Growthink Blog

MARCH 19, 2012

Letting small companies sell equity stakes online would be a huge boost to those firms—like angel investing on steroids. Broadening the Base Currently, equity-based crowd funding falls under strict Securities and Exchange Commission rules governing angel investing. This may take many years, or never happen at all.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

In fact, I just did a case study on Coastal Contacts , a $150 million e-commerce company that sells contact lenses online and has built itself up largely by using inventory financing as opposed to venture capital and equity financing. Google Adwords advertising. If not, then Vin will have to sell his own local ads.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Companies use trademarks in their signage, packaging, labeling, and advertising. The trademark was invented in the 13th century in England, where government officials mandated that each loaf of bread was stamped with its originating bakery. Economic growth is generally measured by equity, bond, and commodity prices.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

This lets you secure your first few hundred customers while advertising the product in general. You get money from various government or non-profit funded programs, and it has almost no strings attached. The hard part is getting word out about your business and raising enough for your venture. Borrow Against Your Day Job.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 12, 2016

These days, the cost of starting a business is relatively low and more than 90 per cent of start-ups are self funded , which means you don’t have to give up any equity or control. In the past, you would have to rely on radio commercials, print advertisements and direct mail to promote and publicise your start-up.

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Gust

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Likewise, founders can benefit from understanding basic characteristics of the overall legal structure, formation and governance documents, rights and responsibilities of team members, etc. Stepping off the soapbox, let’s examine the highest level “To Do” list for a new startup: Formation, Governance and Equity. Newco, Inc.”)

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Amongst the award winners is DoubleVerify , an Israeli startup providing advertising verification services. DoubleVerify recently grabbed headlines for its latest funding round of $33 million led by JMI Equity and Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), based on a $200 million valuation. Continue reading →

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Do you see a substantial uptick in private and growth equity in the market? . In 2015, there was a huge influx of hedge fund, crossover, and private equity investors doing late stage rounds. If so, how does that influence the venture market or your investment strategy? This is mostly impacting the later stages.

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Scott Edward Walker

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

We hope to change how people relate to their governments and social institutions. Over time, we expect governments will become more responsive to issues and concerns raised directly by all their people rather than through intermediaries controlled by a select few. We expect this trend to grow as well. They cannot be ignored.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 19, 2013

What crowd funding was intended to mean was the idea that you could put some information about your business somewhere, for instance, a website, and then you could solicit investors and they would get equity or shares in your company for their investment. In Kickstarter, you’re not selling equity to your company.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 16, 2010

The trends include Cloud computing, outsourcing, social Web, vertical and local Web, smartphones and tablets, online advertising, online video, online gaming, e-books, and bootstrapped entrepreneurship. We started this week's roundtable with a discussion of the top 10 tech trends to watch for the upcoming decade. DealCurrent.com.

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← My Pecha Kucha Presentation at the 2009 Business of Software Conference Debt, Equity and a Third (and Fourth) Thing that Might Work Better → Highlights from the 2009 Business of Software Conference Cool (..)

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

For example, it still heavily relies on print advertising (bridal magazines) and brides were limited to only shopping in brick and mortar stores to find their wedding attire. I would love logging in to Second Life to sell marketing and advertising to businesses trying to make it in a virtual setting. Image Credit: Brittany Haas.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 7, 2020

Her previous role was the founder of a third party marketing consultancy, West River Partners, that raised capital for Emerging Markets-based equity hedge funds. government mandates that employers offer placement services to their former employees. Right now, we are advertising our live classes on Google AdWords.

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NZ Entrepreneur

OCTOBER 10, 2019

This section should include the investment you need and equity on offer, key forecasts such as return on investment, amortization calculations, break-even analyses, profitability calculations and others. Explanations about your marketing and advertising strategies are also often of great interest to investors, but overlooked.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Not surprisingly, the list above also is ranked from least to most equity stake in an investment for the investor, relative to the cash they invest. How would one set up such a startup to eventually raise capital from outside VCs, who will be wary of ‘dead equity’ (i.e., equity that belongs to departed cofounders)? The cliffs?

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Couple this with technologies that are incompatible with each other, “Experts” who preach analytics without wide practical experience, analysts who are learning on the job, a lack of data standards or governance & vendors who don’t don’t take the time to understand how you use their tools, and it all becomes a real mess.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 28, 2019

This concept was explored in cinematic form in the film ‘Minority Report’ (2002) in which people are served advertisements in public places based on their personal profiles on an individual basis. Advertising platforms such as Google and Facebook Ads uses a lower-tech form of it all the time in the form of re-targeting.

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The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Danny’s main point is interesting, but it is his description of Google’s recent problems and the government and public response to them which I am going to focus on today. They operate in the mobile advertising industry where everybody is very concerned about the privacy implications of targeting and tracking users.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 29, 2020

The $349 billion aid package issued by the US Government and distributed in the form of SBA loans was quickly gobbled up by a large number of applications, many of which were from venture-backed or PE-backed startups. Source: NVCA , “Startup Ecosystem Faces Capital Crunch over Coming Months” USA – SBA Loans and PPP.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 19, 2011

A simpler alternative to employee option/equity grants - [link]. The evolution of Apple advertising - [link]. 100 Incredible Advertisements to Refresh Your Mind - [link]. Fees, Lies and Advertising - [link]. Report: The Rise of the Social Advertising - [link]. There’s Always a Plan B - [link].

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Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

Advertising. Your business plan should include an overview of the kinds of advertising you plan to spend money on. Will you be advertising online? A key component to your advertising plan is your plan for measuring the success of your advertising. Or perhaps in traditional media? Public Relations.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2012

todsacerdoti : As the CEO and founder of Brightroll, Tod Sacerdoti shares his insight into digital video advertising. jamescaan : James Caan is a serial entrepreneur and CEO of the Hamilton Bradshaw private equity firm. Ischaefer : Deep Focus CEO Ian Schaefer loves to tweet about branding and advertising, especially in social media.

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The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 7, 2013

I just checked the NYT for an update and the latest news is that the French government has ordered Free to stop blocking ads. I guess that puts the genie back in the bottle for now, which is a good thing.

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 19, 2021

The structural role of a board of directors is corporate governance, specifically, making sure that the company is managed in accordance with the interest of the shareholders (and if liabilities exceed assets, the interest of debtholders), and in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. You should be doing television advertising.”

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The government, for example, often defines small business by the number of employees. So maybe they would have some home equity they could pull out or some savings. I mean, is that considered cash flow or is that considered an expense of the business? So, that's a great question. Banks are gonna have different sets of definitions.

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Transformify

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Taking this route has one obvious advantage and it is the fact that the entrepreneur remains in control of the business and no equity is acquired by third parties. Grants & Government-backed loans. Although the loans are backed by a government agency, being on default may negatively impact the credit score of the entrepreneur.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

It’s also about the company’s reputation, the way a company’s products and services are advertised, and about a company’s values. We work with different types of customers, including entrepreneurs, small business owners, big Brands, agencies, non-profits, and even governments. Via social media?

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Government grants – Credit cards / debt. Create a strong brand, solid social community, sell advertising. Ideally you can pay them based + equity so that you’ll get their attention and focus on the project. There’s no formula however I do know … the more you build before you need to hire / partner, the more equity you can keep.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Get to zero debt, figure out how much capital you can access; your savings, home equity, 401K, crowdfunding is now an option out there. Know that you’re going to have to invest some real money in your website and probably online advertising as well. If you don’t already have a household budget, create an annual household budget.

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

Most boards have an audit committee, a nominating governance committee and a comp committee. If I could add one more bonus idea, this is if you’re incorporating your company, I would think about taking 1% or 2% equity and setting it aside for other stakeholders. Everyone’s pulled back on advertising. So we’re going to do debt.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

US TV advertising is $60 billion in its own right. I show charts on housing, structural unemployment, home equity re-financings that we spent meaning less spending power post crash, new housing sales, debt-to-income ratios, public-sector job problems that will cause crises in cities and states across the US. These companies advertise.

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

Most boards have an audit committee, a nominating governance committee and a comp committee. If I could add one more bonus idea, this is if you’re incorporating your company, I would think about taking 1% or 2% equity and setting it aside for other stakeholders. Everyone’s pulled back on advertising. So we’re going to do debt.

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Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 19, 2010

I do not have financial or equity or any other stake in any company mentioned in this blog post (except Google). Most outcomes analysis you will do in identifying your macro and micro conversions (for profit or non profit sites, government or ecommerce) will happen inside other tools mentioned in this blog post.

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The Equity Kicker

MARCH 19, 2015

In the days of television advertising companies could control the information consumers received by buying the airwaves. I don’t have a solution to offer, beyond the obvious feeling that to recapture the hearts of the electorate it will take strong individuals whose primary motivation is to make a difference rather than to govern.

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Transformify

MARCH 4, 2018

Providing services to Fortune 500 companies in the US and Canada, Insight Global provides services to the IT, accounting and finance, engineering and government sectors. Founded in the late 80s, Artisan specializes in the hard to find roles in the digital marketing, advertising, and creative industries. The Execu Search Group.

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