Gust

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

In April 2012, Congress passed the JOBS Act , which authorizes equity crowdfunding and liberalizes some requirements regarding the issuance of securities by privately held companies. That presents the tech entrepreneurship community with a genuine opportunity to influence outcomes.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 8, 2019

On Friday, January 25, the entrepreneurial community at Chicago Booth looks forward to hosting their annual conference, SeedCon. This year, The Startup Magazine is proud to sponsor the entrepreneurship and venture capital conference, SeedCon, run by the Chicago Booth business school. Investors and Entrepreneurs.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

As we enter year three, we are excited to announce that both accelerator programs in Austin and Houston will run simultaneously which gives us the ability to support up to 200 early-stage startups, and help connect them to Texas’ innovation communities. All of this is available to startups for zero-equity and no strings attached.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 1, 2020

I took this as a challenge, and brainstormed a list of ideas on how universities can do more to engage their alumni community. Universities typically have many affiliated Special Interest Groups (SIGs), but almost no cooperation between them. Build and manage active alumni online communities, not just a simple alumni database.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Let me put it like this – in 2024, my focus will be on building a community, a shared space where ideas flow, inspiration blooms, and each natural stone becomes a chapter in a homeowner's narrative. I plan to do this by creating a local forum whose focus will be on everything home-related, from simple fixes to large backyard projects.

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www.seriesseed.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

We went with equity because ivestors would prefer to get equity for the following reasons: 1. One of the reasons notes have become so popular is that the equity documents were too expensive. Ted: Great service to the startup community! Good idea, I think this will benefit lots of startups and some angels. Great effort!

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. . In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

If we extend a bit North up the coast line we have many affiliate marketing innovators including ValueClick, Commission Junction and FastClick. The community has matured – The LA / Southern California market has many people who are now on their second and third companies. They also produced GoToMeeting and CallWave.

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discuss.joelonsoftware.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

(Not logged on) | Register | Log On Home Discuss Jobs About The Business of Software A community discussing the business of software, from the smallest shareware operation to Microsoft. This community works best when people use their real names. where I can learn about how to build a sweat equity team? The gist: 1.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 2, 2016

Find the experts and our affiliated partners. What does the future of equity crowdfunding look like? What does ownership and equity really mean for them as new investors? We want to understand everyone’s pain points so we can all solve them together and make the ecosystem strong and healthy for all stakeholders.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 16, 2010

link] – affiliate and referral programs (my company). Short answer: Start building your community from day one, and put a real emphasis on building it offline. You can then give your most passionate advocates an informal role, or ask them to join a non-exec board, or if they can really open doors give them equity.

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The Startup Toolkit

JANUARY 3, 2013

In totally non-rigorous order from most to least common: Niche content sites (SEO + adwords/affiliate). Niche community (retention + adwords). It’s like watching a tiny private equity firm doing its thing. If you spend some time browsing through recent purchases , you’ll see a few types of sites appearing over and over.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 2, 2019

And of course, effectively all venture capitalists are going to require some equity for their investment. Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. I emphasize my focus here is organizations which are backing for-profit companies and do not take equity.

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Business Plan Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2013

It is more of a social networking for raising equity. Their community has already grown to more than 500 startups and 2,500 investors. 5) Angel Capital Association - this organization includes more than 160 angel groups and 20 affiliate organizations across North America.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

I think the title of this post is a TV show, but fitting as there has been much debate in the venture community as to the whether angel investors are good or bad for entrepreneurs and VCs. According to their research, overall returns on group-affiliated angel investments average to a 2.6X The last blogger in Silicon Valley.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

previously explained that it usually requires some equity, but here is some more step by step practical advice. Some of the traffic-tactics we use involve good old fashioned payola: paid search, banner ads, affiliate programs, etc. CompStudy 2008 Report on Equity and Cash Compensation at Technology Startups. Let's recap.

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David Teten

JUNE 12, 2011

Chairman Alan Todd was formerly Founder and CEO of KnowledgePlanet, the largest cloud-based learning management system, which was acquired by a private equity consortium; and Founder and CEO of KnowledgeSoft, the largest IT training company in the mid-Atlantic region, which was acquired by Technicsource. Maestro Market. and Goldman Sachs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

This is another very popular website for raising equity or debt investments for startups. ACA membership includes more than 200 angel groups and 20 affiliate organizations across North America. It was founded back in 2010 by Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi of Venture Hacks , which is also a great place to visit for startup advice.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

You might also be giving investors too much equity early on, as the risk is extremely high for them in the beginning stages of growing a SaaS company.”. There are many ways to market a SaaS product—from paid advertising and affiliate partnerships, through active outreach to media outlets, and content marketing. Go the content route.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2013

This is another very popular website for raising equity or debt investments for startups. Although relatively new, they announced early last year that their community had already grown to more than 500 startups, and 2,500 investors. ACA membership includes more than 160 angel groups and 20 affiliate organizations across North America.

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David Teten

JUNE 12, 2014

In December 2010, Richard Kane, then-President, Harvard Business School Club of New York , asked me if I’d like to found an HBS alumni-affiliated angel group in NY. Competitiveness Project , which challenged the HBS alumni community to address America’s declining competitiveness. 5) Closer ties to the Harvard community.

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Mike Michalowicz

MARCH 24, 2013

Add the kids to the mix by cashing in their bonds and offering them equity in the property. By promoting similar quality products (affiliate products), kids can earn extra income by talking about and doing what they love and probably would spend their time doing anyway for free. #32 Prepare them for a future in ownership. #5

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

They know there are affiliate links. They make those searches in places where their peers are: a Slack community, a Reddit channel, a Facebook group, a direct message, an email, or a Zoom. When people share your content with like-minded groups on social media, it helps build affiliation and keeps you top-of-mind. Image source.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

A good mentor is someone who has been part of the startup community themselves – someone who has a realistic understanding of some of the basic dos and don’ts of starting up. This resulted in a recapitilization of the equity away from 33% each (in my favor) and then the ultimate dismissal of one of the co-founders prior to the A-round.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 13, 2021

She is also a co-founder and chairperson of the board of the national nonprofit called AI4ALL , focusing on training diverse K-12 students of underprivileged communities to become tomorrow’s AIs leaders. On the education side, HAI focuses on both educating our students as well as the community and the ecosystem.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 13, 2021

She is also a co-founder and chairperson of the board of the national nonprofit called AI4ALL , focusing on training diverse K-12 students of underprivileged communities to become tomorrow’s AIs leaders. On the education side, HAI focuses on both educating our students as well as the community and the ecosystem.

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Technical Review Artificial Inteligence America Algorithm 36

sharkseo.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

So don’t actively do SEO, but do do things that will bring you SEO benefit like outreach to relevant communities, viral blog posts, embeddable content etc. Consider Geekosauros – a name I made up to represent a new startup that aims to be a Thesaurus specifically for the scientific community.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

I’d like to add [link] as a community for founders. I am not associated with the company. Reply Dave Jafari , on April 10, 2011 at 10:11 am said: Great list Steve. Reply Faren , on April 11, 2011 at 1:40 am said: Hi Steve, Thanks for adding my ipod, ipad and web wireframe template post to your list.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Ning Communities. affiliate and referral marketing on the web. On-line Communities. YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents. Founder Equity Issues. Venture Hacks equity section. Legal, Equity, etc. Google Groups. Forms/Surveys. Google Forms. Survey Monkey. Personal storage. Website/Blogging.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 19, 2020

Impact Investing has been around for a long time, most prominently since the 1960’s as companies and governments began engaging with the concept through private equity and debt investing in developing economies. Impact tech investors include Bridges Fund Managements, DBL, Accion, Elevar equity and Patamar, among others.

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