let go of their hesitation about seeking funding from venture capitalists and angel investors. He places a strong emphasis on branding and how it positions his clients to start earning revenue shortly after opening their business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2019

Don’t forget a viable financial model of costs, margins, customer acquisition, and break-even. At the same time, more entrepreneurs are jumping into the fray, and less money is available from investors. In my view, savvy “super angel” investors such as Mike Maples, Jr. , It’s time for a new startup model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2023

Different types of investors tend to specialize in capitalizing on businesses at different stages. Venture capital firms look for the most mature companies they can find, Angel investors typically deal a tier lower, while friends and family are most likely to help you get started.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2013

I’ve noticed that some entrepreneurs seem to have no trouble attracting investors, while others with a great business plan struggle with it. The reality is that angel investors are humans, and personal traits often make or break the relationship, even before the investment is considered. Values intellectual property.

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VC Cafe

MAY 17, 2023

billion acquisition by Google for Waze and $900M Moovit acquisition by Intel) Uri has also been involved in various startups, especially on the consumer front, as an angel investor.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 8, 2021

They want to snowball their customer acquisition, attracting thousands of new people to the brand, and reach diverse new audiences in new locations. Fortunately, there are many viable options to overcome this barrier, including getting funding from angel investors, venture capitalists, crowdfunding, banks, and even peers. .

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2012

I’ve noticed that some entrepreneurs seem to have no trouble attracting investors, while others with a great business plan struggle with it. The reality is that angel investors are humans, and personal traits often make or break the relationship, even before the investment is considered. Values intellectual property.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 15, 2023

As an advisor to entrepreneurs and active angel investor, I often get questions about the realism of the Shark Tank TV series, compared to professional investor negotiations. The simple answer is that with all the staging of TV lights and billionaire investors, it’s nothing like Silicon Valley.

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Up and Running

MARCH 14, 2018

I know what it’s like to pitch to investors—both angels and venture capitalists. I’ve raised close to $1 million from angel investors for my previous technology startups. Sometimes you only get 10 minutes to pitch your business opportunity to the investors (or less in some cases). Image via WOCinTechChat.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 11, 2019

Acquisition entrepreneurship is a model in the same vein. With acquisition entrepreneurship, you focus on establishing revenue and earnings first, and then you provide a platform for a lifestyle business or major innovation from there. ” The Boston Red Sox won the 2004 World Series by adopting the same strategy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2020

Different types of investors tend to specialize in capitalizing on businesses at different stages. Venture capital firms look for the most mature companies they can find, Angel investors typically deal a tier lower, while friends and family are most likely to help you get started.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2014

Don’t forget a viable financial model of costs, margins, customer acquisition, and break-even. At the same time, more entrepreneurs are jumping into the fray, and less money is available from investors. In my view, savvy “super angel” investors such as Mike Maples, Jr., It’s time for a new startup model. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2017

I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best idea, they have to move to Silicon Valley to find the investors they need, or they need to move to the U.S. Also, investors from the super-hubs (Silicon Valley, New York, or Boston), won’t assume anyone outside their domain has the savvy and resources to make it happen.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2017

Don’t forget a viable financial model of costs, margins, customer acquisition, and break-even. At the same time, more entrepreneurs are jumping into the fray, and less money is available from investors. In my view, savvy “super angel” investors such as Mike Maples, Jr. , It’s time for a new startup model.

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

In the wake of what is now considered the second-highest enterprise SaaS acquisition in history, below are some quick takeaways that are on my mind: 1/ The Efficiency Of Silicon Slopes – By now it should be no surprise that Utah’s tech ecosystem is on fire. And, every year, it doesn’t materialize that way.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 4, 2020

Though the trend in the startup world seems to be relocating to Silicon Valley (a choice that some angel investors and ven­ture capitalists now call mandatory) and knocking on the doors of venture capital, this path doesn’t make sense for all businesses, and it’s not acces­sible to many entrepreneurs because of their life circumstances.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best idea, they have to move to Silicon Valley to find the investors they need, or they need to move to the U.S. Also, investors from the super-hubs (Silicon Valley, New York, or Boston), won’t assume anyone outside their domain has the savvy and resources to make it happen.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Most founders and CEOs will not voluntarily establish a formal Board of Directors, unless they are trying to attract a major investor, preparing for an IPO, or planning for an acquisition. As an alternative, every CEO needs an Advisory Board to help them grow, which they can ignore or fire at their pleasure.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Don’t forget a viable financial model of costs, margins, customer acquisition, and break-even. At the same time, more entrepreneurs are jumping into the fray, and less money is available from investors. In my view, savvy “super angel” investors such as Mike Maples, Jr. , It’s time for a new startup model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

There just aren’t enough angel investors and VCs to go around. A reverse merger is the acquisition of an already public company (usually a dormant shell) to avoid the Initial Public Offering (IPO) process and cost, to quickly get your startup on a public exchange for fund raising through visibility and selling stock.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 16, 2016

Founders can now access the largest pool of risk capital that ever existed –in the form of Private Equity (Angel Investors, family offices , Venture Capitalists (VC’s) and Hedge Funds.). BTW, Angel investors do not have limited partners, and often invest for reasons other than just for financial gain (e.g.,

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2015

As an angel investor, what I’m looking for is key data from your business plan, including financial projections, how much money you are looking for and a quantification of my potential return. Outline the potential investor return, and payback process. Once you have their attention, content is key.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

David Cancel – Co-founder/CEO of Driftt (Co-founder/CEO of Performable at the time he first joined our group of advisors, after which he became HubSpot’s Chief Product Officer following an acquisition of Performable). Mike Baker – CEO of DataXu. Brian Shin – Founder/CEO of Visible Measures.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2020

As an advisor to entrepreneurs and active angel investor, I often get questions about the realism of the Shark Tank TV series, compared to professional investor negotiations. The simple answer is that with all the staging of TV lights and billionaire investors, it’s nothing like Silicon Valley.

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Up and Running

JULY 2, 2014

We developed a kick-ass investor pitch and we started pitching it to family, friends, angel investors, and even venture capitalists for feedback. We soon got interest from an angel investor, and he wanted to invest $300,000 in our startup. We were on a roll. Either post them here or tweet me @iamcarolina.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 29, 2012

Over the course of the lifetime of a new angel investor, they'll do 70% of all of the angel investments they'll ever make in year one. 2) Network with as many other angel investors as possible. It's not such a bad idea for angel investors either. Do you help adtech startups get traction with brands?

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

Equity investors. The third source of funding is from equity investors. Under this category, you have the angel investors who would invest their own money and Venture Capital or VC firms, who manage funds aimed towards specific startup sectors and stages. For mature businesses, there are Private Equity or PE firms. ?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

This is the fourth article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). Markets like these are very kind to angel investors because you get taken out early and see a nice pop on your investment. Part 1 – Access to Great Deal Flow – is here.

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

David Cancel – Co-founder/CEO of Driftt (Co-founder/CEO of Performable at the time he first joined our group of advisors, after which he became HubSpot’s Chief Product Officer following and acquisition of Performable.). Mike Baker – Co-Founder/CEO of DataXu. Brian Shin – Founder/CEO of Visible Measures.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Don’t forget a viable financial model of costs, margins, customer acquisition, and break-even. At the same time, more entrepreneurs are jumping into the fray, and less money is available from investors. In my view, savvy “super angel” investors such as Mike Maples, Jr. , It’s time for a new startup model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2022

As a former angel investor, I look for this level of alignment and understanding in every funding presentation I hear. Now I see in a classic book, “ Business Models for Teams ,” by Tim Clark and Bruce Hazen, an extension of this process to down inside the venture, for teams and individuals. It shows you how everyone works in synergy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2023

Officially, the investment banks mission is to raise money for companies by issuing and selling securities in the capital markets, and providing advice on transactions such as mergers and acquisitions. Investment banks normally charge fees consisting of three components.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2016

There is an old saying in the startup investor community, “Smart investors invest in the team, not the idea.” As an angel investor, I’ve learned to believe in this approach, since I have seen great ideas go astray, due to poor execution and I have seen apparently marginal ideas make millions, managed by a savvy entrepreneur.

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

David Cancel – Co-founder/CEO of Driftt (Co-founder/CEO of Performable at the time he first joined our group of advisors, after which he became HubSpot’s Chief Product Officer following and acquisition of Performable.). with us, many of these individuals are also active angel investors themselves independent of NextView?,?

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David Teten

JUNE 17, 2015

It’s fascinating to be an angel investor, but do most angels actually make positive returns? Angels usually invest before VCs, so they should budget for at least 1-2 more additional years before liquidity. I try my best to discourage them; I always emphasize the risks and downsides of angel investing. to 8 years.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Officially, the investment banks mission is to raise money for companies by issuing and selling securities in the capital markets, and providing advice on transactions such as mergers and acquisitions. Investment banks normally charge fees consisting of three components.

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